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Gulf Coast Writers Association & the Bay St. Louis Little Theatre
present the 2nd annual
Valentine's Day Love Poem Contest
Deadline: February 2, 2012
Calling all
indie book authors and publishers - including
small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses,
e-book publishers, and self-published authors.
Entries are now being accepted for the 2012 Next Generation Indie
Book Awards (the "Indie Book Awards"), the most exciting and
rewarding book awards program open to independent publishers
and authors worldwide who have a book written in English and
released in 2011 or 2012 or with a 2011 or 2012 copyright date. The
Indie Book Awards is presented by Independent Book Publishing
Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com).
With 60 categories to choose from,
enter by
February 24, 2012 (all books must be received in our
offices by February 24, 2012) to take advantage of this exciting
opportunity to have your book considered for cash prizes, awards,
exposure, possible representation by a leading literary
agent, and recognition as one of the top independently
published books of the year!
Awards given to the Finalists and Winners of the 2012 Indie Book
Awards are:
·
$1,500 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the best Fiction Book
·
$1,500 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the best Non-Fiction Book
·
$750 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the second best Fiction Book
·
$750 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the second best Non-Fiction Book
·
$500 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the third best Fiction Book
·
$500 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the third best Non-Fiction Book
·
$250 Cash Prize and trophy
awarded to the Best Design Book entry
·
$100 Cash Prize and a Gold Medal
awarded to the winner of each of the 60 categories
·
Finalist
Medals
will be awarded to up to three finalists in each of the 60
categories
Click here
to find out what else the Finalists and Winners of the 2012 Indie
Book Awards will receive.
Click here to go to Entry Guidelines
Screenplay Analysis Contest 2012 Call for Entries
Screenplay Analysis Schedule
Screenplays submitted early will receive their analysis as follows:
All analyses will be returned by March 1, 2012.
Prizes:
The best screenplay from the UK will be awarded the Cordelia
Award and will receive $1,000.
The best screenplay from outside the USA, Canada and the UK will
be awarded the Joplin Award and will receive $1,000.
Every entrant who submits by August 1st is eligible
for our Title contest, where three scripts will be awarded $250, as
voted on by current BlueCat entrants.
One writer will be awarded a live, staged reading with
professional local actors at Screenplay Live in Rochester, New York,
as part of the 360|365 George Eastman House Film Festival. The prize
includes travel, hotel and a $250 stipend.
Check complete rules to ensure your submission is eligible.
This contest is
open to anyone living in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, or Texas.
The deadline is March 15, 2012
Winners will be published!
"Let's Write" Literary Contest
Deadline: April 15, 2012
Deadline:
August 15th 2012 (postmark).
The top ten finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to
attend the next Festival, and their names will be published on this
site. The winner will be announced by January 15th.
1.
$1,000
2.
VIP All
Access Pass ($500 value) for the next Festival
3.
Publication
in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine
4.
Public
Reading at the next Festival
Guidelines:
1.
Submit 2-4
original poems of any style or theme, written in English, with a
combined length of up to 400 lines.
2.
Include a separate
cover page with name of collection, poem titles, number of total lines,
plus poet’s name, address, phone, and email address.
3.
Give your
collection of poems a title. Include this title on the first page of the
manuscript, above the title of the first poem in the collection.
4.
Type and number
all pages in your entry (not including cover page).
5.
Please use
standard fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Georgia in 10, 11, or
12 point font size.
6.
Author’s name
should only appear on cover page.
7.
Unlimited entries
per person. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please notify the
Festival if your work is accepted elsewhere.
8.
Manuscripts will
not be returned. Please do not send return envelopes with postage.
Eligibility
1.
Only open to
writers who have not yet published a book of poetry. Authors who have
self-published or have published chapbooks are eligible provided that
their poetry collection does not have an ISBN number.
2.
Authors who have
published in other genres are eligible.
3.
Only previously
unpublished poems accepted.
Entry Fee:
$20
To enter online:
See below. Online
submissions are preferred and must be in .doc, .rtf, or PDF formats. If
you are using the latest version of Microsoft Word, please save your
submission as .doc and not a .docx file before sending it to us. We
accept entry fees via Discover, MasterCard, and Visa only.
To enter by mail:
Send your manuscript and check or money order for $20 (made out to the:
Tennessee Williams Literary Festival) to:
Poetry Contest Tennessee
Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite
514
New Orleans, LA 70113
Do not send submissions by certified
mail or signature required delivery.
Deadline: October 1, 2012 (postmarked)
A 4th
annual fundraiser for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas
Cash prizes
and trophies for ghost story entries of 5,000 words or less for an entry
fee of $20.00
First place:
$1000.00 and a trophy
Second place:
$500.00 and a ribbon
Third place:
$250.00 and a ribbon
No publication
involved
The
Junior Division for writers aged 12-18. The same rules apply to both
contests. First prize for the junior division is $250.00 and a ribbon.
All other top contenders receive a prize ribbon. The junior contest
entry fee is $5.00.
Ghost stories of 5,000 words or less, written in English. No other restrictions apply.
