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![]() GCWA's 22nd Annual"Let's Write" Literary Contest Opens: January 15. Deadline: April 15, 2010 |
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Fiction Contest or Poetry Contest Department of English, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152-6176. Entry fee: $20. First prize: $1,500 (fiction) and $1,000 (poetry) and publication. Type: Poetry (1 - 3 poems) and fiction (5,000 words MAX). |
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WATERMAN FUND ALPINE ESSAY
CONTEST
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
GENRE: Creative nonfiction
OPEN TO: US residents who have not previously had published a book or
national magazine article on the subject.
DETAILS: We encourage the submission of essays that explore the
relationship between the human spirit and the environment. For
example, we seek scientific essays about the effects of global
warming; personal stories about hiking experiences; or writings that
explore the relationship between people and wildness. 2,500 - 4000
words.
PRIZE: $1,500 |
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The Bellday
Poetry Prize
Deadline for submission: March 15, 2010 |
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Annual
Writers-Editors International Writing Competition
Deadline: March 15, 2010 Nonfiction (Previously Published and Unpublished); Fiction (Short Story and Novel Chapter); Children's Literature; Poetry. Awards: $100, $75, $50. Entry fee: $3–$20 |
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in Poetry and Short Fiction:
$3,000 and Publication
Postmark Deadline:
March 15, 2010 (don't enter before January 15) |
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This is an opportunity to attempt what is one of the most difficult and rewarding tasks - to create, in a tiny fragment, a completely resolved and compelling story in 300 words or less. Flash Fiction is a wonderfully entertaining thing to read and a challenging thing to write, but we love it and so do the readers of our Anthology. This is another chance to get a story, however small, into this year's Fish Anthology. |
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The Ayn Rand Institute offers the
March 20 deadline
For 8th, 9th and 10th graders. With a 1st Place prize of $2,000 and more
than 200 lesser prizes ranging from $30-500. |
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Deadline: Mar 22nd
This writing contest rewards a $100
prize to the winner. |
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Deadline: March
28, 2010
KIWI is looking for true, inspirational stories; 1200 words or less, that
will make readers laugh, cry, or sigh. Stories should be positive,
universal, and non-controversial. The "point" or "message" should be
evident without preaching. No essays, commentaries, tributes,
philosophical or biographical pieces will be accepted. Each story must
contain the following elements:
1.
Be real –
non-fiction
2.
Capture the
essence of a thin thread event |
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THE EIGHTH
TEN-MINUTE INTERNATIONAL PLAY COMPETITION
Deadline March 30, 2010 Fire Rose Productions' ACToberFest. First Prize: $200 - Merce Award (Pronounced "Mercy"). Youth Award: $100 Gift Certificate. Part of our judging criteria for the finalists is that the play runs between eight and twelve minutes. If you are not sure how long your play is, we suggest getting together with some people and having them read it aloud. Adult and youth categories. |
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OnceWritten.com Annual Poetry Contest |
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GEMINI MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST
ENTRY FEE: $4 Deadline: March 31, 2010 Grand prize: $1,000. Second prize: $100. Honorable mention (3). All five finalists published in the June 2010 issue of Gemini. No restrictions on content, style, genre or length. Flashes, novel excerpts, experimental--all types of short fiction are welcome. |
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Deadline: March 31, 2010
£5 ENTRY FEE
Entries will be accepted from writers of any nationality and from any
country provided that they are written in the English or French Language.
A maximum of 3 poems per author may be accepted. May be on any subject and
written in free style or rhyme. 1st prize: £150, 2nd prize: £50, 3rd
prize: £30. All entries must be accompanied with a booking form and
payment. |
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L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest
The next quarterly deadline is March 31. |
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Meridian
Writing Spring Short Story Competition
Deadline: March 31, 2010 Maximum 3,000 words, any theme/genre. Awards: £100, £50 & £25 plus firstwriter.com vouchers. Entry fee: £5 per story; extra for basic critique. Entries accepted online and via post. |
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Gemini
Magazine Short Story Contest
Deadline: March 31, 2010 no restrictions on content, style, genre or length. Awards: grand prize of $1,000; second place wins $100; plus three honorable mentions. All five finalists will be published in the May or June 2010 issue. Entry fee: $4. Info: Contest, Gemini Magazine, PO Box 1485, Onset MA 02558 |
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Writing
Contest: How I Changed My Mindset Not My Man
Deadline: March 31, 2010
Must be true. Length: Between 750 and 1500 words. Awards: $100, $75, $50.
No entry fee stated. Info:
sally@sallywatkins.net; Sally Watkins,
Contest, PO Box 1417, Orangevale CA 95662. |
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GREAT AMERICAN
THINK-OFF
Just submit an essay of 750 words or less by April 1, 2010. |
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Deadline: April 1, 2010 |
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Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
– No Fee –
Submit one humor poem by April 1
deadline. |
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Deadline: April 1, 2010
Now in its ninth year. We seek today's best humor poems. Total cash prizes
have been increased to $3,600, with a top prize of $1,500. This contest is
free to enter.
