Winners Announced for AWAI’s “First Substack Post” Contest
AWAI awarded three $200 prizes to writers who completed and published their first Substack posts — a push to move writers out of planning and into publishing.
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Three writers — Wendy Matthews, Nancy Paul, and John Panom — each won a $200 prize for AWAI’s “First Substack Post” contest.
AWAI encourages every writer to publish on Substack and treat a first post as a concrete portfolio piece, even if it isn’t perfect.
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September:: 2026:: AWAI 2026 September Winners of AWAI's "First Substack Post" Contest Winners of AWAI's "First Substack Post" Contest Congratulations to the $200 prize winners of AWAI's "First Substack Post" contest. When starting something new, most writers get stuck in the "prep phase." They research the "right" topic... They were challenged to write something simple, genuine, and good enough to share.
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- With so many good entries, narrowing it down to just a few $200 prize winners is never an easy task...
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Winners of AWAI's "First Substack Post" Contest:: We believe every writer should be writing on Substack (more on that here). They never hit "publish." And that's where momentum dies.
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