
Arizona Authors Association 2023 Literary Contest
The road is waiting, you have merely to take the first step. See where your writing will take you.

Check out our list of previous winners:
See all the festivities from our awards banquets:
The Literary Contest is now live with even better prizes!
ONE Grand PRIZE: $300 for overall best entry, award certificate and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
THREE First Prizes: $150 each, award certificate, and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
THREE Second Prizes: $75 each, award certificate, and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
THREE Third Prizes: $50 each, award certificate, and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
THREE Fourth Prizes: $25 each, award certificate, and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
EIGHT Best of Category Prizes: award certificate and entry into the 2024 Arizona Authors Literary Magazine
Unpublished Poetry and Short Story Best of Category Winners will be nominated for the Pushcart Prize: Value Priceless!


For the past four decades, the Arizona Authors Association Annual Literary Contest has presented awards for outstanding books, short stories, and poetry. We do not judge a book by its author's popularity or by any criteria other than excellence in the work itself. Whether your book is unknown or a New York Times best seller, it has an equal shot at winning. Our prizes not only include the recognition and bragging rights associated with a win in a respectable literary contest, but also, monetary prizes, publication in our magazine, and nominations for various industry awards.
Categories: Published Fiction
Published Nonfiction
Published Juvenile/Young Adult
Published Children's Picture Books
Published Oldie but Goldie
Unpublished Poems
Unpublished Short Story/Essay/Narrative
Unpublished Novel/Novella