Posts made in January, 2009

ALABAMA WRITERS’ CONCLAVE 2009 WRITING COMPETITION

www.alabamawritersconclave.com/contests.html Deadline: April 30, 2009 (postmark). Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4 Honorable Mentions. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED on the last day of the AWC Conference at the Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama on JULY 19, 2009. Contest Rules: Entries must be original, unpublished, and may not have won a money prize in any contest. (Sitting AWC voting Board...

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The deadline for The Fulton Prize for Short Fiction is January 31st. We look forward to reading your stories. More about The Fulton Prize: The winner will receive $400 and publication in The Adirondack Review. Entrants whose stories receive honorable mention will also have their stories published in The Adirondack Review. In addition, they will be awarded an honorarium of $30. To read entry guidelines, visit:...

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Glimmer Train Family Matters Contest

Guidelines for the FAMILY MATTERS category: We are interested in reading your original, unpublished short stories about family! We don’t publish stories for children, I’m sorry. It’s fine to submit more than one story or to submit the same story to different categories. When we accept a story for publication, we are purchasing first-publication rights. (After we’ve published it, you can include it in your own...

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Discovery Institute Academic Freedom Day Video and Essay Contest

Discovery Institute is sponsoring a student video and essay contest to commemorate Academic Freedom Day, February 12, 2009, on Charles Darwin’s bicentennial. Deadline: January 23, 2009 Visit www.academicfreedomday.com/actUp.php to download entry form Darwin once wrote, “A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question.” That famous quote will be the...

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Reconnecting The Circle High School Essay Contest

Up to 10 winning students. $2,500 each in cash prizes. Reconnecting The Circle® announces its third National High School Essay Contest. Deadline is January 23, 2009. This year’s essay question asks, “Why is it important to understand patriotism in Indian Country?” and prompts students to research Native American patriots, as well as explore their own American communities. All high-school aged students (grades 9-12) from...

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