The Gulf Coast Writers Association is accepting submissions for its Annual Writing Contest in three categories: Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. The first-place winners will win $200, second place will receive $75 and third place will earn $50. Submissions will be judged blind by members of the GCWA and/or qualified members of the local literary community. The winners will be announced at the GCWA meeting on July 15. The entry fee for non-members is $20 for up to 1,500 words of prose or 40 lines of poetry; members receive discounted fees. Subsequent submissions are $10. Entrants may submit as often as they wish but can only receive one prize. The deadline to submit is June 30 at 11:59 p.m. For more information or to enter, visit www.gulfwriters.org and click on “Writing Contest.”