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SWW 2014 Contest Statistics

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Entries to our 32nd International Writing Contest are now being judged and winners will be announced on August 1.

This year’s contest drew entries from 38 states plus the District of Columbia and Abu Dhabi, Canada, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Uganda.

The Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure category once again drew the most entries at 18% of the total followed by Mainstream/Literary Short Story at 14%, Poetry at 13% , Children’s Picture Book at 11% and Mainstream/Literary Novel at 10%.

The remaining one-third of the entries came in the Juvenile/Young Adult Novel, Creative Nonfiction/Memoir, Nonfiction Essay, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Short Story, and Women’s Fiction categories.

More than 60% of the total entries came from outside New Mexico, and many from far beyond the Southwest.

Of the 432 entries, approximately one third requested a critique.



Last Call on 2014 SWW Writing Contest

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Need an antidote to discouragement about getting your writing noticed? Enter SouthWest Writers annual writing contest. Past winners all agree that having a winning entry—regardless of first, second or third place—gave them the boost they needed to push ahead and get their work published. If you haven’t already entered this year’s International Writing Contest, you still have time. Entries close at 11:59 p.m. Thursday, May 15. There are 10 categories this year:

  • Mainstream/Literary Novel – enter the first 20 pages plus the synopsis
  • Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novel – enter the first 20 pages plus the synopsis
  • Juvenile/Young Adult Novel  – enter the first 20 pages plus the synopsis
  • Women’s Fiction  – enter the first 20 pages plus the synopsis
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Short Story – any length up to 6,000 words
  • Mainstream/Literary Short Story – any length up to 6,000 words
  • Creative Nonfiction/Memoir – enter the first 20 pages plus the synopsis
  • Essay – any length up to 2,500 words
  • Children’s Picture Book – either fiction or nonfiction up to 500 words (no illustrations)
  • Poetry – one poem up to three pages or three Haiku on one page.

For more information, click here.

 



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