Application Deadline Approaching for Emerging Writer Awards

 Key West Literary Seminar is currently accepting applications for its annual Emerging Writer Awards. Poets and writers who have not yet published a book with a major publisher are eligible to apply. Applications are now available at kwls.org/awards. The deadline for submissions is June 28, 2019.

Winners receive full tuition to this year’s Seminar, “Reading Between the Lines: Sports & Literature,” January 9-12, 2020; full tuition to attend the Writers’ Workshop Program January 13-17, 2020; round-trip airfare; full lodging support; a $500 honorarium; and the opportunity to appear on stage during the Seminar.

The Emerging Writer Awards recognize and support writers who possess exceptional talent and demonstrate potential for lasting literary careers. Each of the three prizes is tailored to a particular literary form. The Scotti Merrill Award recognizes a poet, while fiction writers may apply for either the Cecelia Johnson Award (for a short story) or the Marianne Russo Award (for a novel-in-progress). Past winners have gone on to sign contracts with major publishers and enjoy successful writing careers.

 

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Emerging Writer Award winners (L to R) Joe Dornich, Michelle Peñaloza, and Ross Feeler on stage at the 2019 Key West Literary Seminar. Applications for the 2020 Emerging Writer Awards are now available at kwls.org/awards and are due June 28. Photo by Mark Hedden

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