Category Archives: Contests August

Discovering New Mysteries Contest

Posted on July 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: August 30, 2009

Guidelines: http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/

 

            Do you love to write mysteries, cozies, adventures, who-dunnits, or thrillers? The International Mystery Writers Festival, has sponsored this contest since 2007. Awards are given to the winners at the annual festival in Owensboro, Kentucky. There are over $20,000 in prizes, with $5,000 allotted for the “Most Promising New Writer” category. The prizes are provided through sponsorship by the Kentucky Arts Council, Barnes and Noble, the Kentucky Department of Tourism, and many more agencies.

            The prestigious Angie Awards, which are named in honor of Angela Lansbury, star of the Murder She Wrote television and book series, are given to the winners in addition to the cash prizes. Attendance at the festival is open to anyone, so you may want to consider it if you live near Owensboro, or if you’re planning a trip near there.

There is no word limit for the mysteries. Instead, the contest imposes a time limit. The story or play must be able to be read or performed in under an hour. Many well established writers compete for prizes, as well as new writers competing in their own category.

All submissions and author information should be mailed to:

“Discovering New Mysteries” at RiverPark
Attn: Kimberly Johnson,
Festival Coordinator
101 Daviess Street
Owensboro, KY 42302

 

Do not include your name on your manuscript, as the submissions are judged blind. Put your author information on a separate page and include it in the submission envelope. Competition is fierce, so send your best work.

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2009 Linda Flowers Literary Award

Posted on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: August 15, 2009

Guidelines:

http://www.nchumanities.org/documents/MicrosoftWord-LFLADetails2009.pdf

Linda Flowers served on the North Carolina Humanities Council from 1992 to 1998, whose mission is to preserve the culture and heritage of North Carolina. Linda Flowers left behind a legacy that includes this literary writing contest.

According to the guidelines, “Submissions should detail examinations of intimate, provocative, and inspiring portraiture of North Carolina, its people and cultures, bringing to light real men and women having to make their way in the face of change, loss, triumph, and disappointments.”

You do not need to be a resident of North Carolina to enter. Entries may be fiction or nonfiction, up to 2,500 words. Only one entry is accepted per writer, so make it spectacular! The winner will be published in North Carolina Conversations, receive $500, and a stipend to a writer’s residency at the Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Take a few moments to relax by reading some of the intriguing winning stories before you submit your own winning entry.

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The First Line Short Story Contest

Posted on June 18, 2009 | Leave a comment

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: August 1, 2009

Guidelines: http://www.thefirstline.com/

“My life is a sham.” So begin the stories for the Fall 2009 competition at The First Line. If you can write a winning story using “My life is a sham,” as the hook in 3,000 words or less, you could see your work in print, online, and raise your wallet balance by $20.00.

There are also some giveaways at the website, such as a free reading copy of an older issue of The First Line. Your only obligation is a promise to set it free to other readers when you’re done with it. This is one way to peruse the previous winning entries. Another way is to enter the free subscription contest. Eighty-eight subscriptions still remain to be claimed as of April 9, 2009. All you have to do is find a business card somewhere in a large bookstore that entitles you to a free subscription to The First Line. When is the last time you went on a scavenger hunt?

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Memoir (and) Prize for Memoir in Prose, Poetry, or Graphic

Posted on May 28, 2009 | Leave a comment

Entry Fee: FREE

Deadline: August 15, 2009

Guidelines: http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/general-submissions/

If you write narrative non-fiction, here is a contest to stretch your writing muscles. The literary journal Memoir (and) is having its Spring and Summer writing contest May 1 through August 15, 2009. Read this to find out what the (and) is all about.

Winners receive cash awards of $500, $250, and $100, in addition to publication in the Spring+Summer 2010 Issue 6. Winners will also receive six copies of the journal, which is about five more than most contests give. Send in a regular submission, and it will automatically be eligible for the contest entry. They do accept simultaneous submissions, so your contest entry can be something that is also under submission at another magazine.

Memoir (and) uses a blind reading process, which means that any entry with contact information on it will go directly into the horizontal file. (The recycle bin.) Read the guidelines thoroughly. One of the biggest reasons for submissions being disqualified is for not following the guidelines.

Submit online, or by email to submissions@memoirjournal.com, or by snail mail to:

Memoir (and)

P.O. Box 1398

Sausalito, CA 94966.

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