The deadline for submissions for the 23rd annual Moore County Writers’ Competition, sponsored by the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, is Friday, Feb. 4.

The Writers Program wants to remind anyone who is interested in submitting an original piece of writing for the competition that entries should be postmarked or delivered to the Weymouth Center, 555 E. Connecticut Ave., P.O. Box 939, Southern Pines, NC 28388, by that date.

The competition is open to students and residents of Moore County and grouped according to age: grades 1-4, grades 5-8, grades 9-12, and adult. Submission categories are poetry (60 lines maximum), fiction (2,500 words maximum), and nonfiction (2,500 words maximum).

Submission guidelines are available at area libraries, schools, The Country Bookshop, Weymouth Center and the Arts Council of Moore County, or online at weymouthcenter.org.

For more information, call (910) 690-1098 and leave a message.