Eligibility: The Vocabula Well-Written Writing Contest is open to all.

Write 200 to 500 words of readable, well-written, even beautiful writing. Send your entries to editor@vocabula.com. Along with your submission, you must include your name, address, and email address.

Previously published writing — whether on the Internet or in a book or magazine — is not welcome.

Contest Dates: Entries for the Vocabula Well-Written Writing Contest are accepted year-round. Each contest ends on May 31. The next contest begins the following day.

Selection: We accept fiction (but no poetry) and nonfiction submissions. Entries are judged on readability (that is, on being well written), beauty, and creativity — in that order. Submissions not meeting the word count requirements will be disqualified.

Prizes: First prize is $200, and your choice of any three $30 or $40 books from the Vocabula Bookstore.

Second prize is $100 and your choice of any one $30 or $40 book from the Vocabula Bookstore.

First- and second-place winners, as well as all honorable mentions, will also receive a year-long subscription to The Vocabula Review.

Winning entries will be announced in July or August, and published in the September issue of The Vocabula Review.

Fees: There is no fee for submitting one entry. If you want to submit more than one entry, there is a $15 fee for every entry after the first.

Copyrights: The author retains the copyright to his or her writing.

Notification: Winners are announced here and notified by email.

Decisions: All decisions are final.

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Read the 2008 VWWWC winning entries here, and the 2009 VWWWC winning entries here.