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Which category(ies) are you writing for?

4/15/2026

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Our writing contest has a new category for 2026!
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2026 Kansas Authors Club Literary Contest
Contest closes June 15, 2026
Submit online at kansasauthorsclub.submittable.com
Guidelines for Entering
Prose Categories:
  • Theme
  • Humor
  • Memoir/Inspirational
  • Flash Fiction
  • Stories Written for Young Readers
  • Short Story (fiction)
  • Genre Fiction: SciFi/Fantasy
  • First Chapter of a Book
  • Rural Voices
Poetry Cateogories:
  • Theme
  • Classic Forms
  • Free Verse
  • Narrative
  • Whimsy
  • Japanese Forms
  • Ekphrastic
  • New Poets
  • Rural Voice
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