Posted on April 10, 2010 by teacherwriter
Deadline: April 14, 2010 Entry Fee: FREE Guidelines: http://dear-editor.com/2010/04/07/newsflash-a-dear-editor-com-giveaway-a-free-yamg-edit/ Do you have a manuscript ready to pitch to an agent? If so, enter this contest for a free manuscript critique from Dear Editor.com, where writers write to get it right. The editors at the site are celebrating a one month anniversary. Yay! They are so [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2010 by teacherwriter
Deadline: April 20, 2010 Entry Fee: FREE Guidelines: http://www.cupofcomfort.com/CallforSubmissions Cup of Comfort, published by Adams Media, is one of the best selling lines in the book industry today. Their contests uncover new talent and original writers who are able to create a compelling, emotionally packed story. Right now they are looking for stories of true [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2010 by teacherwriter
Deadline: April 15, 2010 Entry Fee: $10 (includes critique comments) Guidelines: http://writeradvice.com/ Here’s a contest for flash fiction writers in any genre. Tell a story in fiction or creative nonfiction in 750 words or less that grabs the reader and hangs on. They are looking for stories with strong themes and unexpected discoveries (i.e. twist [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2009 by teacherwriter
Contest: The Crucible Poetry and Fiction Competition Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: May 1, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.barton.edu/academics/english/crucible.htm Jump on this one right away. Barton College’s literary journal, The Crucible will accept entries for its contest until May 1, 2009. Guidelines are very specific, so be sure to read them carefully. The fiction word limit is 8,000 [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2009 by teacherwriter
Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 30, 2009 Guidelines: http://glimmertrain.stores.yahoo.net/test.html Glimmer Train is a literary magazine that runs a highly competitive quarterly contest. Publication in Glimmer Train is definitely a feather in your writing cap! The winner of each contest wins $700, publication, and ten copies of the issue in which the story appears. Stories [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by teacherwriter
Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 30, 2009 Guidelines: http://nationtalk.ca/modules/news/article.php?storyid=18128 Have you ever lived in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavik, Nunavut, or Northern Labrador? Then, in addition to being a strong survivor of cold weather, you have writing fodder for a story about life in Canada’s Arctic Zone. Above&beyond magazine will publish a winning story [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2009 by teacherwriter
Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 15, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.deadlyink.com/short.html A deadly incident has happened in New Jersey. Your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to write a gripping account of what happened in 3,500 words or less. Winners receive cash prizes between $25.00 and $100.00 and publication in the Deadly Ink Anthology. [...]
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Posted on February 12, 2009 by teacherwriter
Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 1, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/wergle/we_guidelines.php Even the name of this contest is funny. The purpose of this contest is to expose the ridiculousness of vanity contests. First, enter a silly poem to a vanity contest, (see the website for details,) then send your humorous poem to this contest, and have a [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009 by teacherwriter
Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 15, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.parsec-sff.org/contest/contest09.html “Dark Glass.” What mental vision do those two words conjure up for you? Share that vision in a Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror story of up to 3,500 words written around the theme of “Dark Glass.” This contest is open to writers who do not yet [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009 by teacherwriter
Signet Classics Student Scholarship Essay Contest Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: April 22, 2009 Guidelines: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/services-academic/essayhome.html This contest is open to Juniors and Seniors in High School, and involves an academic essay about the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Five winners will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a $700 Signet Classics library for their school [...]
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