Writer’s Digest 95th Annual Writing Competition
Writer’s Digest
📌About the Competition
The Writer’s Digest 95th Annual Writing Competition 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.
📋 Major Course Contents
- Short Story & Prose Pillars: Submissions are open to Genre Short Fiction (Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror), Mainstream/Literary Short Stories, Children’s/Young Adult Fiction, and comedic writing structures.
- Nonfiction & Essay Pillars: Features dedicated evaluation tracks for personal memoirs, creative non-fiction essays, and researched service articles.
- Poetry Pillars: Structured divisions for both traditional Rhyming Poetry layouts and contemporary Non-rhyming/Free Verse formats.
📝 Registration Fees & Guidelines
- Poetry Entries: $25 for the initial submission ($20 for each additional poem added to the cart).
- Manuscript / Prose Entries: $35 for the initial submission ($30 for each additional document added to the cart).
- Note: Prose documents must be double-spaced with a maximum cap of 2,000 to 4,000 words depending on the track. Poetry has a hard structural limit of 40 lines. Submissions must strictly omit any identifying author name details on the uploaded file to maintain a blind judging sequence.
📥 Support Contact Node
- 👤 Organizer Secretariat: Writer’s Digest Competition Board
- 🏛️ Managing Parent Node: Active Interest Media
- 📞 Institutional Email: writersdigestwritingcompetition@aimmedia.com (Reference the exact competition name clearly in the subject header).
- 📬 Portal & Billing Helpdesk: submittersupport@submittable.com (For technical assistance handling account configurations or gateway checkouts).