PRIDE 2026 POETRY & PROSE Contest
Theme: Transmission: Do You Read Me?
In the face of turbulent times, Washington Writers’ Publishing House invites trans, nonbinary, intersex, and other gender expansive writers to send us writing that represents them and their stories. This year for Pride, we wish to focus on highlighting and uplifting trans voices in our community.
We believe that trans writing does not have to be about the trans experience explicitly, so please send everything–your joy, fear, love, resistance, dreams, and otherwise. We want to read what is true to you.
Poetry Submissions
- Send us up to two poems with a max of three pages in total.
- Please exclude personally identifying information from your submission document. Name in the cover letter is okay.
- Mae Moll will judge finalists in poetry and select one winner to receive $100 and one runner-up to receive $50.
- The winner and runner-up will both be published in WWPH Writes, the online journal and newsletter, in June 2026.
Prose + Hybrid Submissions
- Send one prose or hybrid piece with a maximum of 1,000 words. Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, or Hybrid.
- Please exclude personally identifying information from your submission document. Name in the cover letter is okay.
- Suzanne Feldman will judge finalists in prose and select one winner to receive $100 and one runner-up to receive $50.
- The winner and runner-up will both be published in WWPH Writes, the online journal and newsletter, in June 2026.
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SUBMISSIONS CLOSE MAY 18th, 2026, AT 11:59 PM.
