$5000 Literati Short Story Competition
A short story contest for original, unpublished manuscripts of less than 3,000 words, offering significant cash, publication and publishing prizes. |
All Fools All Saints
A bi-annual literary and visual arts e-zine with all content coming from contest entries in the fields of short fiction, poetry and essays. |
Annual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators. |
Associated Writing Programs Awards
Annual awards are offered for original, unpublished work in four categories: novels, poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction. |
Authors Society.Org
Win writing holidays in Spain. Free entry, annual October web based competition. |
Bellwether Prize for Fiction
The Bellwether Prize is awarded in even-numbered years for a first novel that promotes social responsibility. The prize is $25,000 and a publishing contract. |
Biannual Haiku Poetry Contest
An international contest, open to both children and adults. Includes guidelines for writing haiku poems. |
Boston Review Annual Short Story Contest
A contest for original, unpublished stories in any genre, under 4,000 words in length. |
Brooklyn Short Fiction Contest
Original, unpublished short stories in any genre are sought up to a maximum length of 5,000 words. No entry fees. |
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
San Jose State University sponsored yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". |
Callboys
Contests of all kinds (including writing), and links for advice to models and actors starting out in the industry. |
Communal Construction
A free entry writing competition, part of a collaborative project for new writers to gain experience and extend their bibliography by writing chapters of a communal novel. |
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). |
CyberOnion Essay Contest
Original, unpublished essays, either fact or fiction, are sought on a specific topic. The topic for Spring 2002 is Technological Evolution. Length 1,000 to 5,000 words. |
Donard Short Story Competition
An annual short story contest providing opportunities for publication, as well as cash prizes. |
Erato Literary Contest
Original, unpublished Poetry, including haiku and songs, are sought. |
Futures Annual Competition for Mystery Story Writers
Original, unpublished manuscripts for both short stories and novels are eligible, though first chapters only of the novels will be considered. |
Gardenia Press First Novel Competition
Annual contest requires original, unpublished novels (45,000 to 175,000 words) by first time novelists. The winner is guaranteed publication by Gardenia Press. |
Global Poetry Contest
Poetry and song lyric writing contest provides generous cash prizes. |
Gold Watch Press Writing Contest
A contest for writers (published and unpublished who would like an acknowledgement of their talent along with some really nice prizes. |
Golden Phoebus Heritage Award
Online "creativity in self-expression" award to recognize poets, writers, and artists. |
I Ching Collection Writing Competition
Seeks poetry, novelettes, and short stories, based on paintings and drawings in the I Ching collection. |
International Annual Fish Short Story Prize
Original, unpublished short stories, less than 5,000 words, on any theme, are sought. |
International Imitation Hemingway Competition
Sponsored by the PEN Center USA West, this annual contest seeks true, funny, clean, and well-lighted Hemingway parodies, no longer than 500 words. |
International Short Story Contest
An annual contest for short stories (1,600 to 1,800 words in length) on a given theme. |
International STC Technical Communications Competition
The Society for Technical Communication sponsors annual competitions to recognise achievements in the technical communications field. |
ISCID Essay Contests
ISCID sponsors annual essay contests on complexity, information, and design. Cash prizes are $1000 undergraduate and $2000 graduate. |
Literati Writing Competition
Original, unpublished stories are sought from writers of all ages. Entry Fee: $30. |
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 |
National Writing Contest
Original, unpublished novels are sought in this annual contest. Manuscripts must be at least 90 pages in length. |
New Century Writer Awards
Annual contest, sponsored by not-for-profit writing awards and educational organization, seeks original screenplays, stage plays, short stories, novels/novellas, and poetry, in all genres. Substantial cash prizes are provided in all categories. |
New Voices, New Worlds First Novel Award
An annual award is offered for an original, unpublished novel, set in the US, suitable for readers aged 8 through 12. The author must reside in the US, and have not published any previous novels. |
Novel Advice Writing Contest
A contest for original, unpublished novels and short stories. Only the first chapter of the novel is required. Both novel chapters and short stories must not exceed 5,000 words. |
Optima Fishing Tales
Write an essay on fishing and enter a contest sponsored by Optima Batteries to win a fishing vacation in Canada. |
Orange Coast Arts Review
A community for writers and artists, providing resources, contacts, contests, and ways to publish work. No entry or submission fees. Payments are made to winners and contributors by providing free copies of publications. |
Page One Contests
A writing contest, in which readers are urged to write 100 words on a given theme, in order to win a first edition copy of a current bestseller. |
Park Publications U.K.
Publishers of short story and poetry magazines, holding quarterly competitions for original, unpublished short stories and poems, some open, some limited to specific themes. |
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. |
Potpourri Magazine
Potpourri invites submissions to the 2002 contest for original, unpublished fiction (limited to no more than 3,500 words) on the theme, "Our Multi-cultural Diversity and/or Our National Heritage." |
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. |
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." |
Santa Fe Writers Project
SFWP provides resources for authors and features online fiction as well as a well-funded annual writing contest. |
Screenwriting Contests Database
An extensive database of screenwriting contests, including submission details and prizes. |
Scribes Hill Publishing Contests
Annual contests offer seven different categories of short stories, including one for children, plus a poetry competition. |
Serpentine Short Story Contest
An annual contest, offering a total of $1,500 in prize money, for short stories of no more than 10,000 words in length. |
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. . |
The Best True Adventure & Exploration Stories
The Narrative Press is calling for contest entries for its 2003 edition of The Best True Adventure and Exploration Stories. |
Tom Howard Short Story Contest
An annual contest for original short stories of less than 8,000 words, providing both on-line and traditional print publication for both new and professional authors. The contest closes at the end of March each year. Prize money currently totals $1,250. |
Tundra Memorial Poetry and Short Fiction Contest
Offers a contest for short stories (less than 2,000 words) and rhyming poetry (up to 100 lines), inspired by and using similar themes to the works of Emily Chesley. |
Washington Prize for Poetry
An annual poetry contest that awards $1500, and publication, to a full-length collection of poems by a living poet. |
We Love Writers
Displaying writing submissions which viewers can vote on and short profiles of contestants. Bi-monthly contest, rules and guidelines. |
Winning Writers Annual Poetry Contest
Original, unpublished poetry, up to 500 lines in length, is sought on a specific theme. (The 2002 theme is War). |
Word Smitten Flash Fiction Competition
Word Smitten offers the opportunity to work with other writers on a short story, and to enter a Flash Fiction Contest. |
Writing Competitions for Poets and Creative Writers
Offers weekly writing competitions for poets and creative writers. Free Trial Memberships available. |
Writing Contests
Information on writing, advice on writing contests including lists of various competitions with their deadlines and requirements. |
Zoetrope: All-story Short Fiction Contest
All entries must be unpublished; no longer than 5,000 words; postmarked by October 1; accompanied by a $15 entry fee per story. 1st Prize: $1,000. 2nd Prize: $500. 3rd Prize: $250. |
