Tempe Writing and Cover Design Contests 2024
There are presently no open calls for submissions.
We invite submissions in: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
From: High School Students, College Students (undergraduate & graduate), Adults
Eligibility:
- Maricopa County High School students
- Maricopa County Community College and University students
- Maricopa County adults
- Prior contest winners must wait three years from the time of their winning submission before entering new work to the Tempe Writing Contest, regardless of category.
- Judging will be done by members of ASU’s creative writing community.
- Please do not include your name or any other identifying information anywhere in your manuscript.
- No simultaneous submissions please, meaning you have not also sent this work to another contest or literary journal.
- One submission per entrant only, meaning you can only submit in one category.
- One winner from each entry category will be chosen for each genre.
- Winners will be announced in March 2024.
- Winners will receive a copy of the collected winning entries, a certificate, and cash prize.
- Winning and runners-up entries will be published on the Tempe Public Library website.
- A book launch celebration will be held in April 2024 for the winners to read their winning work.