The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival is committed to providing a venue for unpublished or modestly published writers to showcase their work. The Fringe is a special opportunity for aspiring writers to share their work with the audience in Eden Mills. Throughout the history of The Fringe, several contest winners have returned to the EMWF as published authors.

Please note: Though the festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re excited to announce that their Fringe winners will have the opportunity to participate in their online series of events.

The writing contest offers prizes in fiction, non-fiction and poetry categories. Poetry entries can be up to five poems, five pages maximum, single-spaced. This year’s poetry judges are Lisa Baird and Sue Graham Parker.

Learn more here.