We accept entries from July 1, 2012; the deadline is October 1, 2012 (postmarked)
The deadline for digital and mailed-in submissions is November 1,
2012 (postmark). Winner will be announced by March 1, 2013.
Tennessee Williams believed that the peak of
his literary “virtuosity” lay in his “firecracker” one-acts. He’d want
you to enter our One-Act Play contest. Our Annual One-Act Play Contest
accepts submissions by mail and online from June 1st through November
1st each year.
Grand Prize
1.
$1,500
2.
Staged reading at
the next Festival
3.
Full production at
the Festival the following year
4.
VIP All-Access
Festival pass for two years ($1,000 value)
5.
Publication in
Bayou
Top Ten Finalists:
Names will appear
on website. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($75 value) to
attend the next Festival.
Eligibility
1.
Plays must not
have been previously produced, published, or performed, including in a
formal staged reading.
2.
“Workshopped”
readings are accepted provided that the audience was limited to
participants of that workshop.
3.
Students and
faculty of the University of New Orleans FTCA and Creative Writing
Workshop are ineligible.
4.
Plays that won
this contest in previous years are ineligible; their authors remain
eligible but must submit new work.
5.
Plays submitted to
this contest in previous years that did not win are eligible.
6.
Plays that have
won or placed in any other playwriting contest are ineligible.
7.
Plays from United
States and international playwrights are accepted.
8.
Simultaneous
submissions accepted; please notify the Festival if your play is
accepted elsewhere.
Entry Fee
$25 per entry. Unlimited entries per person.
Submission fees are non-refundable.
To enter online:
Electronic
submissions are preferred and must be in .doc, .rtf, or PDF formats. If
you are using the latest version of Microsoft Word, please save your
submission as .doc and not a .docx file before sending it to us. We
accept entry fees via Discover, MasterCard, and Visa only.
To enter by mail: Send your
manuscript and check or money order for $25 (made out to the Tennessee
Williams Literary Festival) to:
One-Act Play Contest
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
Do not send submissions by certified mail or signature required
delivery.
The deadline
for online and mailed submissions is November 15, 2012
(postmark).
Winner will be announced by March 1, 2013.
Short fictionistas, submit your short stories
to win a $1,000 Grand Prize, a trip to New Orleans, a reading at the
Festival, publication and more.
Our Annual Fiction Contest accepts submissions
by mail and online from June 1st through November 15th each year.
Grand Prize
1.
$1,500
2.
Domestic airfare (up to $500) and French Quarter
accommodations to attend the next Festival in New Orleans
3.
VIP All-Access Festival pass for the next Festival ($500
value)
4.
Public reading at a literary panel at the next Festival
5.
Publication in
Louisiana Literature
Top Ten Finalists Prize
1.
Top ten finalists will receive a panel pass ($75 value) to
the next Festival.
Eligibility
1.
This contest is open only to writers who have not yet
published a book of fiction. Published books include self-published
books with ISBN numbers. Those who have published books in other genres
besides fiction remain eligible.
2.
Only previously unpublished stories will be accepted.
3.
Stories that won this contest in previous years are
ineligible; their authors remain eligible but must submit new work.
4.
Stories submitted to this contest in previous years that
did not place are eligible.
5.
Stories that have won and/or placed in any other writing
contest are ineligible.
6.
Stories by United States and international writers are
accepted.
Entry Fee
1.
$25 per entry. Unlimited entries per person.
2.
Online submissions must be paid below.
3.
Submission fees are non-refundable.
To enter online:
Online submissions are preferred and must be in .doc,
.rtf, or PDF formats. If you are using the latest version of Microsoft
Word, please save your submission as .doc and not a .docx file before
sending it to us. We accept entry fees via Discover, MasterCard, and
Visa only.
To enter by mail: Send your manuscript and check or money order for
[fiction-entry fee] (made out to the: Tennessee Williams Literary
Festival) to:
Fiction Contest Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary
Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514
New Orleans, LA 70113
Do not send submissions by certified mail or signature
required delivery.
Contests
with Revolving Deadlines
Monthly winners receive a contract with paid royalties, and full
promotion.
The Infinity Award in
Children’s Literature
Monarca Press invites authors to submit bilingual manuscripts (in English and Spanish) to its monthly contest. Each monthly winner receives a $1,000 award and publication. The deadline is the 15th of each month.
We’ve already published two books (issued in March and April), have
two others slated for May and June, and are eager to present your
work.
UNPUBLISHED FICTION AUTHORS PRINT READY COMPETITION
This is a genuine, no fee competition
that stretches over 12 months. Each month a different genre; each
month a winner. Winners are offered a contract, paid royalties, and
receive full promotion and marketing strategies.
This is not a competition with prizes. There is no entry fee. Only novels of genuine merit will be chosen. Your book could be a winner.
WRITING4ALL SPIRIT AWARD
ENTRY FEE €7
Second annual Writing Spirit Award for
Short Fiction and Poetry.
Fiction: First Prize: €1,000, Second
Prize: €200, Third Prize: €100
Poetry: First Prize: €1,000, Second
Prize: €200, Third Prize: €100
The competition is open to all
nationalities and all genres.
The prize winning stories, along
with 17 merited stories will be published in an anthology at the end
of the competition.
