Northern Colorado Writers Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction Contest
Now Open: Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction
Deadline: June 30, 2015
The personal essay can be in any form or style, and should be evocative, thought-provoking, and sincere--and if it's humorous too, even better. Our final judge in this category is the 2014 Colorado Book Award winner for Creative Nonfiction, BK Loren.
Open Submissions: You do not need to be a member of NCW or in Colorado to enter the contests.
Prizes: Each category will be awarded the following: 1st place: $1,000 - 2nd place: $250 - 3rd place: $100. Winners, Honorable Mentions, and Editor's Picks will be published in the annual winners' anthology, Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2015 NCW Contest Winners (due out by December 1, 2015) and receive 1 free copy. The judges' decisions are final.
Entry Fees: The entry fee for all contests is $20 per entry. Electronic submissions only. There is no limit to the number of entries you may submit. You may submit up to 3 poems per entry fee in the Poetry category.
Word Limits: Personal essays: 5,000 words – Creative Nonfiction: 5,000