How to Submit Your Entry: New simplified procedure! Just click here to
submit your entry online. There is no fee to submit to the Wergle Flomp
Poetry Contest. Poets of all nations may enter. Your poem must be in
English (inspired gibberish also accepted). Please submit only one poem
per year. Your poem may be of any length. Both published and unpublished
work are welcome.
First Prize of $1,500
and publication on WinningWriters.com
Second Prize of $800
and publication on WinningWriters.com
Third Prize of $400
and publication on WinningWriters.com
Twelve honorable mentions
will receive $75 each and publication on WinningWriters.com |
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Dark Moon Anthologies Presents: MONSTERS!
Short Story Contest
April 10, 2010 contest end date
1st Prize: $100 and publication as the winning
entry in Dark Moon Anthology: Monsters!
2nd Prize: $50 and publication in Dark Moon
Anthology: Monsters!
3rd Prize: $25 and publication in Dark Moon
Anthology: Monsters! Special Prize for most original, new monster: $50.00 |
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Treasure
Box Tales Spring 2010 contest
Deadline: April 13, 2010 for short stories up to 1300 words describing your treasure and experience. Open to all ages. Awards: $500, $100, plus online publication. All entries will be considered for future print publication. Entry fee: $10 |
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![]() GCWA's 22nd Annual"Let's Write" Literary Contest Deadline: April 15, 2010 |
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Writer Advice's Fifth Annual Flash Prose Contest Deadline: April 15 Submit flash prose submissions up to 750 words in fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction categories. Prizes: $150/$75/$50/$25. All entries submitted with a SASE will receive brief comments. |
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The Alabama Writers' Conclave
(AWC) is now accepting submissions for its
Annual Writing Contest
Deadline postmark
April 20. Categories include fiction, short fiction, juvenile fiction, nonfiction, humor, traditional poem, free verse poem, and first chapter novel. Prizes of $100, $75, $50, $25, and four honorable mentions will be awarded in July. For more information, contact Marian Lewis, Contest Chair, at bo325sky@earthlink.net |
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Novel
Beginnings 1st Chapter Contest
Deadline: April 30, 2010 First chapter of a novel only. Limit 6,000 words or fewer. Free critique available upon request. Awards: $100, $50, $25. Entry fee: $10 per entry, limit 3 entries. Winner profiled, winning entry posted on Web site |
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E.M. KOEPPEL $1,100
SHORT FICTION AWARD
Deadline
April 30, 2010. |
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SLO NightWriters is proud to announce its 21st Annual 500-word Short Story and Poetry contest. NightWriters is a non-profit writing organization serving the Central Coast of California since 1987. The contest kicks off on
January 10, and will terminate April 30,
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The
Christmas Spirit book project
Deadline: May 1, 2010 (St. Martin's Press) seeks true stories that emphasize the significance of the Christmas season. Stories may run from 900 to 1,300 words. You may send an original or a reprint. Writers retain rights and those accepted will receive a $50 honorarium plus a copy of the book. |
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28th
annual writing contest sponsored by Southwest Writers
Postmark Deadline:
May 1, 2010
(New Mexico) for original, unpublished manuscripts. Editors and agents
select the top three entries in 14 categories including fiction and
nonfiction books, articles, essays and poetry. Awards: Cash prizes of
$150, $100, $50 in each category; plus a $1,000 storyteller award. Entry
fees: $10-$20 Poetry; $20-$35 Other; additional for critiques. |
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Deadline: May 1, 2010
Adult fiction: literary novels, novellas, short story collections -
minimum 22,000 words; Children's fiction: middle-grade and YA novels -
minimum 20,000 words. No picture books. Award: A publication contract with
advance for one book in each category. Finalists receive $150 plus a
manuscript critique. Contest opens January 15, 2010. Entry fee: $30 for
adult fiction; $20 for children's fiction. |
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$2,000 Awaits Winners of the
Lorian Hemingway
Short Story Competition
The final
deadline: May 15, 2010;
Entries are now being accepted for the 2010 Lorian Hemingway Short Story
Competition, created to enthusiastically support the efforts and talent
of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard.
Writers will compete for a $1,000 first-place prize, $500 second-place
prize, and $500 third-place prize in this internationally-acclaimed
competition. Several honorable mentions are also awarded each year. As an
added prize, beginning in 2009, The Saturday Evening Post will
publish our first-place winner. Payment by The Saturday Evening Post
for publication of the winning story will be in addition to our $1000
first-place prize.
Stories in all genres of fiction are welcome. Maximum length is 3,000
words, and writers retain all rights to their work. Winners will be
announced at the end of July.
For complete guidelines, please visit, e-mail shortstorykw@gmail.com,
or send an SASE to the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, P.O. Box
993, Key West, FL 33041. |
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HOW JOURNAL SHORT
STORY CONTEST
$20 ENTRY FEE
1st Place - $1,000 and publication in H.O.W. Journal |
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WOMEN WHO
WRITE
Poetry and prose accepted. |
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Ninth
annual Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize
Deadline: Postmark May 31, 2010
Award: Publication plus $300. Entry Fee: $15 per entry (3 poems, 6 pages
total). Info: CALYX Inc., Lois Cranston Poetry Prize, PO Box B, Corvallis
OR 97339. |
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![]() ![]() Magnolia Quarterly Summer Contest Deadline: June 1, 2010 GCWA Members Only |
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Dark Moon Books
(an imprint of Stony Meadow Publishing) is sponsoring its first annual
"Scary
Poetry"
Contest
Contest Deadline: July 1, 2010
1st Prize: $50 and publication as the winning
entry in
Poems of Monsters, Mayhem and Madness: Poetry To
Keep You Awake At Night!
