Any writer may enter our contests, regardless of residence. All entries will receive comments from the judges. Authors retain all rights.   The entry fee for all contests is $25, or $20 for Workshop members.
The entry fee is payable online through PayPal, check, or money order.
Scroll down for submission guidelines.
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Awards for all contests:
1st Place:  Your choice of a 2 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B; or 3 free workshops (in person or online);
or 50 pages (or 10 poems) line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.
2nd Place: Your choice of a 1 night stay at our B&B; 2 free workshops (in person or online);
or 35 pages (or 8 poems) line-edited.
3rd Place: Your choice of 1 free workshop (in person or online); or 25 pages (or 5 poems) line-edited.

​Up to 10 Honorable Mentions will be awarded.

Literary Fiction Contest
Deadline (postmarked or emailed): Sep 30, 2019


​Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less.

Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone number, and title of work on the first page. Double-space, and use 12 point font.

The entry fee is $25 per story, or $20 for Workshop members. Multiple entries are accepted. See below for submission instructions.

22nd Annual Memoirs Competition
Deadline (postmarked or emailed): Dec. 31, 2019

​Submit a memoir of 5,000 words or less.

Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, email, phone and title of work on the first page. Double-space, and use 12 point font (Times New Roman. Pages should be numbered. 

The entry fee is $25 per memoir, or $20 for Workshop members. Multiple entries are accepted.   See below for submission instructions.

 How to submit an entry:  

Online:
  • Email a Microsoft Word document of your entry to writersw@gmail.com with "[Name of contest] Entry" in the subject line.
  • Pay entry fee online at our Registration Page, or send check to The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.     The judges' comments will be emailed to you.
 
​By mail:
  • Enclose your submission, and a SASE (self-sealing self-addressed stamped envelope) for judges' critique and list of winners. No need to use Fedex, certified mail, etc.
  • Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to:  [Name of contest], The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC  28805.
  • If you are submitting an entry by mail, you can still pay the entry fee online at our Registration Page.

Click here to pay the contest entry fee online