The Writers’ Workshop, a non-profit organization, sponsors four contests a year, and welcomes all writers regardless of residence.

For guidelines, see www.twwoa.org.

The awards for all contests are:

1^st Place:  Your choice of a two-night stay at The Mountain Muse B&B in Asheville; or three free online workshops; or 50 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff

2nd Place: A one-night stay at our B&B, or two free workshops; or 35 pages line-edited

3rd Place:  One free workshop, or 25 pages line-edited

10 Honorable mentions

Annual Poetry Contest:  Deadline Extended to May 15, 2017

 (Guidelines are posted at www.twwoa.org)

Hard Times Personal Essay Contest   

Deadline: Postmarked by May 30, 2017.

Guidelines:

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 Stories should be previously unpublished, and  not exceed 4,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font).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

Your name, address, email, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Enclose a self-addressed, self-sealing stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, and the reading fee of $25 per entry. Please make check or money order payable to Writers’ Workshop, and send to: Hard Times Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, N.C.  28805. Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with “Hard Times Contest” in the subject. Please put cover sheet and entry all in one document (Word). Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.

Literary Fiction Contest

Deadline: Postmarked by August 30, 2017.

Guidelines:

Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less.  Multiple entries are accepted.  All work must be unpublished. Your name, address, email, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Enclose a self-addressed, self-sealing stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, and the reading fee of $25 per entry. Please make check or money order payable to Writers’ Workshop, and send to: Fiction Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, N.C.  28805. Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with “Fiction Contest” in the subject. Please put cover sheet and entry all in one document (Word). Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.