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November 23, 2008
Competitions
Writer's Digest sponsors several writing competitions annually. To read more about our competitions, see below.

The Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition

Deadline: 12/1/2008

Writer's Digest is now accepting entries for the 9th Annual Short Short Story Competition. We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief.  Click here to check out guidelines and to enter online.

Winners of the 8th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition were listed in the June 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. Click here for a full list of winners.

8th Annual Writer's Digest SHORT SHORT STORY COMPETITION COLLECTION
Sponsored by Trafford

There is still time to pre-order this collection which features the top 25 manuscripts in this year's competition. Click to purchase a copy online using a credit card. (Publication date: May 2008.)

WD Poetry Awards

Deadline: 12/19/2008

We are now accepting entries for the 4th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards. Whether you write rhyming poetry, free verse or haiku-- as long as your poems are 32 lines or fewer, we want them all! Winners names will appear in the August 2009 issue of Writer’s Digest.

Click here fore details or to enter online

Also, new for 2008. The 1st- through 50th-place poems will be printed in a special competition collection, published by Lulu.com.

Don't miss the the 2008 Writer's Digest Poetry Awards winners which are listed in the August 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. Click here for a list of winners.

WD Popular Fiction Awards

Deadline: 11/3/2008

The WD Popular Fiction Awards are no longer accepting entries. Top Award Winners will be notified by mail before March 16, 2009. Winners in each category will be listed in the August 2009 issue of Writer's Digest.

 Also, check out the winners of the 2008 Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards. Winners are listed in the August 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. Click here for a list of winners.


Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition

Deadline: 5/15/2008

Judging for the Writer's Digest 77th Annual Writing Competition is complete. Top winners are listed in the December 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. You can also check out the winners of the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition here.  Click for a full list of winners.


77th Annual Writer's Digest WRITING COMPETITION COLLECTION Sponsored by Outskirts Press

The Grand Prize manuscript, the First Place manuscript in each category, and the names of the top 100 winners in each category will be printed in a special competition collection, published by Outskirts Press. Use the coupon on the entry form to order your copy or purchase a copy online using a credit card. (Publication date: November 2008.)


The Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards

Deadline: 5/1/2009

Writer's Digest is now accepting entries for the 17th Annual Self-Published Book Awards. Don't miss your opportunity to enter the only competition exclusively for self-published books.  We have added a new category and are now giving away more than $17,000 in prizes.  Also new for 2009, you can register and pay for your entry online. 

Click here for details or to enter online

All winners for the 16th Annual Awards (the deadline was May 1, 2008) will be notified by October 13, 2008.  Results will not otherwise be made public until they are published in the April 2009 issue.

Check out the April 2008 issue of Writer's Digest for a look at the winners of the 15th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards. Click here for a list of winners and entrants. Congratulations to everyone who participated.


Your Story

Every other month, Writer's Digest presents a creative challenge for fun and prizes. We'll provide a short, open-ended prompt. In turn, you'll submit a short story of 750 words or fewer based on that prompt. You can be funny, poignant, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story. The winner will receive publication in an upcoming issue of Writer's Digest.

For rules, prompts, deadlines, voting and other details about the Your Story competition, visit:
Your Story

For past winners, visit:
Your Story Winners