The contest opens
1st January
2010, and runs for four rounds throughout the year.
First round: 31st March
Second round: 30th June
Third round:
30th September
Fourth round: 30th November
Each new round begins immediately after
the end of the previous round (i.e. you may enter at any time from
1st Jan to 30th Nov).
Story entries should be no more than 4,000
words (but there is no minimum word count).
Carpe Articulum will award $10,000 this year!
These dates are ANNUAL, REVOLVING deadlines
SHORT FICTION……..MAR 30, SEPT 30
POETRY………………MAR 30, SEPT 30
NOVELLA……………..JAN 7
ESSAY/NON-FICT…..JAN 7, AUG 30
PHOTOGRAPHY……. AUG 30
Winners to be published in our international, cross-genre, quarterly review, and receive 2 copies. Requirements: Cover sheet with full contact information. Title only on actual piece. $15 reading fee per entry. See complete details and submit online at or mail to: Carpe Articulum Literary Review, CLPW Department, [your contest genre], P.O. Box 409, Lake Oswego, OR 97034. Checks payable to Carpe Articulum Literary Review. Optional editorial feedback fee: $49. The new Screenwriting Competition has a limit of 20 pages and is for the best opening scene only. All other guidelines apply as do for short fiction. Entries may be for plays as well. Good luck to everyone!
Deadline: October 30 and April 30
Inventing the
Invisible "Art in the Air" Radio Show, 3128 Walton Blvd., PMB 186,
Rochester Hills MI 48309. Fax: (248)693-7344. E-mail:
lagapvp@aol.com. Contact: Margo
LaGattuta, award director.
Offers biannual
award of 1st Prize: $100, 2nd Prize: $50, and 4 Honorable Mentions.
("All winners read poems on the radio.") Submissions may be
previously published. Considers simultaneous submissions. Submit 3
poems maximum in any form, typed, single-spaced, limit 2 pages per
poem. Accepts inquiries by fax or e-mail. Guidelines available for
SASE or on Web site. Entry fee: $5 for up to 3 poems.. Competition
receives over 600 entries/year. Winners will be announced 2 months
after deadline. Copies of winning poems or books may be obtained by
sending a SASE to the Inventing the Invisible address. "'Art in the
Air' is an interview radio show on WPON, 1460 AM, in Bloomfield
Hills, MI, hosted by Margo LaGattuta and may be heard on the Web
site Fridays at 1:00 pm EST. The theme is creativity and the
creative process, especially featuring writers both local and
national. Send only your best work, well crafted and creative.
Judges look for excellence in content and execution."
The Chariton
Review Short Fiction Prize
Truman State
University Press
Kinglake Publishing
Ltd. Fiction Competition
for unpublished writers. No fees.
Contract and royalties for a new winner each month. A different genre
every month.
NO ENTRY FEE
Are you fed up with
travel writing as it exists today? Are you looking for a fresh approach to
this medium; one that focuses on the extreme nature of traveling as
opposed to the "Club Med" stories that so often fill the pages of travel
writing these days? If so, this contest is perfect for you! Send us your
story, any language, any topic; as long as it's original and interesting
it constitutes as Xtreme! The winning author will be awarded a $100 cash
prize! This is our second competition and they run quarterly. In addition
to submitting your crazy travel experiences in written form- we are
accepting Xtreme photos and videos for equal consideration. We'd
eventually like to receive enough photos and videos to have a separate
competition, but for now written and visual work will go head to head! Our
viewers will vote for their favorites and XTS will award the winner on
June 1, 2010- no strings attached, no questions asked. If your worried
about creative license, the authors of the work on our site retain all
rights to their art and, if they so wish, can ask for it to be removed at
any time. Give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose
WritersWeekly.com's
24-Hour Short Story Contest!
Please note: You must be entered in the
contest before the topic is posted in order to submit your story. You
cannot write your story first, then enter the contest.
24-Hour Short Story Contest! - $5.00
Select this to register for a 24-Hour Short Story Contest. held
quarterly and limited to 500 entrants. Don't miss out on the ultimate
source for creative stress...and tons of fun! More than 85 prizes! (When
you purchase this, you'll download a PDF file of the guidelines. There
is also a link to them in the email receipt.)
I want to enter the Winter 2012 contest.
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
POETRY..................... MAR 30, SEPT 30
NOVELLA....................................... JAN 7
ESSAY/ non-Fiction......... JAN 7, AUG 30
PHOTOGRAPHY ....................... AUG 30
NOTES AND GRACE NOTES
MONTHLY CONTEST
The deadline is the last day of each month.
NO ENTRY FEE
Notes and Grace Notes offers a monthly contest in Poetry, Fiction,
Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction. The prize starts at $25 (and sometimes
it ends up being a bit more depending on if we get donations). Finalists
get judges feedback, but also all entries submitted on the site can be
open for general feedback if the author chooses. The word limit for the
monthly contest is 3,500. Entries are limited to 2 per category. No
themes. All entries will also be considered for the Literary Mag.
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.)
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.
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
month.
Take a look and let me know what you think!
http://www.lifeforchange.com/life
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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