2nd Prize: $25 and publication in the
Poems of Monsters, Mayhem and Madness: Poetry To
Keep You Awake At Night!
3rd Prize: $10 and publication in the
Poems of Monsters, Mayhem and Madness: Poetry To
Keep You Awake At Night!
All other poems
selected will appear in
Poems of Monsters, Mayhem
and Madness: Poetry To Keep You Awake At Night! with author credit. (All entries will
receive a PDF copy of the finished anthology. No other remuneration will
be provided, but copies of the book will be available from the publisher
at 35% off the retail price.) We expect to include at least 100 poems in
the collection. |
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DORIS GOODERSON SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Limit 1,200 words. Prizes: 1st £150, 2nd £70 and 3rd £40. Copyright
remains with the author, although winning entries will be published in the
Wrekin Writers 2010 Anthology and may also be published on the Wrekin
Writer website. |
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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
Deadline: July 31, 2010
Open to everyone! This competition welcomes anyone who loves arranging
words into the beautiful art of poetry or to write a short story that is
worth telling everyone. And to all who have the ability to dream... Write
a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be
original.
Guidelines:
Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed
or neatly hand printed.
And/or write a short story, five pages maximum length, on any subject or
theme, creative writing fiction or non-fiction (including essay
compositions, diary, journal entries and screenwriting). Also, must be
typed or neatly hand printed.
Multiple poetry and short story entries are accepted.
Prizes:Writing
Contest First Prize is $500. Second Prize: $250. Third Prize: $100.
Poetry Contest First Prize is $250. Second Prize: $125. Third Prize: $50.
Entry fees:Writing
Contest entry fee: $10 per short story.
To send entries:
Include title(s) with your story (ies) or poem(s), along with your name,
address, phone#, email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about
yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for
entry confirmation. Fees payable to: “Dreamquestone.Com”
Mail to: Dream Quest One - Poetry & Writing Contest |
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THE "SCARE THE DICKENS OUT OF
US" SHORT STORY CONTEST 2010
Deadline October 1, 2010.
The contest is a Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library fundraiser and is
privately funded. All entry fees go to the Friends and are used for
library projects. The contest is open to published and unpublished writers
alike. The ghost story must be 5,000 words or less, in English, and typed
double-spaced. |
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THE SPRING 2010
24-HOUR SHORT STORY CONTEST
Now accepting entrants! Each contest is limited to 500 entrants so don't
delay if you want to participate.
1st Place: $300, 2nd Place: $250, 3rd Place: $200
Entry fee is $5. You can see the complete list of 85 prizes |
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Stories or novellas previously published are eligible, as long as the
publication did not exceed 2,000 copies.
*Reading Fee $25.00. AWARDS: FIRST $1,000, SECOND $300 THIRD $200 (each
additional entry in this SAME category, $10, not to exceed 5 total
submissions)
GUIDELINES FOR POETRY
*Reading Fee 15.00 (for 3 poems) AWARDS: FIRST $400, SECOND $200, THIRD
$100 (each additional poem entry in this SAME category, $10 each, not to
exceed 5 total submissions)
These dates are ANNUAL, REVOLVING deadlines
SHORT FICTION .......MAR 30, SEPT 30 |
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NOTES AND GRACE NOTES
MONTHLY CONTEST
The deadline is the last day of each month. |
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Inamorata Romance Books (an imprint of Stony Meadow Publishing) is sponsoring its
First Romantic Short Story Contest Contest Deadlines: The 1st of every month for the following month's contest.
The contest is open to all writers, whether published or unpublished, and
we are looking forward to reading some great short stories!
Monthly Winner: $20 and e-publication as the winning entry in the current month's
contest. (Monthly winners may also be considered for eventual inclusion in
an upcoming Anthology of Romance Short Stories Collection.) |
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Whim's Place Flash Fiction Contest Deadline: QUARTERLY * Entry Fee: $5 Prize: $250 plus publication A quarterly flash fiction contest. Deadlines for each quarter are March 30, June 30, September 30, December 30. Submit flash fiction of 500 words or less. Submit by regular post or e-mail. Full contest rules and regulations available on website. |
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seeks stories for a new type of contest. People write their story, others vote for it, and the author of the story with the most votes wins a payout.
Right
now payouts are $100 US, but the site aims to award over $12,000 per
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sponsors several writing contests annually. If you'd like to receive contest news via email, subscribe to the Writer's Digest Competition Update. |
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Great lists of contests, grants, and markets for free-lance writers |
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Click below for more links -- Conferences & Workshops Contests Places to Publish Writers Groups Miscellaneous Links GCWA Member Websites
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