WV Writers Annual Contest FAQs
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #46
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Is there an address where one can send the submission fees? Don’t have a credit card or...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #45
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I have about a dozen poems in a group, written over the past 40 years. Must I send $15...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#44
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: My fellow writers in my writers group suggested I submit my screenplay. Do you have a...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #43
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: For the poetry entries, does one poem equal one entry? ANSWER: For our Poetry and...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#42
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I would like to submit to the contest, but I have taken an online class from the judge of...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #41
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Will the judges pick a subset of the best Book-Length entries and then request the full...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #40
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: For the New Mountain Voices contest, would it be okay if the entry was a little over the...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#39
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: If I submit a work to the contest (whether I win or not) will I be...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #38
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I didn't seem to get the impression that you necessarily publish the winners of your...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #37
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: The entry form states that a current membership is required if not a resident of West...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#36
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: The piece that I want to submit is just under 3000 words, and 5000 is the word limit. Is...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#35
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I'm a high school student, and I'm wondering if I enter the contest and place, can I...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#34
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I would like to submit writing to one or more of the following categories: Emerging...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #33
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I hope to send a poem for the contest previously published, but now I have added a new,...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #32
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Is photography considered “artwork”. I want to make sure that if I submit photos within...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #31
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I won 1st Place last year in Emerging Writer's Poetry. Can I submit to Emerging...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #30
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I would like to know if a teacher or parent is allowed to make edits and recommendations...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #29
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Does the word count include the title, or just the body of the piece of writing?...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #28
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. A contest entrant from Maine writes: QUESTION: For membership, should I send my membership...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #27
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: What should go on the title page? ANSWER: The title page is kind of optional. Some...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #26
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I know the excerpt has to be double-spaced, but does the synopsis have to be as well?...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #25
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. Question: Hello is there a way to read the winners stories for the past years? Answer: ...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #24
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION #1: I recognize the fact that there are two contests--one specifically for students, and...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #23
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: For the Social Change (Pearl S. Buck Award) category, the entry form says "nonfiction or...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #22
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I read that the entrant's name should be nowhere except the entry form. How do judges...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#21
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: As some sort of reference for me, I was wondering if you could possibly forward the...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#20
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: When submitting an excerpt, should the word count on the cover page indicate the number...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#19
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I have a piece that I would like to submit for the contest but I have also submitted it...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#18
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I have an entry which is ready and I would like to send it off. However, I think I may...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#17
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Should the one-page synopsis be more like the "teaser" summaries that explain what a book...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#16
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: For Book Length Prose, I know that the cover page must have the title, category and word...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #15
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Regarding the Social Change (Pearl S. Buck Award), would it be appropriate to include a...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#14
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Should manuscripts be stapled or paper-clipped? ANSWER: Both are acceptable, though...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#13
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Am I correct that only the Book-Length category considers works over 5,000 words? I...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#12
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I always wrestle with the blurb, "a work will be considered published." If I had a story...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#11
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: If I write something for the contest am I able to look for somewhere to publish it...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#9
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: The Short Poetry category has a limit of 20 lines or fewer. Does a "line" (in the count)...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #10
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I just received the information about the New Mountain Voices writing contest. Can...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #8
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Is it permissible to re-enter a work that was rejected last year? ANSWER: "Rejected" is...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #7
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Would I qualify for the Emerging Writers category since my news articles have been...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #6
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: If you receive entries for emerging writers poetry with the category but not the word...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #5
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I'm interested in entering a short story from a series that I'm writing, but although some...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #4
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I had a question concerning the book length prose category, and was hoping you could...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q.#3
5Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Does the guideline about a work not having been published in a "publication" with a...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #2
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: Can I submit a collection of my poems? ANSWER: No. While we have offered Poetry...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #1
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. QUESTION: I am interested in submitting work for the writer's contest but I'm not sure how to...
WV Writers Contest F.A.Q. #8
Continuing the series of Frequently Asked Questions about the West Virginia Writers, Inc., Annual Writing Competitions. To see all of the questions, please click HERE. Question: If you won a cash prize for stageplay in a previous year, can you enter this year with a...
