Unknown Writers' Contest - Denver Woman's Press Club

Unknown Writer's Contest

We don’t currently have a call for submissions to the DWPC Unknown Writer’s Contest. The club is determining our ability to reinstate this contest to discover new writers. Check back for opportunities and keep writing!

Eligibility:

Contest is open to Colorado residents, 18 and over, who:

Have never been published with a byline and paid in cash or copies.
Poems: 40 lines, rhyming or free verse.

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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.

Unknown Writer's Contest

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