W@W offers an annual Fellowship Competition for emerging writers in the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry genres. Winners are honored with cash prizes, publication opportunities, etc.

Prizes:

Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

• First Prize in each category: $1,500, publication in Quarterly West (subject to editorial guidelines), a featured reading at the 2004 conference, tuition for a free afternoon session package at the W@W conference (value can be applied towards the full conference tuition), a manuscript consultation during the conference with one of the visiting publishers or agents, and free housing.
  
  
• Honorable Mention in each category: tuition for free afternoon session package (value can be applied towards the full conference tuition), and a manuscript consultation during the conference with one of the visiting publishers or agents.

Eligibility:

• Any writer who has not yet published a book-length volume of original work in the genre in which they submit a manuscript.
• Unpublished work only.
• Previous winners are not eligible in the genre in which they have won.
• Board members are prohibited from submitting manuscripts during their tenure on the board.
  

Deadlines:

Entries must be postmarked no later than March 1.

Guidelines:

Fiction: Short story/novel excerpt (adult fiction only)

• 5,000 word / 20-page maximum / unpublished
• Double spaced
• One work per entry

Literary Nonfiction:

• 5,000 word / 20-page maximum / unpublished
• Double spaced
• One work per entry

Poetry:

• Six poems / 10-page maximum / unpublished

Each Entry Must Include:

• $15 reading fee for each entry
• Each entry must be mailed separately