Essay Writing Contests

Call for Entries: HESA Imprint Contest: Theme is FEAST – PIDOT

Call for entries FEAST – PIDOT. Submit your work to be featured on the HESA inprint blog with a chance to be published in our monthly magazine. We are looking for creative people with a vision and voice to share their opinions, work and stories not for a pay check but for the love of creating. This months issue theme is “FEAST – PIDOT” if you feel like your work could be put in to this category we would love for you to...

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Last Call: Best Article Competition bloggers, journalists, writers, students: get published, paid and popular!

Red Sky Ltd. is currently organizing an article writing contest for all the talented authors out there. The prizes are definitely worth your while: The 10 Top-Rated Articles get $150. The next 20 Top-Rated Articles get $100. The remaining 70 of the best 100 submissions get $50. One of the winning authors may be offered to join our editorial staff. We would like to invite writers to take part in our Best Article Contest. ...

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Lake journal non-fiction contest

Lake: A Journal of Arts and Environment invites creative non-fiction submissions on the topic “Places That Shape Us.” Lake publishes essays, creative writing and visual art related to the environment. The winner will receive $250 and publication in issue #8 of Lake. Non-fiction may include personal essay, lyric essay, narrative essay, and memoir. The $20 entrance fee includes a one-year subscription to Lake, starting with issue #7. Entries...

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The Fifth Annual Real Simple Life Lessons Essay Contest Rules

Enter the Fifth Annual Real Simple Life Lessons Contest (http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/inspiration-motivation/second-annual-life-lessons-essay-contest-00000000013682/)  and You Could Win $3000. Tell us:  If you could change one decision that you made in the past, what would it be? ONE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:  •  $3,000  •  Round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway...

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Sheila Bender’s current contest

Does the World Inspire You? Summer Contest Reading Period May 30 to July 30, 2012 Do you have an essay or poems inspired by your observations of the world around you? It could be a scene or event in nature or even the world outside your window. Perhaps we can challenge you to write one especially for this contest. Like some of our past contests, this one includes the opportunity for revision because Sheila believes in second chances. She will...

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US Essay Contest to Honor Veterans and Win a Trip to Korea

June 30 submission deadline; Winners and their companions to receive All-Expenses-Paid VIP Trip to Korea in Sept. 2012; Students and military families are encouraged to submit. The first US nation-wide essay contest entitled “Korean War Veteran’s Enduring Legacy” will be hosted by Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI USA), a Korean government agency in New York, to pay tributes to Korean War veterans. The contest, a part of the...

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