Teen short fiction contest, $200 in cash prizes

NCW Libraries is once again partnering with Write on the River to sponsor a short fiction contest for NCW teens.

This annual competition gives teens the opportunity to share their original creative work with our great community, and the chance to earn cash prizes provided by Write on the River.

All students in the libraries’ service areas, Chelan, Douglas, Okanogan, Grant and Ferry counties, and in grades 9 to 12, including private and home school students, are encouraged to submit their original short fiction writing.

Submissions can be a complete short story or the first chapter of a novel but must be between 500-2000 words. The writing must be the student’s own original, unpublished work written by them without the assistance of artificial intelligence chatbots. Students may submit one piece of writing per year. The submission deadline is May 15, 2023.

All entries will be judged by representatives from Write on the River (WOTR) and NCW Libraries, on the fiction's development, expression, central theme or plot, and adherence to grammatical conventions.

$200 in cash prizes will be distributed among the top three winning students, sponsored by Write on the River & New York Times best-selling author Chelsea Cain. For questions email info@ncwlibraries.org.