Win cash for your writing

Kick writer’s block to the curb. It’s time to bring your best short story prose and poetry to the forefront as Wisconsin People & Ideas, the quarterly magazine that regularly highlights Wisconsin poetry and fiction, prepares to host its annual poetry and short story contest.

Winners could get as much as $500 and get published in Wisconsin People & Ideas. First-place winners get a weeklong stay at  Edenfred creative arts residency in the Madison Highlands and are also invited to read their work at the Wisconsin Book Festival and at other local venues. The first-prize short story contest winner also receives a private manuscript review by a literary agent of “national note.” The first-place poet receives a three-hour CD recording and editing session.

For more information about contest prizes and rules, visit the Wisconsin Academy website. The deadline for both contests is Dec. 15 at 5 p.m.