Describe a time when you chose to be your authentic self when it took courage to do so.

ENTRY DETAILS: Only those who live in prison are eligible to participate & we don’t accept anything that has been previously published.
Submission is also permission to edit & post in future WITS projects.
Submission is free.
Entries should be 1,000 words or less. Poetry is considered if it is inspired by the prompt.
Submissions can be handwritten.

PRIZES: First Place: $75 | Second Place: $50 | Third Place: $25

DEADLINE: September 30, 2025. Decisions will be posted to the WITS website by approximately November 30, 2025.

MAILING ADDRESS: Walk In Those Shoes, Writing Contest Entry, P.O. Box 70092, Henrico, Virginia 23255

Please share with any writers you know who live in prison. The details are also shared on Page 3 of the Summer 2025 Newsletter which has a sampling of the writing WITS accepts.