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, email address, and $20 entry fee.
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 and nonfiction submissions. Entries are judged on readability, beauty, and creativity — in that order. Submissions not meeting the word count requirements are disqualified.
Prizes: First prize is $200, WhiteSmoke writing software (a $79.95 value), and your choice of any three $40 Special Offer books.
Second prize is $100 and your choice of any one $40 Special Offer book.
Winning entries will also be published in The Vocabula Review and may be considered for publication in a forthcoming anthology.
Everyone who submits an entry will receive the PDF version of 101 Elegant Paragraphs, a $10 value.
Fees: There is a $20 entry fee.
Copyrights: The author retains the copyright to his or her writing.
Notification: Winners are announced every August 31. Winners are notified by email.
Decisions: All decisions are final.
Privacy Policy: The Vocabula Review does not lease, lend, sell, or share personal information collected.
Sponsored by The Vocabula Review. All rights reserved.
If you do not now subscribe to Vocabula, you may do so here.