{"id":5492,"date":"2026-06-03T22:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2026-06-03T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:44:10","slug":"writers-digest-95th-annual-writing-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/writers-digest-95th-annual-writing-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer\u2019s Digest 95th Annual Writing Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\ud83d\udcccAbout the Competition<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Writer\u2019s Digest 95th Annual Writing Competition<\/strong> is a premier global literary contest designed to spotlight up-and-coming writers across multiple creative writing landscapes. The competition provides major industry discovery avenues, presenting opportunities for nearly 500 selected winners to have their manuscripts reviewed directly by active literary agents and mainstream publishing editors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccb <strong>Major Course Contents<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong> Short Story &amp; Prose Pillars:<\/strong> Submissions are open to Genre Short Fiction (Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror), Mainstream\/Literary Short Stories, Children\u2019s\/Young Adult Fiction, and comedic writing structures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong> Nonfiction &amp; Essay Pillars:<\/strong> Features dedicated evaluation tracks for personal memoirs, creative non-fiction essays, and researched service articles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong> Poetry Pillars:<\/strong> Structured divisions for both traditional Rhyming Poetry layouts and contemporary Non-rhyming\/Free Verse formats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-default\" style=\"background-color:#f0f0f0;color:#f0f0f0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcdd <strong>Registration Fees &amp; Guidelines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Poetry Entries:<\/strong> $25 for the initial submission ($20 for each additional poem added to the cart).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manuscript \/ Prose Entries:<\/strong> $35 for the initial submission ($30 for each additional document added to the cart).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note: Prose documents must be double-spaced with a maximum cap of 2,000 to 4,000 words depending on the track. 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