ANNOUNCING THE KICK-OFF OF
CELEBRATING 75 YEARS IN 2024
Get ready, Get set …
Submit your best work beginning MARCH 1
Submissions close on JUNE 15
In honor of the Jade Ring Writing Contest’s 75th Anniversary, we will reinstate an elegant tradition when winners were announced and honored at the WWA Fall Conference.
Thus, the 2024 Jade Ring Award winners will be revealed on October 25 at a banquet in La Crosse held in conjunction with the conference.
Judges
Short Fiction - Christina Marrocco, author, editor and college instructor
Non-Fiction - Maggie Ginsberg, author and senior managing editor at Madison Magazine
Poetry - Max Garland, former Wisconsin poet laureate
Open - “What Wisconsin Means to Me” - Jerry Apps, author and UW emeritus instructor (new category in honor of the contest’s 75th anniversary)
Prizes
In addition to glory, cash, and a Jade Ring, first-place winners in each category will also receive a one-week residency at Write On, Door County.
Guidelines
Be sure to follow all entry requirements! Account at Duosuma required.
Dates to Note
March 1 – Submissions open.
June 15 – Submissions close.
August 15 (est.) – Paid critiques are returned.
August 15 – Winners in all categories will be notified of placing in the contest (exact placement will not be revealed until the Jade Ring Banquet).
October 25 – Winners are notified of their winning placement at the Jade Ring Banquet.
Learn more and enter at https://wiwrite.org/Jade-Ring-2024
