Now open for submissions!
Enter between January 1, through April 30, 2024.
Why Enter the AWC?
Let past entrants, finalists, semi-finalists and others tell you why it’s a good idea by watching this ancient video that soon needs to be updated! But it’s still good stuff.
Wait! Watch this before entering!
Get hints to increase your chances of winning this competition! Avoid pitfalls many authors make! AWC Director and 2012 Grandmaster Peter Greene gives you the low-down! He’s trying to help you!
Our Creed
Are you ready to enter the Adventure Writers Competition? Good! Now hear this: we exist for one purpose only: to help writers. You get some feedback, maybe a prize, and to get a chance to meet some industry people! You can use the experience as a stepping stone to further your writing career, and to validate that you can write good (joke intended).
All fees collected or donated are used to buy some trophies, and promote the entrants and the competition. No one here makes anything on this. Many lose money. Insane but true. We don’t even pay salaries or try to get you to buy stuff.
We just like to help people. And read. A Lot.
AWC 2024 Prizes
- One AWC Grandmaster Award: $1000.
- Two AWC Finalist Awards: $500.
- Consideration by Braveship Books for publishing and/or marketing
- Interviews of the top 3 finalists for you to use! Check out the Winners page to see what they look like!
- Book trailer production (limited) and interview for posting on AWC website and YouTube – or wherever!
- A “Clive Trophy” for all the finalists and the Grandmaster winner.
*all prizes subject to change if necessary.
Why Are We Different?
We are the only contest we know of that focuses on Adventure Writing! Whether you write like the Grandmaster himself, Clive Cussler, or have your own action-packed style – get on board and enter!
Also, our super-cool judges are other authors, past AWC Grandmasters, professionals in cool and exciting areas (like military and law enforcement and outdoor adventurers), teachers, publishers, playwrights, and best of all: fans – readers of adventure novels, the types of people you want to read your book!
At least 6 judges read your entry! So even if one judge isn’t thrilled, the others may be! And that is real life! Many give feedback!