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The New Writer Magazine Annual Prose and Poetry Prizes
Offers prize money totalling 2,500 pounds for essays (maximum 2,000 words), short stories (maximum 4,000 words), serials or novellas (up to 20,000 words), and poetry (maximum 100 lines). Closes November 30. Modest entry fees.
http://www.thenewwriter.com
Peralta Press Writing Awards
Annual contest seeks poetry (maximum: 30 lines), short stories and non-fiction (both maximum: 2,000 words). Minimum entry fee: $10. Cash prizes total: $750. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: August 15.
http://www.peraltapress.homestead.com
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
San Jose State University sponsors this yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". No entry fee. Official deadline: April 15.
http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/
Mid-List Press First Series Awards
Offers annual awards for novels, short fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $30. Deadlines vary. Open to unpublished writers only. The award includes publication and an advance against royalties.
http://www.midlist.org/firstseriesguidelin...
Flyway Literary Journal
Iowa State University's professional literary journal. Samples, contests, submissions and subscriptions.
http://www.engl.iastate.edu/publications/f...
Tundra Memorial Poetry and Short Fiction Contest
Offers a contest for short stories (500 to 2,000 words) and rhyming poetry (up to 100 lines), inspired by and using similar themes to the works of Emily Chesley. Prize: $100 (US). Entry fee: $5. Deadline: mid-October.
http://emilychesley.com/contest/
Pronghorn Press Publishing
Promotes annual prose (up to 5,000 words) and poetry (no more than 60 lines) contests relating to contemporary life in three specific regions, namely, the Rockies, the Desert Southwest, and the Northwest Coast.
http://www.pronghornpress.org
We Love Writers Writing Contests
Conducts regular contests on-line for poetry, short stories and essays. No entry fees. Modest cash prizes. Deadlines: June 1 and December 1.
http://www.betterkarma.com/welovewriters
Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine
Sponsors quarterly poetry contests (closing February 15, et seq) and an annual fiction contest (closing February 15). A $10 subscription to the quarterly magazine offers one free entry to both contests.
http://www.tickledbythunder.com/TbT/Magazi...
SAY Writing Contests
Writing contests open to all types of entries including essays, short stories, and poetry. Maximum length: 700 words. Entries are published in a book and readers determine the winners.
http://say.com.au/index.htm
National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMo is an annual (November) novel writing project that brings together professional and amateur writers from all over the world.
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Playwriting Contest
Annual contest seeks original, unproduced plays, open in theme, but suitable in both subject, and language, for family-oriented amateur groups. The winner receives a $1,000 royalty advance, and publication.
http://www.pioneerdrama.com/stuff/contest....
Painted Bride Quarterly
Online and print annual of poetry, fiction, essays and art.
http://pbq.rutgers.edu
ByLine Magazine Contests
Writers magazine offers a large number of contests throughout the year, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Open to all. Modest cash prizes.
http://www.bylinemag.com/contests.asp
A Woman's Write
Writing contest for women seeks a story, memoir or book chapter on a given theme. Deadline; December 31, thence monthly. Entry fee: $7. First prize: $70.
http://www.awomanswrite.com
Milkweed Editions
Milkweed Editions is a non-profit publisher of literature for adults and young adults based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Milkweed National Fiction Prize is awarded annually for the best fiction manuscript submitted by an author not previously published by Milkweed.
http://www.milkweed.org
Writers Notes Book Awards
Annual awards are granted to qualifying small-press and self-published books in eleven categories. $100 cash prize in each category. Entry fee: $40 per book. Deadline: January 15, 2005.
http://hopepubs.home.comcast.net/awards.ht...
