SouthWest Writers stays active in the writing community by sponsoring contests and events that support, encourage, and reward writers of all experience levels.
The submission window for the 2020 Annual Writing Contest — Seeing the World in 20/20 — is now closed. The contest has entered the judging phase, and finalists will be notified via email by August 1, 2020. Go to the contest page for rules and judging criteria.
The 2019 Prose & Poetry Contest, held in tandem with the 2019 writing conference jointly sponsored by SouthWest Writers (SWW) and Military Writers Society of America (MWSA), gave the opportunity for members of both organizations, and the public, to compete in eight categories of nonfiction and seven of fiction, as well as the single category of poetry. MWSA holds an annual published book contest, which was open to SWW members in 2019. Winners of both contests were announced at an Awards Banquet held on September 14. Go to this page for the list of winners of the Prose & Poetry Contest.
Our long-running Annual International Writing Contest was held for 10 years from 2004 to 2014. In 2015, the SWW board of directors voted not to continue the contest. Please read the note of explanation from past SWW President Rob Spiegel. Click here for our previous annual winners.
Our Bimonthly Writing Contest ran from 2010-2015 (with a break in 2014). Click here for our previous bimonthly winners.
