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Our spring contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest.

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Only 10 writers are selected worldwide for the prestigious award. This year two — Gothataone Moeng and Ada Zhang — are current fellows at UW–Madison.

Aaliyah Bilal, Shayok Misha Chowdhury, Taylor Johnson and 7 other emerging authors are taking home $50,000 each at this year's Whiting Awards.

Our winter contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest.