Poets & Writers' 2010 Writers Exchange Contest to be Held in New Jersey

Poets & Writers, the nation’s largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers, is proud to announce that the 2010 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange will be held in New Jersey. The contest is open to poets and fiction writers who are residents of New Jersey and have never published a book, or have published only one full-length book of fiction or poetry. The winning poet and fiction writer will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City in October 2010 to meet with top literary professionals, including editors, agents, publishers, and prominent writers, and to give a public reading. This year’s judges are Sophie Cabot Black (poetry) and Nahid Rachlin (fiction).

To date, 78 writers from 31 states have participated in P&W’s Writers Exchange. As a direct result of the Writers Exchange, past winners -- notably Sue Monk Kidd, author of The Secret Life of Bees -- have had their books published, received awards and fellowships, secured teaching positions, and laid the groundwork for their professional lives as writers.