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SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN FOR
2024 GOLDEN NIB WRITING
CONTEST FOR TEENS!
FICTION - NONFICTION - POETRY
ENTRIES ACCEPTED UNTIL MARCH 29TH
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: MAY 2024
CONTEST AWARDS IN EACH CATEGORY
1ST $100 2ND $50 3RD $25
CATEGORIES: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
RULES
- Only students attending high school (Grades 9-12) in the state of Virginia are eligible to enter this contest.
- Only original, unpublished work will be accepted. Submissions that have won first place in other writing contests or were written with the help of AI are not eligible.
- The author's name, grade, category (fiction, nonfiction, poetry), school affiliation, preferred contact method / info, mailing address, phone number, and short bio of less than 50-200 words should be included clearly in the body of an email to VWCTeenNib@gmail.com. Use a subject line format of “Category_LastName” and attach the entry as an attachment.
- Only one submission per category is allowed. If a teen is entering more than one category, they should submit each entry as separate emails.
- The Virginia Writer’s Club reserves the right to post winners on our website and publish winning entries in our annual Golden Nib and Teen Nib Journal to be released in November.
- Submissions not in accord with rules or format will be disqualified.
FORMAT
- Fiction and non-fiction entries must be 1,500 words or less. Poetry entries must be 40 lines or less. Entry must be in doc or docx format.
- All pages must show contest category, submission title, and page number in the header.
- Entries are judged anonymously. If the author ’s name or any identifying information appears on any page, the entry will be disqualified. The author's name should only be provided in the submission email.
- Format entries using Helvetica, 12 pt font, double-spaced, 8 1⁄2 by 11-inch page size, left-justified, and 1-inch margins on top, bottom, and left. Poetry should be single-spaced, with double spacing between stanzas.
Entries must be emailed to VWCTeenNib@gmail.com as attachments by midnight, March 29th
All Teen Nib entries should be accompanied by the following coversheet and emailed to VWCTeenNib@gmail.com: