For 2025 and year four & Issue Four - we will be holding three Contests! Also, please note that it is often a misconception that we want food themed work; however, this is not the case.
The Nano & Micro Contest for Women Writers
This contest is requiring a three-dollar (3.00 USD) entry fee and only open to women writers. If you cannot afford the fee, please let us know and we can waive it. Our first year we held a women's writing contest and brought it back. There will be one winner for Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. Each winner will receive $100.00 USD for their winning piece and have their work featured on merch of a local business in the food and beverage industry. We are collaborating with local businesses to put this on. The judges are a mystery group from said industry as well. Contest opens November 12th, 2024 and closes February 1st, 2025. Food and beverage employees are a set of mystery judges this year.
The Fifty & Up Writer Awards
This contest is fee-free and only open to writers aged fifty and up. There will be one winner for Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. Each winner will receive $1.00 USD for each year of age. Works must be original and not assisted with the use of AI and unpublished. Poems should not exceed more than two pages, and prose pieces should be between 500 - 2,000 words. Submit up to five poems max, and one piece of prose if doing F or CNF. Contest closed January 1st, 2025. The finalist judges are a returning judge, Camille Kenney over Fiction; Leila Merrill over Creative Nonfiction (one of our poetry co-editors); and winner of last year's major contest in Poetry - Steven Schwei over Poetry. Round two judging is pending. Preliminary judges are Colin James Sturdevant & Kat Bacani.
The Translations Prizes in Poetry & Prose
This contest closed February 1st, 2025. The finalist judge is Colin James Sturdevant - The Founder and Managing Editor. Winner announcement pending.
For any questions you may have, please feel free to email our Founder & Managing Editor (Colin James Sturdevant) at managingeditortf@gmail.com