Denver Woman’s Press Club

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Writers’ Contests

Denver Woman’s Press Club Unknown Writers Contest,

Open to unpublished writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry.
Colorado Author’s League Scholarship

$1,000 scholarship to a Colorado Resident in a Colorado college or university.
Writer’s Digest Contests

Short stories, poetry, fiction, romance, sci-fi, suspense.
Tallahassee Writers’ Association

Short story, memoir, essay/opinion, children’s literature.
Bards and Sages

Submissions should focus on traditional monsters of legend, myth, and folklore.
North American Travel Journalists Association

Thirty-seven travel categories for journalists and photographers.
Earth Vision

Nature writing: short fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetic prose.
Ramble Underground

Short fiction.
New Millennium Writings

Fiction,non-fiction, poetry.
American Short Fiction

Short stories.
Places for Writers

Extensive lists of contests.
The Mona Schreiber Prize

Humorous fiction and non-fiction.
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

Entries of one sentence, not more than 50-60 words.
Poets & Writers

Lists contests with awards of $1,000 or more, and $500 with no entry fee.
Once Written

Extensive lists of writing contests.
Funds for Writers

List of contests updates every two weeks.
Creative Writing Contests

Extensive lists of contests.
New Pages

Extensive lists of contests.
Write From Home

Lists fiction, non-fiction, short story, poetry, essay contests.
First Writer

Extensive list.
Freelance Writing

Lists and resources for writing.
The Paris Review

Stories, fiction, poetry.
Smart Writers

Children’s books, novels, other resources.
Writing World

Resources for writing contests.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

Warnings for contest entrants.

Other Useful Links

Our writing contests…

Unknown Writers Contest

Contest is open to both men and women who are Colorado residents, age 18 or older. Entrants must never have been professionally published. Contestants may not have won first place in prior year's competitions.

Categories include short-form fiction, nonfiction essays and poetry. Rules will be published on this site in January, and the contest deadline usually falls in February every year.

In House Writing Contest

This competition is open to current members of the Denver Woman’s Press Club only. Categories include fiction, nonfiction personal experiences and feature articles, poetry, ultra-short novel, blog entry and editorial rant, although the categories may change from year to year.

About the Denver Woman’s Press Club

The Denver Woman’s Press Club (DWPC), founded in 1898, is one of the oldest women’s press clubs in the nation. But we’re far from old-fashioned!

Our more than 200 members are professional writers all—including journalists, novelists, magazine editors, essayists, freelance writers, poets, historians, and corporate and mass communications specialists.

Read our membership requirements

We offer a range of public programs, author receptions, and writing seminars for budding and experienced writers.

For upcoming events and seminars, view our current Events.

We award scholarships to talented journalism, mass communications, and creative writing students at area colleges and universities. Read more about our Scholarships.

More than anything, we gather in our historic 1912 clubhouse on Denver’s Capitol Hill to share stories of our myriad writing lives, learn from one another, become better writers, and, at the direction of our founders, “drive dull care away.”

Come visit us!