EVERYTHING A MIRACLE POETRY CONTEST is open to anyone who can tell about a true miracle in the form of a poem. A miracle is an extraordinary experience. You may also create from specific knowledge or a perspective which allows the “ordinary” to be seen as extraordinary. Multiple entries are accepted. Postmark Deadlines (semi-annual): June [...]

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The New Quarterly is proud to announce The Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award, sponsored by the St. Jerome’s University English Dept. Winning Story: $1,000 Deadline: May 28, 2012 Entry Fee: $40 per submission* For a work of short fiction by a Canadian writer in the early stages. We define a writer in the early stages as [...]

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win [...]

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win [...]

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win [...]

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The Tenby Arts Festival Writing Competition – open to anyone living anywhere – was launched very successfully last year and the 2011 competition is now underway if you haven’t entered don’t panic there is still time for aspiring and established writers to polish and perfect their best poetry and prose for submission.

The closing date for entries is 15th July, 2011.

There are two categories – short story and poetry.

The prizes are the same for each category. The first prize is £150, the second prize £70, and the third prize £50. In addition, there are prizes of £25 for the best story and the best poem entered by writers resident in West Wales.

The competition judge this year is Drefach Felindre resident Simone Mansell Broome, (who was born in Tenby!). Simone is a published poet, organiser of literary and broader creative events, and is active in a variety of poetry societies and writing groups.

Entry forms and the competition rules are to be found at

www.tenbyartsfest.co.uk or by SAE to Writing Competition, PO Box 67, Saundersfoot, SA70 9AP.

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win [...]

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All [...]

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ABC Writers Network offer a fully searchable list of writing competitions mainly in the UK and Ireland but with a scattering from around the English speaking world. We hope to make the list more international in the months ahead. Here’s December 2010

We update our database twice weekly and are in the process of switching to a more orderly Monthly outlay.

If you have a genuine writing competition or contest that you’d like us to promote then please drop us a line we need to know the following:

Name of Competition

Closing Date: e.g 31 December, 2010
Details: A small description of what the contest is about
Fee:
Prize: 1^st 2^nd 3^rd
Details: Preferably a web address where we can direct readers to. Failing that a full postal address.

Below is our current offering for December 2010

Write Christmas Writing Competition

Closing Date: 24 December 2010
Details: The concept of Write Christmas is simple – to write a film review of the greatest Christmas film never made.
Fee: Doesn’t Seem To Be One But Check
Prize: Various
Details: Write Christmas Competition

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

Closing Date: Dec 31, 2010
Details: Any Choice Of Subject, 30 lines or less, may be handwritten
Fee: $5.00 (US dollars) entry fee per poem submitted.
Prizes: $500, $250, $100
Details: Dream Quest One

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All [...]

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