“Every community on earth should wish they had a Zora Hurston.” In this short 2008 New York Times documentary by Damien Cave and Diana Oliva Cave, locals of Eatonville, Florida discuss their relationship with renowned author Zora Neale Hurston and the impact she had in saving the town’s future.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.