Contests
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WritersDigest.com
Writer's Digest sponsors several writing contests annually.
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Fiction Faction
This listing is constantly being updated, so check back often. We have endeavored to only include contest listings that do NOT charge a reading or entry fee, although we cannot always guarantee this.
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National Novel Writing Month
Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.
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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.
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Society for Techincal Communication
The Society for Technical Communication sponsors annual competitions to recognise achievements in the technical communications field.
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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.
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Sarabande Books
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).
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Art and Writing Contest Deadline list
A monthly newsletter (via email or paper) with several hundred announcements (every month!) listing art contests & competitions, art scholarships & grants, juried exhibitions, art jobs & internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, writing & photo contests, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, casting calls, fellowships, festivals, funding, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages.
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THE CONTESTER: Is There More to Contests Than Cash?
An article by Kevin Larimer on the Poets&Writer's, Inc. website, introducting news and trends in writing contests.
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Writer's Journal
They publish contest winning stories. Find lots of contests here. |
