THE SOWELL EMERGING WRITERS PRIZE FOR A NONFICTION MANUSCRIPT IS OPEN SEP. 15 - NOV. 15. LEARN MORE.

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Emily Grandy

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

Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Announcing the 2025 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Finalists

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

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

Ibe Liebenberg

Chickasaw Poet Ibe Liebenberg Wins 2024 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

Sowell Emerging Writers Prize

2024 Sowell Emerging Writers Prize Finalists and Semifinalists

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

Kate Neville

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

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

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Currents Guest Editorial

The New Sowell Collection Emerging Writers Prize

By Diane Warner

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Currents Guest Editorial

His Life Helped: In Memory of Barry Lopez, 1945-2020

By Kurt Caswell