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Check out our history with our Historian, President Emeritus Toby Fesler Heathcotte.
Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest
The road is waiting, you have merely to take the first step. See where your writing will take you.
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The 2025 Literary Contest
is now closed. Please join us for the next contest, which opens Jan. 1, 2026
Prizes:
One Grand Prize: $500
Three First Prizes: $200 each
Three Second Prizes: $125 each
Three Third Prizes: $75 each
Three Fourth Prizes: $50 each
Eleven Best of Subcategory: $25 each
All Winners Also Receive Recognition in the 2026
Arizona Literary Magazine and a Free PDF Copy.
Categories:
Unpublished:
Poetry (up to 50 lines)
Short Fiction (5000 words or less)
Short Nonfiction (5000 words or less)
Novels/Novellas/Plays (first 25 pages plus 2-5 page synopsis)
Published:
Fiction: (2024 or 2025 copyright date)
Nonfiction: (2024 or 2025 copyright date)
Oldie but Goldie Fiction: (original copyright after 1974 but before 2024)
Oldie but Goldie Nonfiction (original copyright after 1974 but before 2024)
Youth:
Published Children's Books under 12
Published Teen/YA 12 and over
Oldie but Goldie Youth (all youth 0-18+
with an original copyright after 1974 but before
2024)
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2025 Arizona Authors Literary Contest!
Check out our 2025 Arizona Literary Magazine and imagine your winning entry in the 2027 issue! Enter the next contest at any time from Jan 1, 2026-June 1-2026. Thank you!
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