Our 60th Writing Awards deadline is at Midnight tonight! Spread the word and send YOUR words -- we can't wait to read each and every one of them! newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

Congrats to Sara Shea, our 59th Poetry Award Winner, for “Customs.” An evocative rumination on heritage, familial connection, and citizenship, Shea’s "Customs" is a dynamic lament that grows more achingly relevant by the day. newmillenniumwritings.org/customs-sara-shea/

Congrats to Jerelle Kraus, our 59th Nonfiction winner! Kraus offers a blistering comparison of two disgraced US presidents—one who resigned to “put the interests of America first,” and one who threatens to never leave it. newmillenniumwritings.org/2-1-2-hours-alone-with-nixon-jerelle-krause/

Our writers rock! They keep us overflowing with new Award Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions. Check them all out right here — and share congrats if you're feeling chummy! newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/

Congratulations to our 59th Fiction Award Winner! Baird Harper of Oak Park, Illinois for “Indian Ocean” newmillenniumwritings.org/indian-ocean-baird-harper/ An aged astronaut wonders: "Did I really make it home safe? Or am I still trapped in that space capsule under the waves of the Indian Ocean?"

A hearty congratulations to all the recent Flash Fiction Finalists and Honorable mentions! Browse the entire list of creative champs here: newmillenniumwritings.org/new-millenni...

Check out our newest Flash Fiction winner! "Memory Box" by JR Fenn The creative elements Fenn achieves here—the world-building, story arcs, and depths of character—are nothing short of stunning. Peek inside “Memory Box” for Flash Fiction at its finest! newmillenniumwritings.org/memory-box-jr-fenn/

Lovely, aching stream of consciousness from @aaronburch.bsky.social. Come for the comparison of tree felling and story writing, stay for the musings on loss caused by little more than the passing of time.

"Kissed by Allen Ginsberg" by Michael Hogan newmillenniumwritings.org/kissed-by-allen-ginsberg-michael-hogan/ A past treasure for #12DaystoDeadline! $1000 + publication for each: Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction ⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025 newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

14 days to our 2025 Writing Awards deadline, so we're sharing the good word with a daily spotlight on past winners! Starting off strong with our most recent Poem of the Week winner: Trish Lindsey Jaggers for "What Dancing Is" newmillenniumwritings.org/what-dancing-is-trish-lindsey-jaggers/

Proud to reside in the same state as these brave journalists! Per usual, redirecting the spotlight to progressive policies that work, and the impediments to those efforts' deserved success.

Writers, you’ve been crafting your work. Now it’s time to share it. $1000 + publication for each category Fiction | Nonfiction | Poetry | Flash Fiction ⏳ Deadline: July 31, 2025 newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit We’ve published thousands since 1996. This year, one of them could be you!

"Effervescence" Just saying it in my head is enough to light me up!

Midnight Deadline in our Poem of the Week Contest Send us that magic demanding to be spilled onto the page! Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry) All subjects and styles welcome. Winner & Finalists announced: June 8 Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

@christopherfielden.bsky.social doing the good work for the writing community, per usual 🥇

Ha! Literature is literature. #KidsLitIsLit

Verse Victory! Congratulations to our recent Poem of the Week winners: Kevin Swanwick for "Tell the Bees" Jed Myers for "I Can't Feel the War" newmillenniumwritings.org/browse/ Enjoy these poetic masterpieces and peruse the Finalists...your name just might be among them!

Ready to usher a new poem into the world? Revised a cherished creation? Submit it to become our POEM OF THE WEEK! Fee: $8 (2 poems/entry) Deadline: Midnight, April 27 Winner & Finalists announced: May 4 Prize: Publication + $100 + Mystery Gift newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit

Tears, goosebumps, surges of rage, nostalgia, joy so powerful you can taste them...hit us with the power poetry!

In Thomas's vision of "America, One Year from Now," it's easy to recognize a True American...so easy you can smell it on 'em. newmillenniumwritings.org/no-land-is-m...

Our "America, One Year from Now" Poetry Winner predicts the fierce and fiery return of "Hope." newmillenniumwritings.org/hope-kathy-m...

Congratulations to our "America, One Year from Now" Award Winners and Finalists! Kathy McGoldrick for "Hope" Hayley Igarashi Thomas for “No Land Is My Land” Competition was steep--thank you to NMW readers and writers who help free speech thrive. newmillenniumwritings.org/nmw-america-...

‘...today cannot know what tomorrow will need. It’s always better to keep books.’ - Elizabeth Knox writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #books #reading

@christopherfielden.bsky.social awesome To Hull and Back is open again! 🙌 PS. Dude is a true treasure and advocate in the writing community (glad to see we both made it to Bluesky, Christopher!)

Just think of all the new things to write about!

Crystal Ball Writing Contest: "America, One Year from Now" Calling all soothsayers and diviners... What will the next year bring to this nation of ours? newmillenniumwritings.submittable.com/submit Each entry may include one story, one essay, or two poems. 1000 word limit Deadline: March 31

New Millennium Writings launched in 1996 with a 15-word classified ad. Today we're an internationally recognized and highly sought-after literary award. It's why we believe in the creative potential of every writer, regardless of experience: Everyone starts somewhere.

Do you write? Then you’re a writer. I don’t care if you’re trad published, self published, or not at all published. If you write - you’re a writer. There’s no officiant or badge to collect. You write - you’re a writer. So stop waiting for someone to declare you one. I just did. There you go.

As Editor, I try to call each new award winner to personally give them the great news. About half ask if they can send me an updated version of the piece. (NOTE: These are writers whose works have beat out hundreds to win first place in our contest) As with good parenting, the work is never done.

Our most recent NMW Poetry Award Winner proposes a different, but radically wise approach... newmillenniumwritings.org/tomorrow-a-d...

Writing poetry is easy. Just stare at the void until it hands you a line, then spend six hours trying to fix it.

It's a rare snowy day here, but what brought this poem to mind today are its opening lines--words that never fail to strengthen me when the world outside is frightening: "Whatever you do, don’t break. The snow always stops. Remember that." newmillenniumwritings.org/lesson-for-a...