Dear Aliens: A Writing Contest

Brief

Quarter Mile's DEAR ALIENS writing contest (published 9 March 2026) invites free entries: submit one document—any genre or content—to send to extraterrestrials who will read a single text before arriving. The winner receives $2,000; full rules and the submission link are on the contest website (dearaliens.net), promoted via Buttondown.

Hi there — we have some fun news to share.

We are running a writing contest calledDEAR ALIENS.

It costs $0 to enter. The winner gets $2,000.

The premise is simple: _aliens are coming down to Earth. They say they will read one (1) document before getting here. What do we send?

We don’t know what we should send the aliens. Should it be a history of humanity? A joke? An interesting story? A description of a sunset? We really aren’t sure. So we’re asking you.

We wrote more about it here.

We encourage you to join and share with other people who might want to join :)

p.s. you can go straight to the contest website here if you prefer