WritersType Competitions First Chapter, Short Story, & Flash Fiction http://www.writerstype.com/ WritersType.com sponsors three annual contests in the categories of First Chapter, Flash Fiction, and Short Story. In each category, the monthly winner receives $25 honorarium, comments from our readers, and publication on our site. Each month, the top two submissions in each category advance to the [...]

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Winning Writers’ Sports Poetry & Prose Contest http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/sports/sp_guidelines.php Guidelines for the Sports Poetry & Prose Contest This new contest seeks today’s best poetry and prose on sports-related themes. We will award $5,000 in prizes. Submit online. Introduction Whether you’re a player or a fan, or the kid who counted the minutes till gym class was [...]

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KNIGHTVILLE POETRY CONTEST $1,000 for an exceptional work of narrative or experimental poetry. Three poems per entry. Up to 300 lines per poem. Judged by former U.S. Poet Laureate CHARLES SIMIC. MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST $1,000 for an exceptional work of literary or experimental fiction. Submit up to 7,500 words of prose: we’re accepting flash, long [...]

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This is a call to all poets who write about WOMEN. Write about someone who inspires you. 1st Place $110 US 2nd Place $60 US 3rd Place $30 US Submission fee $7.00 US per poem $17.00 US three poem submissions. Multiple submissions accepted, submission fee per poem. Contest Deadline is April 12, 2011 http://www.facebook.com/l/40717EEnWwDq3k15yQxcaW-9hag/www.onealwalters.com/contests.html 3rd [...]

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The Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series welcomes manuscripts in poetry and fiction from all living writers, including non-US citizens, writing in English. Both unpublished and published writers are welcome to submit manuscripts. Writers may enter both contests. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted for [...]

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 Enter now and win the chance to become a paid blogger writing about disability and disability products AND £250 in cash. Runs from: 19th November – 18th December. Prizes: 1. £250.00 in cash 2. The opportunity to become a paid blogger. The Disabled Shop is looking for talented bloggers to write about disability and disability [...]

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Join the esteemable company of Ms. Jane Austen! In the tradition of the Bulwer Lytton Contest and the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests, here’s your chance to pen a scene of a “classic” novel Jane Austen never wrote. How is it done? * Everything is done through http://www.BadAusten.com – register, submit your scene, and [...]

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Name of Contest:  Stage of Life Monthly Student Writing Contest Description:  StageofLife.com features a monthly writing contest for high school and college students dealing with real world issues.  Our short essay (500 words or less) writing contest has been featured on Forbes.com, CNBC.com, FoxBusiness and other media outlets.  Past contests have dealt with the Gulf [...]

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Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Short Fiction Contest for unpublished short stories between 5,000 and 7,000 words with GLBT content on the broad theme “saints and sinners.” Judged by John Berendt, best-selling author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Prizes: $250, $50, plus publication in QueerMojo anthology, and reading at Festival (May [...]

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BLOOMINGTON PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT (Founded 1979) 107 West 9th St, Bloomington, IN  47404; (812) 334-1188 literarymanager@newplays.org, www.newplays.org Josie Gingrich, Literary Manager (contact) Chad Rabinovitz, Artistic Director Submission procedure:  accepts unsolicited scripts for a New Musical Series (small-scale only).  All comedies and dramas will be accepted only through our Woodward/Newman Drama and Reva Shiner Comedy Contests (see [...]

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