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2025 WWI Awards
Nominations are now open for the four major awards of WW, Inc, and will be accepted through April 17, 2025. All nominations must come from current WW, Inc. members.
Nominate someone you know to recognize and honor contribution and service:
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If you know a current WW, Inc. member who has provided outstanding service to WW, Inc, consider nominating them for the Emmie Mygatt Award. This award, to honor the memory of one of the WW, Inc. founders, requires a nomination letter explaining why the nominee deserves the award. Note: Past recipients are ineligible for this award.
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If you know an adult, organization, business, or other entity that has provided special encouragement and motivation to writers, consider nominating them for the Arizola Magnenat Award. This nominee need not be a WW, Inc. member. The award also requires a nomination letter explaining why the nominee deserves the award.
Nominate yourself to recognize and honor individual achievement:
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If you are a current WW, Inc. member who has published a first major work between May 2024 and May 2025, consider nominating yourself for the Western Horizon Award. Multiple winners may be honored with this award. If a book, include the title, ISBN (required), publisher (if not yourself), and publication date; If a first article, story, essay, and/or poem in a major publication, include the title of the work, the name of the periodical, and the date of publication. The periodical must be national or literary and have a subscriber base. Note: Past recipients are ineligible for this award.
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If you are a current WW, Inc. member and published writer, able to demonstrate ongoing achievements of personal significance in your writing career, consider nominating yourself for the Milestone Award. Like the Western Horizon Award, multiple winners may be honored with this award. Submissions should succinctly express the breadth and depth of your writing career and include an explanation of what specific events took place that launched the milestone. Note: Past recipients are ineligible for this award.
Submit your nominations via the online form below by April 17, 2025. Please email Kathy at bjornestadk@gmail.com with questions.
Awards will be presented at the 51st Annual WW, Inc. Conference, Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Casper, WY
See the list of past winners here.