Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards

…A Short Story Competition from Writer’s Digest

Choose your favorite genre and enter your best in 4,000 words or less.

Early-Bird Deadline: September 16, 2013

Prizes included:

A chance to win the Grand Prize including $2,500 and a trip to the 2013 Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City
A chance to win one of the six $500 Category First Prizes
Get a feature about you in Writer’s Digest and on WritersDigest.com
Win $100 off a purchase at www.writersdigestshop.com
Receive a copy of the 2014 Novel & Short Story Writer’s Market

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Writer’s Digest Science Fiction Category

What does the future hold? Colonized planets, maybe. Apocalypse? Perhaps time travel. You decide.

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Writer’s Digest Thriller Category

Whodunnit? Don’t keep us in suspense!

Learn More about the Thriller Category

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Writer’s Digest Young Adult Fiction Category

Harry Potter. Twilight. The Hunger Games. The popularity of Young Adult fiction has everlasting life! Sink your teeth into it!

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Writer’s Digest Romance Category

Absence makes the heart grow fonder and romance makes the world go ’round. It makes life worth living and elicits such passion that it attracts us to vampires, forbidden loves, and werewolves.

Learn More about the Romance Category

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