The forms for the West Virginia Writers Annual Writing Contests for 2020 are now available. While the contest will not be open for entries until January 2, 2020, you will be able to see the contest categories and begin planning your entries.
If you have questions, please address them to Contest Coordinator Carter Taylor Seaton at wvwcontest@gmail.com.
Technically, yes, but probably not in the way most folks expect. Some of the winning entries from 1977-2008 have been published in five separate collections. These were done on a piece by piece basis, since WVW retains no rights to publication of the winning pieces, so even the collections do not contain ALL contest winners, but only a majority of them. The last such volume, Seeking the Swan, was published in 2008. (You can find these listed on Amazon. If you attend a WVW Summer Conference, I feel certain we can find a copy of it for you, and possibly most of the others.)
We have not published such a volume in the last 10 years, but have talked about possibly doing an online publication.
ADULT CONTEST ENTRY FORM
STUDENT ENTRY FORM
Hello is there a way to read the winners stories for the past years?
David,
Technically, yes, but probably not in the way most folks expect. Some of the winning entries from 1977-2008 have been published in five separate collections. These were done on a piece by piece basis, since WVW retains no rights to publication of the winning pieces, so even the collections do not contain ALL contest winners, but only a majority of them. The last such volume, Seeking the Swan, was published in 2008. (You can find these listed on Amazon. If you attend a WVW Summer Conference, I feel certain we can find a copy of it for you, and possibly most of the others.)
We have not published such a volume in the last 10 years, but have talked about possibly doing an online publication.
How many entries may I submit?
As many as you like for the adult contest. We only put a limit of 3 entries for the New Mountain Voices Student contest.