WRITTEN BY REBEKAH SIMMERS & TRACEY WARR Stella Donovan just won The Next Big Story prize of $100,000 and extolled the competition for giving her, as an unpublished writer, financial support, endorsement, connections, and confidence. Competitions for writers deliver various benefits. We coordinate the Historical Novel Society’s First Chapters competitions and surveyed entrants for their … Continue reading Winners & … Winners: The Benefits of Writing Competitions