Contest Deadline: November 30, 2010 This year’s prize: $1000 cash and 50 copies of the winning submission. This year’s judge: Pauline Uchmanowicz Manuscripts are judged anonymously. Codhill Press will consider all finalists for publication. Please visit http://www.codhill.com/award2009.html for a list of last year’s winner and finalists. Here are the contest guidelines: The competition is open to any poet who writes in...

CALGARY, CANADA –(PR.com)– Do you have a poem pacing about in the confines of your computer or your mind? Is it wild? Gentle? Hilarious? Tragic? Insane? Serious? Abstract? Concrete? All of the above? Or is it something completely different? Submit it to Wattpad and you may get published! Be sure to include the tag poetrycontest. The winners will be determined by Frontenac House. Submissions must be original, in English, and may not...

Description: PageToFame is an online writing competition with multiple rounds and thousands of readers. Authors start by submitting a single page of their manuscript (250 words) that is then rated by the general public on a scale of 1-5. Pages with high ratings are elevated to round 2, where authors may submit five pages for rating. There are 4 rounds of PageToFame, with the final round requiring the submission of a full manuscript. Between...

Submit the first three chapters of your novel. Grand prize award of: $500 cash. $2,500 self-publishing solution from CreateSpace. Feedback on every chapter you submit. The chance to meet other authors, get motivated, and get noticed. $100 cash awards for the following sub-categories: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Romance Memoir and Non-fiction Everyone who enters receives feedback, motivation, and advice. Keep Us Reading We know that...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2010 GENRE: Short Stories OPEN TO: Authors with No Published Books: The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or shortnovel, or more than one novelette, or more than three shortstories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits for online publication. DETAILS: Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Horror: All types of science fiction,...

DEADLINE: June 1, 2010 GENRE: Novels OPEN TO: Authors with No Published Books: The Competition is open to any professional or non-professional writer, regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published mystery, and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a mystery. DETAILS: Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the...