The SouthWest Writers (SWW) annual writing competition is now open for submissions.
All writers, new and experienced, are welcome to enter the contest.
Contestants don’t have to be members of SWW or live in the Southwest to participate.
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2026 Call for Submissions: SWW Annual Writing Contest
An Interview with Linda Bairstow
Linda Bairstow is an educator, a retired preschool teacher, and an author whose writing is a hybrid of verse and poetic essays. Her 2025 release from Sunstone Press, Catch a Twinkle: A Foreverness of Life in Verse,
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Author Update: Sherri L. Burr
Sherri L. Burr is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and the Yale Law School. Following her retirement from a decades-long career as a full-time law professor, she became the Dickason Chair and Regents Professor of Law Emerita at the University of New Mexico.
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SWW’s 2026 Writing Contest Opens May 1
The annual SouthWest Writers (SWW) writing competition opens for submissions on May 1, 2026.
Hey AI, tell me a story in the style of…STOP! STOP! STOP! No one wants to hear an artificial story imitating the work of someone else,
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An Interview with Author James C. Wilson
James C. Wilson is Emeritus Professor of English and Journalism at the University of Cincinnati and a former journalist for two Santa Fe newspapers. He is also the author of more than twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction.
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An Interview with Author Mike Kimmel
Mike Kimmel is a film, television, stage, and commercial actor and acting coach. He is also a screenwriter and playwright, as well as the author of over a dozen books across two series focused on the performing arts.
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An Interview with Author Wanda W. Jerome
Award-winning poet and nonfiction author Wanda W. Jerome has been channeling spiritual messages in fixed and free poetry and prose since 2022. Her newest memoir in verse, After the Journey: Returning the Heart to Home (The Journey Book Series 2,
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Author Update: Keith Pyeatt
Keith Pyeatt is a retired mechanical engineer who writes “horror with heart”—a combination of psychological thriller, paranormal horror, and dark fantasy. His newest novel, The Sirens of Sayhurn (December 2025), brings readers relatable characters and a fresh take on mythical sirens.
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An Interview with Author Sondra Diepen
When author, artist, and photographer Sondra Diepen wondered what to do with the hundreds of photos that documented her travels along New Mexico’s section of Route 66, she discovered a lack of details for the Land of Enchantment’s contribution to the Mother Road.
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An Interview with Author Bryan James Beck
Author and artist Bryan James Beck has always believed that storytelling has the power to transform lives, and as a storyteller the genres he loves to write are as varied as his reading interests. To that end, he published five novels in a five-month period from late 2025 to early 2026.
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