Writer’s Digest 2024 Writing Contest - Enter Today
Early-Bird Entry Deadline, May 6th - Get Writing & Submitting
This is a quick heads-up post that the 94th annual Writer’s Digest writing contest is accepting entries - the early bird deadline is May 5th. Read the link on the contest. Read the link on the instructions!
Entries include these genres, mind the word counts for each.
Categories
Inspirational/Spiritual
Memoirs/Personal Essay
Nonfiction Essay or Article
Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)
Mainstream/Literary Short Story
Rhyming Poetry
Non-rhyming Poetry
Humor
Children’s/Young Adult Fiction
Why throw your hat in the ring? Award money, publicity, practice
Cost? $15 to $30 per entry (you can enter more than one piece of work) - lower price in the early bird phase by May 6th. Why the fee? Cause you gotta pay someone to read all those entries and manage and administer the contest.
Worth it? Yup… if you win anything you can say that you are an “award-winning writer” on queries, book proposals, resumes, CV’s, pitches, websites, author bios, you get it…you’re building your, ahem….author platform.
Good luck, get in there and share the opportunity with your writer friends, especially if they write in a different genre!