Erma Bombeck Writing Competition

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 31, 2010 Guidelines: http://www.wclibrary.info/erma/index.asp Are you funny? The Washington Centerville Public Library and the University of Dayton are sponsoring the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, focusing on humor. I have to admit. When I was younger, I always  wanted to write funny articles like Erma Bombeck. If you love her humor [...]

The Novelette Writing Contest

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 31, 2009 Guidelines: http://writingcontest.thenovelette.com/ Fiction entries for this contest can be about any type of pet, from fish to frogs, from hamsters to horses. A past winning entry, Sweet Tart, about a parrot and its newlywed owners, is a must read. There are two prizes. One is The Reader’s Award, [...]

AKC Fiction Writing Contest

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 31, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.akc.org/pubs/fictioncontest/ The American Kennel Club is sponsoring their 22nd annual fiction writing contest, and it’s still free to enter! The prizes are a respectable $750, $500, and $250, and the winners are published in the AKC Gazette and the AKC Family Dog. The guidelines for the topic [...]

LegiSchool Project Essay Contest

Entry Fee: FEE Deadline: January 23, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.csus.edu/legischool California recently passed a law banning teenagers from using a cell phone while driving, even with a hands free device. The law is based on studies that indicate that teenagers are more likely to have accidents if they are distracted by cell phone conversations. The Sacramento [...]

Spectra Pulse Short Fiction Contest

Spectra Pulse Short Fiction Contest Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 31, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/spectra/spectrapulseshortfiction.html Bantam Dell Publishing, a division of Random House, has been publishing science fiction, horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction for over twenty years under the imprint of Bantam Spectra. They are looking for new, unpublished authors to submit work for the first [...]

Romantic Encounter Fiction Contest

Reading Writers Romantic Encounter Contest Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 15, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm “How did I meet thee? Let me recount the way.” So begins the guidelines for this romantic encounter contest. Reading Writers sponsors regular contests with winners published in The Verb. Jean Lauzier, aka Speck, a graduate of the Long Ridge Writing [...]

Writers Weekly 24 Hour Contest

Entry Fee: $5 Deadline: January 24, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.php Sometimes just sitting down and cranking out a story is the way to do it. Writers Weekly, the online magazine, offers an annual 24 hour writing contest. It’s limited to 500 entrants, so if you think you might want to try this one, sign up soon. [...]

Western Writers of America Spur Awards

Western Writers of America Spur Awards Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 10, 2009 Guidelines: http://westernwriters.org/2009_SPUR_RULES.pdf The Western Writers of America, based out of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, give awards for the best published western writing of that year. The awards have honored excellence in writing since 1953. They accept works in short [...]

Christine Kringle Plot Contest

Christine Kringle Plot Contest Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: January 31, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.christinekringle.com/win-5000.html Christine Kringle, the novel by Lynn Brittney, is looking for a one page synopsis of a plot for the next book in the series. Christine, a member of the Yule Dynasty, is the only daughter of the world famous Kriss Kringle. Her [...]