21st Annual Poetry Contest

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

Deadline: postmarked by April 30, 2010. 

•  All work must be unpublished.

• Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet. The entry fee is $20 ($15 for Workshop members) for up to three entries.

• Multiple entries are accepted. Each poem should not exceed two pages.

• 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:  Annual Poetry Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC  28805. Entry fee is payable online.

• Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Poetry Contest" in the subject.

Hard Times Writing Contest

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

Deadline: postmarked by June 30, 2010. 

•  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. Stories should be previously unpublished, and should not exceed 4,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font).

• Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet. The entry fee per submission is $20 ($15 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.

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

• Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Hard Times Contest" in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.

Meet the Author Contest

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The top five contest winners will meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen in New York this September. They will have the opportunity to discuss their story with the authors, and have books autographed. In addition, ten Honorable Mentions will receive recognition.

Deadline: postmarked by August 15, 2010. 

Guidelines:

Submit an unpublished story or chapter of a novel (fiction or creative non-fiction), of 4,000 words or less. Pages should be paper clipped. Your name, address, email, phone, title and genre of work (fiction or nonfiction) 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.

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 our contest registration page.

Fiction Contest

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

Deadline: postmarked by August 30, 2010. 

•  Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 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 cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font.

• Multiple entries are accepted. The entry fee per submission is $20 ($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:  Fiction Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC  28805.

• Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Short Fiction Contest" in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.

21st Annual Memoirs Competition

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

Deadline: postmarked by October 30, 2010. 

•  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 cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font.

• The entry fee per submission is $20 ($15 for Workshop members). Entry fee is payable online.

• Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Do not send via Fedex, certified mail, etc.

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

• Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Memoirs Contest" in the subject.