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Glimmer Train Fiction Writing Contest

Posted on April 2, 2009 | Leave a comment

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: April 30, 2011

Guidelines: Glimmer Train

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 may be as long as 12,000 words, but no shorter than 500. You may submit up to three stories at one time. If you miss the April 30 deadline, there is another contest ending on July 31. It’s excellent practice to submit to contests and Glimmer Train is one of the best.

Good luck!

 

(This post was edited on March 14, 2011, to reflect the current closing date.)

 

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Great Northern Canada Writing Contest

Posted on March 30, 2009 | Leave a comment

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 of 1,000 words or less, and pay $500 to the first prize winner. They also have a category called Emerging Writer, and they will pay $250 for a story in that category, along with publication in above&beyond magazine. To be an emerging writer, you must have never received payment for publication. It doesn’t say you must never have been published, just that you haven’t been paid for it. The 2008 winners were “The Hunt,” by Michel J. Labine, and “Easter Sunrise,” by Alicia Tumchewics. “The Hunt” kept me hanging on the edge of my laptop!

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Deadly Ink Press Short Story Contest

Posted on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments

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. In addition, some non-winners will be published in the anthology. Deadly Ink also sponsors a Mystery Novel contest and a Thriller Novel contest. The same deadline applies. Happy sleuth writing!

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Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest

Posted on February 12, 2009 | Leave a comment

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: April 1, 2011

Guidelines: Winning Writers

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 chance to win a top prize of $1,359. I wonder how they came up with that amount?

This is the tenth year of this contest. Winning Writers has poetry and prose contests running most of the year. The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is the only one that is free to enter. Submissions may be made online at the website, so you’ll be saving a tree when you enter this one, and getting a laugh as well.

(Post edited on March 14, 2011 to reflect the most current contest date.)

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Parsec Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Contest

Posted on January 8, 2009 | Leave a comment
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 meet the membership requirements for Science Fiction Writers of America, SFWA. Sarah Beth Durst, S. C. Butler, and Walter Hunt, authors in the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror genres are the judges. The First Place winning entry will be published in the Parsec Conference 2009 program book. Winners also receive cash prizes. The website gives the warning that since families attend the conference and read the program, writing should be family friendly.

 

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Signet/Penguin Jane Eyre Essay Contest

Posted on January 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

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 libraries or public libraries. This is not only an excellent way for teachers to incorporate literary response and criticism into their curricula, but it’s also a way for the student scholarship winners to give back to their communities.

Guidelines are very specific, so be sure to visit the site and print out the instructions. Students in public school and homeschool in the United States and the District of Columbia are eligible.

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