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Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

2024 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Finalists and Semifinalists

Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Announcing the 2025 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Finalists

Ibe Liebenberg

Chickasaw Poet Ibe Liebenberg Wins 2024 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Emily Grandy

Emily Grandy Wins the 2025 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize for the Novel Cupido Cupido

Fireweed going to seed

In Defense of Idleness

An Excerpt of Going to Seed
By Kate J. Neville

Kate Neville

Kate Neville’s Going to Seed Wins Inaugural Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

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Lopez Cottage Residency and $1K Travel Funding Added to Sowell Emerging Writers Prize: Deadline Nov. 15

Cabin in Colorado. Photo by Pam Houston.

Sowell Collection, Terrain.org, and Texas Tech University Press Launch the Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

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Submit Your Fiction Manuscript September 15 – November 15 for Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Sowell Emerging Writers Prize award symbol on stylized mountains and sky

Submit Your Poetry Manuscript September 15 – November 15 for Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Cabin in Colorado. Photo by Pam Houston.

Currents Guest Editorial

The New Sowell Collection Emerging Writers Prize

By Diane Warner