Pomegranate Words Writing Contests
Offers free monthly contests for poetry and fiction for teens 19 years old and under.
http://www.pomegranatewords.com
Santa Fe Writers Project
SFWP provides resources for authors and features online fiction as well as an annual writing contest for prose, both fiction and non-fiction, including short stories, essays and sample chapters of novels. $6,000 in cash prizes. Deadline: mid-January.
http://www.sfwp.com/
Page One Contests
A writing contest, in which readers are urged to write 100 words on a given theme, in order to win a copy of a current book.
http://www.pageonelit.com/contests.html
Arizona Authors Association Awards
AAA requires entries for unpublished poetry, short stories, essays/articles, and novels. Cash prizes of $100 in each category, plus publication, are offered. Deadline: July 1, annually. Entry fees vary from $10 (poetry) to $30 (novels).
http://azauthors.com
Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators.
http://www.apexawards.com
Writers Notes Annual Writing Award
Annual writing awards for fiction and nonfiction by the free resource tool and Writers Notes Magazine
http://hopepubs.home.comcast.net/wawards.h...
Park Publications U.K.
Publishers of the magazines, "Scribble" and "Countryside Tales", holding quarterly competitions for original, unpublished short stories and poems, some open, some limited to specific themes.
http://www.parkpublications.co.uk
Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award
Provides a $25,000 award, plus a 3-month residency at Stanford University. Applicants must be 40 years of age or younger and have published no more than one book at the time of application. This award is for fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Deadline: November 15.
http://www.koretfoundation.org/initiatives...
Associated Writing Programs Awards
Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents only.
http://www.awpwriter.org
William Saroyan International Prize for Writing
An annual prize of $12,500, this award is intended to encourage new writers who have recently published a work of fiction or memoirs.
http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/
Sarabande Books - Poetry & Short Fiction Contests
Open to U.S. citizens only, Sarabande offers an annual $2,000 prize for both poetry (minimum 48 pages) and short fiction (minimum 150 pages).
http://www.sarabandebooks.org
Word Smitten Annual Literary Fiction Contest
Offers a prize of $1,010 for the best on-line submission of literary (no genre) fiction totaling exactly 1,010 words. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: July 1.
http://www.wordsmitten.com/fiction.html
Communicator Awards, The
Annual competitions honoring excellence in all areas of communication, with separate categories for print (177 sub-categories), video (216 sub-categories) and audio (140 sub-categories).
http://www.communicator-awards.com/
International STC Technical Communications Competition
The Society for Technical Communication sponsors annual competitions to recognise achievements in the technical communications field.
http://www.stc.org/internationalCompetitio...
Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction
Humorous stories and essays up to 750 words are required. Reading fee: $5. Deadline: December 1. Cash prizes total $850.
http://www.brashcyber.com/mona.html
River City Writing Awards in Fiction and Poetry
A journal based at the University of Memphis, offers annual cash awards for both original, unpublished short stories (maximum 7,500 words) and poetry (maximum 2 pages). Closes March 1. Entry fees: $12 and $5, respectively.
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~rivercity/c...
The University of Michigan Press
Annual awards, worth $1,000 each and publication, for literary fiction in the form of both a novel and a short story collection. Entrants must have at least one publication credit in the realm of literature. No entry fee. Deadline: July 1.
http://www.press.umich.edu/fiction
Southeastern Writers Association Contests
These contests and awards are restricted to writers attending the annual week-long Southeastern Writers Conference, held in June at St. Simons Island, Georgia. .
http://www.southeasternwriters.com/contest...
Foster City International Writer's Contest
Seeks entries in four categories: short stories (limit: 3,000 words); poetry (limit: 2 pages); children's stories (limit: 2,000 words); humor or personal essay (2,000 words). Entry fee: $12. Total prize money: $1,500. Deadline: December 31.
http://www.geocities.com/fostercity_writer...
AwardWeb
Information on the major literary awards of the SF and fantasy community.
http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/
Richard J. Margolis Award
A $4,000 prize, awarded annually to a promising non-fiction writer whose work combines "wisdom, humor, warmth, and concern, combined with social justice." Deadline: July 1.
http://www.margolis.com/award/index.html
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