New $1,000 Writing Challenge from PWA Encourages Writers to Reconnect with Copy Classics The Professional Writers’ Alliance (PWA) has launched its 2026 cash writing challenge, with $1,000 in prize monies available. This year’s theme is “Copy Classics,” and the competition challenges participants to pull lessons from past masters to level up their present-day careers.
Live Event: After AI — The Unseen Billion-Dollar Writing Opportunity While everyone was focused on AI and what it meant for writers, a brand-new $6.2 billion opportunity was unfolding behind the scenes. On Friday, May 15, at 1 p.m. ET, AWAI President Rebecca Matter will reveal what this new path is and how you can be among the first writers to take advantage of it.
May Issue: Cutest Cover Ever?!? This month’s issue is competing for cutest cover ever… see if you agree. There’s a saying, “Play to your genius”… I think this issue proves that if you do, the money follows!
Success Story Interview: Sean McCool In this Inside AWAI conversation with Executive Director Katie Yeakle, Sean shares how following his intuition — and embracing what makes him different — helped him move from financial stress and uncertainty into a stable, flexible, and rewarding writing career.
Winners of AWAI’s March New Writers Contest Pam Foster is here today to announce the names of the winners for the March new writers contest! Check out Pam’s short video for the winners and brief insights about why each of these winning submissions impressed her.