Our 60th Writing Awards deadline is at Midnight tonight!
Spread the word and send YOUR words -- we can't wait to read each and every one of them!
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Congrats to Sara Shea, our 59th Poetry Award Winner, for “Customs.”
An evocative rumination on heritage, familial connection, and citizenship, Shea’s "Customs" is a dynamic lament that grows more achingly relevant by the day.
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Congrats to Jerelle Kraus, our 59th Nonfiction winner!
Kraus offers a blistering comparison of two disgraced US presidents—one who resigned to “put the interests of America first,” and one who threatens to never leave it.
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Our writers rock!
They keep us overflowing with new Award Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions.
Check them all out right here — and share congrats if you're feeling chummy!
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Congratulations to our 59th Fiction Award Winner!
Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean”
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An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"
A hearty congratulations to all the recent Flash Fiction Finalists and Honorable mentions!
Browse the entire list of creative champs here:
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And we were, as always, thrilled for the chance to read and celebrate more of your creative genius, Myna! Grateful and honored to have you as a member of the NMW community 💖
Check out our newest Flash Fiction winner!
"Memory Box" by JR Fenn
The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning.
Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest!
newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/
Lovely, aching stream of consciousness from @aaronburch.bsky.social. Come for the comparison of tree felling and story writing, stay for the musings on loss caused by little more than the passing of time.
Such a rich, sharply developed character in so few words! We all recognize that Tourist Dad!
Saw my 8-year-old's Montessori school perform the play last month. On a stage full of mermaids, Ursula absolutely stole the show and gave this viewer goosebumps and ALL the nostalgia!
Congratulations and well done!!
"Kissed by Allen Ginsberg" by Michael Hogan
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A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline!
$1000 + publication for each:
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
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14 days to our 2025 Writing Awards deadline, so we're sharing the good word with a daily spotlight on past winners!
Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is"
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Proud to reside in the same state as these brave journalists! Per usual, redirecting the spotlight to progressive policies that work, and the impediments to those efforts' deserved success.
Writers, you’ve been crafting your work. Now it’s time to share it.
$1000 + publication for each category
Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction
⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025
newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit
We’ve published thousands since 1996.
This year, one of them could be you!
Ha! Had my own confusion last night. It was (and remains) a discarded beanie in the middle of our road.
That's a hell of a hook. I read it immediately and enjoyed it immensely. The best kind of love story -- as surprising as it is lovely.
"Effervescence"
Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!
Effervescence, and saying it aloud is the best part!
Midnight Deadline in our Poem of the Week Contest
Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
All subjects and styles welcome.
Winner & Finalists announced: June 8
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
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Congratulations! What an incredible moment!
Did you get actual goosebumps?? 😍
@christopherfielden.bsky.social doing the good work for the writing community, per usual 🥇
Ha! Literature is literature.
#KidsLitIsLit
Verse Victory! Congratulations to our recent Poem of the Week winners:
Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees"
Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War"
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Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!
Ready to usher a new poem into the world?
Revised a cherished creation?
Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK!
Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry)
Deadline: Midnight, April 27
Winner & Finalists announced: May 4
Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift
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😄 Legit made me LOL
Tears, goosebumps, surges of rage, nostalgia, joy so powerful you can taste them...hit us with the power poetry!
In Thomas's vision of "America, One Year from Now," it's easy to recognize a True American...so easy you can smell it on 'em.
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Our "America, One Year from Now" Poetry Winner predicts the fierce and fiery return of "Hope."
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