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Painted Bride Fiction and Poetry Contests - http://pbq.rutgers.edu
Literary short stories (maximum 5,000 words) and poetry are sought in contests sponsored by Rutgers University. Reading fees: $10 and $5 respectively. Deadline: September 30. $1000 prize in each category, plus publication in PBQ. |
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Communicator Awards, The - http://www.communicator-awards.com/
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). |
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Associated Writing Programs Awards - http://www.awpwriter.org
Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction.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. |
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Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - http://www.bulwer-lytton.com
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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Milkweed Editions - http://www.milkweed.org
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. |
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Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence - http://www.apexawards.com
An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators. |
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Sarabande Books - Poetry & Short Fiction Contests - http://www.sarabandebooks.org/
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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AwardWeb - http://www.dpsinfo.com/awardweb/
Information on major literary awards throughout the USA and other countries, particularly focusing on (though not limited to) science fiction and fantasy. |
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The New Writer Magazine Annual Prose and Poetry Prizes - http://www.thenewwriter.com/
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. |
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Southeastern Writers Association Contests - http://www.southeasternwriters.com/contests.htm
These contests and awards are restricted to writers attending the annual week-long Southeastern Writers Conference, held in June at St. Simons Island, Georgia. . |
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Writer's Digest Writing Competitions - http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/
Offers $25,000 in prize money for original, unpublished work in ten categories including poetry, short stories, plays, television scripts, articles, and children's fiction. Deadline: mid-May. Also provides separate annual awards for short short stories, screenplays and self-published books. |
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The University of Michigan Press - http://www.press.umich.edu/fiction
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. |
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Santa Fe Writers Project - http://www.sfwp.com/
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. |
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http://www.engl.iastate.edu/publications/flyway/homepage.html - http://www.engl.iastate.edu/publications/flyway/homepage.html
6th Annual Flyway Sweet Corn Prize. $150 and a book bag of Iowa sweet corn for top entries in each category: fiction, nonfiction (maximum: 4,000 words) and poetry. Reading fee: $18. Deadline March 1st. |
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William Saroyan International Prize for Writing - http://library.stanford.edu/saroyan/
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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Word Smitten Annual Literary Fiction Contest - http://www.wordsmitten.com/fiction.html
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. |
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Playwriting Contest - http://www.pioneerdrama.com/stuff/contest.html
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. |
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Pronghorn Press Publishing - http://www.pronghornpress.org
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. |
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Park Publications U.K. - http://www.parkpublications.co.uk
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. |
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Pomegranate Words Writing Contests - http://www.pomegranatewords.com
Offers free monthly contests for poetry and fiction. Open worldwide, but to teenagers only. |
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A Woman's Write - http://www.awomanswrite.com
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. |
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Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine - http://www.tickledbythunder.com/TbT/Magazine/02_Contest_Info.html
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. |
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Arizona Authors Association Awards - http://azauthors.com
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). |
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Peralta Press Writing Awards - http://peraltapress.homestead.com/
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. |
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Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction - http://www.brashcyber.com/mona.htm
Humorous stories and essays up to 750 words are required. Reading fee: $5. Deadline: December 1. Cash prizes total $850. |