WGP Fiction and Poetry Awards Now CLOSED
Submissions OPEN AGAIN IN 2022
Congratulations to our shortlisters! We had a wonderful time reading all of the sincerely AMAZING entries for this years WGP Fiction & Poetry Awards. It was challenging to narrow it down to our four shortlisted manuscripts for each category.
Thank you everyone who took the time to enter! We are extremely proud of the quality and unique entries we were honored and overjoyed to read.
Congratulations to our Winners!
The 2021 WGP Fiction Award goes to Jen Knox, We Arrive Uninvited
The 2021 WGP Poetry Award goes to Karen Kilcup, The Art of Restoration
Congratulations to our Honorable Mentions:
- The Buddha Train by Stephen Policoff
- A Very Innocent Man by Edward Belfar
- All the Rivers Flow into the Sea & Other Stories by Khanh Ha
Congratulations to our Honorable Mentions:
- As I Am I See by Ken Fifer
- Miss American Sky by Chad Hanson, PhD
- Poems of Reticence by Joel Netsky
Award Guidelines:
WGP Fiction Award / $25 Entry Fee / $500 Prize / Publication by Winter Goose Publishing.
The WGP Fiction Award seeks to recognize unique storytelling through literary craft. Previously unpublished manuscripts in any fiction genre are eligible for consideration. Submitted work must be 40K words or more.
WGP Poetry Award / $25 Entry Fee / $500 Prize / Publication by Winter Goose Publishing.
The WGP Poetry Award seeks to recognize strong voices through the medium of poetry. Contemporary poetry with an authentic voice and meaningful themes are encouraged. Previously unpublished manuscripts will be eligible for consideration. We are looking for approximately 90 pages, which can include front and back matter and one poem to each page.
Award for Each Genre: $500 and publication of the awarded manuscript by Winter Goose Publishing. Multiple submissions are allowed if done individually. Multiple submissions in one entry will mean disqualification. Submissions to both genres are allowed.
Honorable mentions may also be offered publishing contracts.
The award is open to all writers with the following exceptions:
- Current Authors of Winter Goose Publishing
- Employees, interns, or contractors of Winter Goose Publishing
- Relatives of employees of Winter Goose Publishing
To be certain that every manuscript finalist receives the fairest evaluation, all manuscripts shall be submitted to the judges without any identifying material. Bios, acknowledgments, and other identifying material shall be removed from judged manuscripts until the conclusion of the competition.
