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Annual Writing Competition

The WV Writers 2013 Annual Writing Competition is now closed for submissions!  Thanks to all who submitted this year, and good luck. 




CONTEST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS LIST



You can listen to a podcast primers for the 2013 contest by clicking the link below

WV Writers Podcast

Pearl S. Buck podcast

Click above to hear our interview with Dr. Edwina Pendarvis and Jolie Lewis on the Pearl S. Buck Award for Writing for Social Change, and the author that inspired it.



A contest Frequently Asked Questions series is also being posted to the WV Writers Blog.  You can find the collected FAQ list at THIS LINK.




FACTS ABOUT THE CONTEST
  • Established in 1982
  • The state's largest writing competition.
  • Open to West Virginia residents and members of WV Writers, Inc., adult or college-level.
  • New Mountain Voices Student Writing Contest (with different writing categories for grades 1-5, 6-8 and 9-12)
  • Over $105, 000.00 in prize money awarded since 1982.


Competition Winners from Years Past.
  2001, 2002, 2003,
2004
, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009
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2010, 2011, 2012


CHECK OUT OUR ANTHOLOGIES OF PREVIOUS CONTEST WINNERS

Seeking the Swan Mountain Voices Catching the Crow
Beyond the Magpie And Now the Magpie Catching the Crow