Reminder:
Wisconsin Writers Contest Open for Entries: After a year’s hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council for Wisconsin Writers is holding its 56th annual awards contest. Deadline is Jan. 31, 2022. Wisconsin writers are invited to enter work published during the 2021 calendar year in (poetry categories): Book-length poetry, A set of five poems, two of which must have been published in the contest year, Young Writers Award. First-place winners in all categories except the Young Writers Award will receive $500 and a one-week writer’s residency at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point WI. Honorable mention recipients will receive $50 and a one-week writer’s residency at the Painted Forest Study Center Valton WI. Specific guidelines, entry forms and important additional information can be found at our website, http://wiswriters.org.