The annual SouthWest Writers (SWW) writing competition opens for submissions on June 1, 2025.
The contest is open to new and experienced writers. Contestants don’t have to be members of SWW or live in the Southwest to enter. Winners have the opportunity to publish their entries in this year’s contest anthology.
The 2025 competition offers seven main contest categories divided into a total of eighteen subcategories for unpublished fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. New this year is a category for Short Screenplay. Main categories also include flash fiction, short fiction and nonfiction, opening chapter of a novel, and opening chapter of a nonfiction book.
All entries that meet the rules for submission will be judged by a panel of experienced writers and/or experts in the specific genre. First, second, and third monetary prizes will be awarded in each category that receives enough entries for judging.
For details about the categories and a complete list of rules, please see the Contest Page.
SouthWest Writers is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization devoted to helping both published and unpublished writers improve their craft and further their careers. In 2024, SWW celebrated forty years dedicated to this goal.
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