2025 LORIN TARR GILL WRITING COMPETITION

The 2025 writing competition is open for submissions from January 1 - April 3, 2025.

Three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry

Cash Awards in each category will be:

*First Place $200

*Second Place $100

*Third Place $50

*Honorable Mention $25

Authors may submit ONE unpublished entry in each category.

Authors retain all rights and may publish their work

elsewhere after the award presentation.

SUBMISSION FORMAT:

Fiction and Nonfiction: Maximum Word Count of 2,000 words, using standard 12-point font.

Poetry: Maximum Word Count of 500 words, using standard 12-point font.

Place the title and page number ONLY on each document page. Do NOT include your name, email, or any identifying information as judges will receive separate anonymous entries.

Submit a separate cover page for each entry with:

Full title of your entry & category

(fiction, nonfiction, or poetry)

Author’s full name (no pen names)

Email address, mailing address, phone number

EMAIL COVER PAGE & SUBMISSION

as separate attachments to:

luanna.meyer@vuw.ac.nz with the Subject line:

Gill Writing Competition

Check that you receive acknowledgement of your submission within 48 hours.

ENTRY FEES:

$20 per entry by check made payable to:

NLAPW Honolulu Branch, and mailed to

Dr. Luanna Meyer,

425 South Street #1001, Honolulu HI 96813.

DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS & PAYMENT:

April 3, 2025 (5pm HST)

Winners will be notified by April 30, 2025, and announced at our Branch meeting on May 7, 2025, published on our website, and in media outlets by mid-May 2025.

QUESTIONS: 

Email:luanna.meyer@vuw.ac.nz