Welcome to Inscape‘s writing contests! Starting in 2024, Inscape began seasonal writing contests designed to reward and honor authors with superb writing skills that are bizarre, believing, and beautiful.
Writing Contests
Poetry Contest
2025
Winner
Ode to Edges by Karen George
Runner-up
Ode to an Electric Guitar by Neah DePoe
Honorable Mentions
Ode to My Pulmonary Emboli by Jennifer Saunders
Ode to Showers by Molly Smith
Love Poem to a Heartbroken Zombie by Hollie Dugas
Halloween Spooky Short Story Contest
2024
Winner
Toes, Teeth, and the Thing Under the Bridge by Eli Tillemann
Runner-up
Hypothesis on the Human Brain by Jacob Nef
Honorable Mentions
Cinders by Ariel Hemloch
How to Survive a Horror Movie by Richard Scott
Leave the Lights On by Atticus Pixton
Deserted Highway by Alexander Dunn
