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Contests

To encourage, recognize, and reward good writing, the Charlotte Writers Club sponsors four contests each year for adults, two for students. Our contests, listed below in the order of their closing dates, span a variety of genres. To enter a contest, click on its name in the list below.

 

For information about rules and guidelines that apply to all of our contests, please read Contest Rules and Submission Guidelines. Information particular to individual contests is spelled out below.

 

Ruth Moose Flash Fiction

Opens: August 16, 2022

Closes: October 18, 2022

Entry Fees: CWC Members: $15.00, Non-members: $20.00

Prizes: First Place — $150, Second Place — $75, Third Place — $25

Winners Announced: December 13, 2022 

Short fiction of up to 500 words.

 

CWC Nonfiction Contest  (article/essay)

Opens: October 18, 2022

Closes: January 3, 2023

Entry Fees: CWC Members: $15.00, Non-members: $20.00

Prizes: First Place — $150, Second Place — $75, Third Place — $25

Winners Announced: February 21, 2022 

Nonfiction between 750 and 4000 words.

 

Elizabeth Simpson Smith Short Story Contest

Opens: December 2, 2022

Closes: February 2, 2023

Entry Fees: CWC Members: $20.00, Non-members: $25.00

Prizes: First Place — $250, Second Place — $150, Third Place — $50

Winners Announced: March 21, 2023 

A short story between 1500 and 4000 words.

 

CWC Poetry Contest

Opens: December 28, 2022

Closes: February 28, 2023

Entry Fees: CWC Members: $15.00, Non-members: $20.00

Prizes: First Place — $150, Second Place — $75, Third Place — $25

Winners Announced: April 18, 2023 

One poem of fewer than 50 lines; haiku excluded.