To receive a list of contest results, entrants may send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to AARP & Huff/Post 50 Memoir Contest Winner’s List Request, 601 E Street NW, Washington, D.C. The winner will be announced in September. We believe this memoir contest could really be the chance of a lifetime.” “We want to find a gifted writer who can tell a remarkable story of his or her life. Teachers tell us they plan their classes around our challenges, and tens of thousands of teenagers. “We’re searching for the next great memoir,” says Blyth. Our annual Contest Calendar is probably the single most powerful thing we publish all year. Judges will include editors from each sponsor, including the Huffington Post’s Arianna Huffington and Huff/Post 50 editor at large Rita Wilson, a top editor from Simon & Schuster, and AARP editorial director Myrna Blyth. The winning work will also be excerpted in AARP The Magazine and will be featured on the Huffington Post website. Final manuscripts should be between 20,000 to 50,000 words in length. Ten finalists will be invited to submit their complete memoir by June 15. This February there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. There is no entry fee.Ĭomplete guidelines and eligibility requirements can be found here. ![]() ![]() Submissions must be sent electronically via e-mail. Writers born before December 31, 1964, and who are residents of the United States may submit a synopsis and the first 5,000 words of a memoir by February 15. One grand prize winner will receive $5,000 and a publishing contract with Simon & Schuster. The Huffington Post, the AARP, and Simon & Schuster have teamed up to launch a new memoir contest for writers over the age of fifty.
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