Submissions deadline is March 2, 2023
Paper Gardens is an annual creative writing contest sponsored by the Arts Alliance of Yamhill County, Oregon. Writers who live, work or go to school in Yamhill County are invited to submit original poetry or prose.
Prose categories are fiction or creative non-fiction. Poetry categories are traditional, free verse, haiku, and poetry of place-Oregon.
Entries are due March 2, 2023 via online submission. For help with submitting online, the McMinnville Public Library is offering two sessions of in-person assistance with creating a free Submittable account and submitting an entry.
- Thursday, Jan. 19 from 6 – 7 p.m.
- Monday, Jan. 23 from 10 – 11 a.m.
Space is limited. Please contact the Paper Gardens team at papergardensyamhill@gmail.com to register.
Judges’ selections are published in the Paper Gardens anthology. All published writers receive a copy of the book and are recognized at the book release celebration hosted by the Chehalem Cultural Center on May 9, 2023.
The 2023 judges are Lisa Ohlen Harris for prose and Annie Lighthart for poetry.
Funding partners have included The Arts Alliance, the Chehalem Cultural Center, Rotary, Kiwanis, library groups, community businesses and individuals, the Yamhill County Cultural Coalition and the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Since 1993, the Paper Gardens anthology has brought together the diverse voices of Yamhill County writers and poets into a single book. This unique publication features creative submissions from children, youth and adults of Yamhill County.