Emerging Writer's Contest
Deadline: May 15, 2024Top Prize: $2,000 first prize in each genre
Entry Fees: $30 or free to current subscribers
Late Submission Period Available?: no
Website: Ploughshares
Twitter: @pshares
The Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest was created to recognize the work of emerging writers. It is open in three genres: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. One winner in each genre per year will receive $2,000 and publication in the literary journal. Plougshares says a writer is considering an "emerging" writer if they haven't published or self-published a book.
Fiction and nonfiction should be under 6,000 words. Poetry should be 3 to 5 pages.
The 2024 contest judges are Dantiel W. Moniz (Fiction), Porsha Olayiwola (Poetry), and Augusten Burroughs (Nonfiction).
Submit through the Ploughshares Submission Manager.
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