Contests: The Writers Workshop (Deadlines vary)

The Writers Workshop in Asheville, NC is holding several contests:

19th Annual Poetry Contest

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline (extended): postmarked by June 30th, 2008.

All work must be unpublished. Each poem should not exceed two pages.

Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet.

The entry fee is $20 (or $15 for Workshop members) for every 3 poems. All entries receive comments from the judges.

Enclose self-sealing SASE for comments and winners’ list, and mail to: Poetry Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.


Hard Times Writing Contest

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline: postmarked by July 31st, 2008.

Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style.


2nd Annual Meet the Authors Writing Contest

E.L. DOCTOROW and PETER MATTHIESSEN in NY

FIRST PRIZE: $500, or an all-expenses-paid trip to meet the authors, Sept. 9-10
SECOND PRIZE: $300, or meet the authors. Accommodation provided.
THIRD PRIZE: $200, or meet the authors.
Ten Honorable Mentions

Contest winners are eligible for a free trip to New York to personally meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen. The winners will also receive autographed books by the authors - or, may opt for a combined $1,000 in cash prizes instead of the trip. In addition, ten Honorable Mentions will receive recognition.

Deadline: postmarked by August 5th, 2008.

Submit an unpublished story (fiction or creative non-fiction), of twenty-five pages or less. Pages should be paper clipped. Your name, address, email, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Double-space; use 12 point font.

The entry fee is $25 per story, or $20 for Workshop members. Multiple entries are accepted. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Do not use Fedex, certified mail, etc.

Please make check or money order payable to The Writers' Workshop, and mail to: Author's Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Author's Contest" in the subject. The entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.
Stories should be previously unpublished, and should not exceed 4,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font). Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone and title of work should appear on a cover sheet.

Enclose a self-addressed, self-sealing stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, and the reading fee of $20 (or $15 for Workshop members) per entry.

Make check or money order payable to Writers' Workshop, and send to: Hard Times Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.

20th Annual Memoirs Competition

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline: postmarked by November 30th, 2008.

Submit a memoir of 4,000 words or less. Multiple entries are accepted. All work must be unpublished.

Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of work on a separate cover sheet.

Double-space, and use 12 point font.

The entry fee is $20 per story, or $15 for Workshop members. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Do not use Fedex, certified mail, etc.

Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to: Memoir Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.