tue30aprAll DayWOW! Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay ContestCategoryEssayUSAEntry Fee$12 Max word count1000 Top Prize$500

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Seeking creative nonfiction on any topic (1000 words or less) and in any style–from personal essay and memoir to lyric essay and hermit crab, and more! The mission of this contest is to reward bravery in real-life storytelling and create an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives.

Electronic submissions via e-mail only; reprints/previously published are okay; simultaneous submissions are okay; multiple submissions are okay. Open internationally.

Limit: 300 entries.

Prizes (20 winners!):

  • 1st Place: $500, publication, interview, and gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow’s Store
  • 2nd Place: $300, publication, interview, and gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow’s Store
  • 3rd Place: $200, publication, interview, and gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow’s Store
  • 7 Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards, publication, interview, and gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow’s Store
  • 10 Honorable mentions receive a gift code good for one item from CreateWriteNow’s Store

Critique and feedback availalable for an additional $13.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.

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