Southworld Creative Non-Fiction Award is open for entries on 1st March, 2025.

Submission Guidelines

  • Submit a memoir, an innovative essay or an admixture of both.
  • The word limit is 4,000 words.
  • Submissions are only accepted via email.

Entry fee: €20

Prizes

  • 1st Prize: €1,000 and publication in Southword.
  • Up to 8 Runners-up: €400 and publication in Southword.

Judge: Patrick Cotter, current poetry editor of Southword.

Deadline: 30th June, 2025.

More information: Southword Creative Non-Fiction Award

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