The MVICW Emerging Writer Fellowships are open to all writers who have yet to publish a full-length book or chapbook. These fellowships continue MVICW's mission of supporting new writers from all backgrounds, genres, and ages (16+) in their creative endeavors at our Summer Writers' Conference.
Deadline: Jan. 19, 2026
FELLOWSHIP PRIZES:
One Full Fellowship Winner will receive the Full Attendance Package to the MVICW Summer Writers' Conference which includes registration, lodging, and a manuscript session.
One Second-Place Fellowship Winner will receive 50% toward registration for the MVICW Summer Writers’ Conference
Please note: We only announce the names of our first place winners on social media and in our public announcements. Finalists will not be announced.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE TITLE, FILE NAME, SUBMISSION, OR LETTER OF INTEREST. Submissions will be judged anonymously.
For Poetry Submissions Letter of Interest (approx. 750 words): Please tell us about who you are as a person and an artist. We'd like to hear about your life, your artistic career, and your creative work. If you have specific needs (financial or creative) which would be met by this award please outline them in your letter.
Submit your single best poem (1-3 pages max)
For Prose Submissions Letter of Interest (approx. 750 words): Please tell us about who you are as a person and an artist. We'd like to hear about your life, your artistic career, and your creative work. If you have specific needs (financial or creative) which would be met by this award please outline them in your letter.
Submit one short story OR one flash fiction piece OR novel excerpt OR creative nonfiction entry. (The submission should not exceed 3,000 words).
Please Note: If your submission exceeds our guidelines, we will submit either the first 3,000 words of your prose submission or the first poem of your poetry submission.
ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES:
- Payment is $20 per submission. You are welcome to submit more than one piece by submitting them separately and paying the submission fee for each entry.
- The entry must be submitted in English and must be your own original work.
- You may submit new or previously published material. As the manuscripts will not be published/reprinted, the author retains all rights to the work.
- There is no restriction to style, content, or genre.
- You must not have published a full-length book or chapbook
- You must be 16 years old or older on the day the retreat begins to enter.
- The submission must not include your real or pen name or any information that identifies you in any way.
- You must submit before midnight on the deadline date.
- Previous First Prize Fellowship & Contest Winners (who attended the in-person conference) are not eligible to apply. However, second-place winners and all virtual conference winners are eligible.
DETAILS ON AWARDS AND RULES:
One fellowship recipient will receive registration, lodging, and a manuscript session at the MVICW Summer Writers’ Conference. The lodging for full fellowship recipients is a triple room with two other attendees at MVICW lodging. If a private room is preferred, the winning writer may choose to pay the difference. The prize does not include lodging outside of MVICW shared-lodging, but the winner may choose to forfeit the lodging stipend and arrange for their own accommodations on the island. The awards do not cover air/travel to the island or food/personal expenses. One runner-up recipient will receive 50% toward registration for the MVICW Summer Writers’ Conference.
You are not eligible to enter the competition if you are (a) our employee or independent contractor of MVICW; (b) a family member (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) of our employees; (c) a judge involved in the competition, including any reviewer who participates in selecting the nominees and finalists; (d) a close friend of the judge so that the judge can identify your work; (e) a previous MVICW full fellowship/first place contest winner. However, first place winners of our Virtual Conference Fellowships are eligible to apply in hopes of winning attendance to our in-person conference.
We will notify potential winners via email or telephone. If potential winners decline the prize or fail to respond within seven (7) days after the first contact, the winners will be deemed to forfeit the prize and MVICW has the right to select alternate potential winner(s) in their place.
Send your entry here.
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