Writers in Kyoto

Category: Writing Competition

Information about and work from winners of the Kyoto Writing Competition, organized by WiK.

Fire Rite (Kyoto City Mayoral Prize, Tenth Kyoto Writing Competition)

  • By Anton Tongue
A Kyoto ritual turns grudge to grace.

Announcement: Tenth Kyoto Writing Competition Results

Announcing the prizewinners selected from 114 submissions WiK received from around the world.

Writers in Kyoto (WiK) Presents the Tenth Kyoto Writing Competition

Call for entries, deadline April 30th, 2026

USA Prize – John Savoie (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A series of seasonal haiku verses

Japan Local Prize – Adam Clague (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A descriptive piece on the laquer of old

Writers in Kyoto Member Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on the Kamogawa.

Unohana Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short work that excels in beautiful imagery.

Yamabuki Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on wanderings and discoveries in Kyoto.

Kyoto City Mayoral Prize – (Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on a homeless resident of Kyoto.

Announcement: Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Results

The results of the WiK Writing Competition are announced.

Writers in Kyoto Present the Ninth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition

Announcement of the 9th WIK Writing Competition.

USA Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

On Buddhist temples and silk kimono.

Local Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A quintessentially Kyotoesque piece.

Writers in Kyoto Member Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on a journey of inquiry and discovery.

Unohana Prize — (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on nascent love.

Yamabuki Prize — Isabelle Wei (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

Vignettes on food and the relationship between an aging mother and her daughter.

Kyoto City Mayoral Prize – (Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition)

A short piece on Kyoto in the snow.

Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Results

The winners of the WIK writing competition are announced.

An Important Day

Time travel to Kyoto.

Reminder: Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition Deadline (March 31st)

Deadline reminder.

Writers in Kyoto Present the Eighth Annual Kyoto Writing Competition

A call for entries.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Kyoto City Mayoral Prize

The preservation of traditional structures and the unfortunate trend of replacing history with concrete.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Yamabuki Prize

Moonviewing at the Delta.

Seventh Writing Competition Results: Unohana Prize

On love, and a vision for the future.

Years

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