Writers of the Future Contest

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: March 31,  June 30, September 30, December 31 every year. Genre: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy Guidelines: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/rules.htm If you’re a new writer, and you’ve not been professionally published in a novel, more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, then you can enter this popular contest. It [...]

Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing

Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: June 30, 2009 Guidelines: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2009/04/hunger-mountain-presents-katherine.html   The Vermont College of the Fine Arts is sponsoring the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing. Katherine Paterson, the author of Bridge to Terabithia, a book I read every year with my 5th grade classes, [...]

FOX TV Script Writing Contest

Fox TV Script Writing Contest Deadline: June 15, 2009, 12:00 noon Eastern time Guidelines: http://www.nytvf.com/2009_scripts_info.htm FOX-TV is looking for an original script for a half-hour comedy series. Enter your script in the FOX PGP-NYTVF Comedy Script Contest and win $25,000, a development deal with Fox, and the opportunity to produce a pilot show. As many [...]

Kiwi Publishing Thin Threads Fiction Contest

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: June 28, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.kiwipublishing.com/content/Thin-Threads-Submission-Guidelines.html Thin Threads is a book collection of true stories designed to inspire and uplift readers. They accept stories in many different topic categories, ranging over all aspects of life. Stories should be up to 1,200 words and packed with emotion that will touch the readers’ hearts. [...]

Robert Traver Fly-Fishing Writing Award 2009

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: June 1, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/11777 Calling all fly-fishing enthusiasts! Take advantage of your love of angling and write about your sport. This contest offers hefty cash prizes of up to $2,000 and publication in the October/November 2009 issue of Fly Rod and Reel. According to the guidelines, entries should be “a [...]

Writers of the Future Contest

Entry Fee: FREE Deadline: June 30, 2009 Genre: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy Guidelines: http://www.writersofthefuture.com/rules.htm If you’re a new writer, and you’ve not been professionally published in a novel, more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, then you can enter this popular contest. It is judged by some of the biggest [...]

Lunch Hour Stories 2009 Short Story Contest

Entry Fee: $10 (or submit to the e-zine for free) Deadline: June 30, 2009 Guidelines: http://www.lunchhourbooks.com/shop/home.php?content=short_story_contest&osCsid=208475bfa6590538e1a0a4c0083fe907 Lunch Hour Stories hosts an annual short story writing contest. This year’s opens on April 1, 2009, and all entries are due by June 30, 2009. They are looking for mainstream stories between 4,000 and 8,000 words; something that [...]

Tony Hillerman Prize for First Novel

Entry Fee: FREE   Deadline: June 1, 2009   Guidelines: http://www.wordharvest.com/index.php/contests/novelcontest If you have been working on a mystery novel set in the American Southwest, you may want to consider entering it into the Tony Hillerman Prize for First Novel contest. Sadly, Tony Hillerman passed away last October, but his contest will live on, co-sponsored [...]