Why New Writers Should Enter Writing Competitions

Even if they don’t expect to win

Susan James
The Writing Cooperative
4 min readJun 12, 2020

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When you’re new to writing it can feel as if you’re writing in a vacuum.

You might also be writing for a college professor or tutor, a friend or your peers, a parent or a writer’s group, but there’s nothing quite like writing for strangers or having your work read by one, and why not a competition…

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