SIX WEEKS TO GO …
… for work published in 2016 to be entered in the
Council for Wisconsin Writers’ annual awards contests. Entries must be
postmarked by Jan. 31, 2017.
Work published by Wisconsin writers in 2016 is eligible in seven
categories, including book-length fiction, nonfiction and
poetry; short fiction and nonfiction; a set
of five poems two of which must have been published in the contest
year, and children’s literature.
First-place winners receive $500 and a one-week writer’s residency
at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point WI.
Honorable mention recipients receive $50 and a one-week writer’s
residency at the Painted Forest Study
Center in Valton WI.
Entries for this year’s Wisconsin Writers Awards must be postmarked
no later than Jan. 31, 2017. Authors who enter must be current Wisconsin
residents.
The entry fee is $25. Membership in CWW is not required, but members are
entitled to one free entry. Out-of-state judges will make the selections.
Awards will be presented at a May 13, 2017, banquet. The Major Achievement
Award for 2016 will also be presented at the May banquet. That award, which
includes a prize of $1,000, recognizes a Wisconsin writer for work of
extraordinary literary merit.
CWW also sponsors an Essay Award for Young Writers (1,500
word maximum) for Wisconsin high school students; there is no entry fee. The
award is $250 for the winning student. Members of the board will judge. Entries
for the student essay contest must be postmarked no later than Jan. 31,
2017.
Specific guidelines, entry forms, and important additional information
for each award category are available in the 2016 Entry Forms section of the
website, wiswriters.org/2016-contest-entry-forms.
CWW is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating the
accomplishments of published Wisconsin writers and encouraging an appreciation
of Wisconsin writing.
For more information about the Council for Wisconsin Writers and
its Awards program, please go to www.wiswriters.org,
or contact any of CWW’s board members at www.wiswriters.org/about/board-of-directors/
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