At the Escondido Public Library, we offer a wide-range of programs to support local authors! From the Escondido Writers Group to our Local Author Collection, our goal is to nurture and foster local writing and talent in the Escondido area and beyond! Interested in having your author program at the Library or participating in a Library author talk? Click here for our policy for hosting author programs.

• Local Author Collection
• Author Talks
• Escondido Writers Group
• Escondido Writers Group Annual Writing Competition
• The San Diego Veterans Writing Group's Annual Open Mic

Congratulations to the 3rd Annual Writing Competition Winners

Winners

1st Place: Free Fall by Wanda McLaughlin

2nd Place: Hole in Cactus by Jessica Petrencsik

3rd Place: The Colors of Change by Eva Redding

Honorable Mentions

Ludwig’s Revenge by Robert Kirschenbaum

Spying by Janelle Amer

From the Appliance Blog by Tim Miller

Annual Writing Competition

About the Escondido Writers Group Annual Writing Competition

The Escondido Writer's Group Writing Competition highlights the intellectual and creative accomplishments of writers in the San Diego region. 

Submit your fiction or non-fiction (excluding poetry) writing between January 2 through January 31, 2023. The winners will be announced at the Escondido Writers Group meeting on February 21, 2023. This contest is open to anyone age 12 and up. Every entry must stand on its own merits. Judges will not give special dispensation or more liberal consideration for youth entries.

Entries should be:

• Be typed or in electronic format

• Have a 2500 word limit, NO EXCEPTIONS

• Be double spaced with one-inch margins

• Include a cover sheet with the title of the story, name, phone number, and email. The entry itself should have the title only at the top right corner of each page.

• Anything not meeting this format will be disqualified

Prizes will be given to the three best entries.

Please drop entries off at the Library Information Desk or email to tanyarossauthor@gmail.com