For the novel contest, entrants can submit a work of 40,000 words or longer. There is no limit on the genre – the author just has to show a passion for writing on the page. The work cannot have been previously published anywhere. The winner will receive a publishing contract from The Story Plant, $5000, and an iPad mini loaded with a year’s worth of Story Plant books. Five runners-up will receive an iPad mini loaded with a year’s worth of Story...
Fiction Contests
Room’s Annual Writing Contest: 2014 Send us your best work! Submissions to our annual contest are open! Deadline: Contest closes on July 15, 2014. Categories: Fiction, Poetry and Creative Non-Fiction Prizes Per category First prize: $500 + publication in Room Second prize: $250 + publication in Room Honourable mention: publication on Room’s website Judges Saleema Nawaz (Fiction) Sonnet L’Abbé (Poetry) Sarah de Leeuw...
I am the Editor of Pakistan-based journal The Missing Slate — we’re holding an international writing competition, taking fiction submissions of up to 10,000 words. The competition, ‘New Voices’, seeks to promote new and emerging talent from around the world. The guaranteed minimum cash prize of $150 will increase upon each submission: there is a $10 submissions fee, which goes towards the final prize. Full submissions guidelines...
The Blue Lyra Longish Poem Prize – one poem of 2-6 pages, or 2-6 pages of strongly linked shorter poems. Judge: Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, author of Ghost Gear. $9 per entry, $15 with anthology. May 1 – June 30. (2) The Living Earth Creative Nonfiction Prize – 5000 word maximum and no theme so long as it has something remotely to do with this Earth (which means anything). Judge: Sharman Apt Russell, author of Standing in the Light: My Life as a...
The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, NC is sponsoring four annual contests, open to any writer regardless of residence. Guidelines can be found at www.twwoa.org., or by emailing writersw@gmail.com or calling 828-254-811. The awards for all contests are: 1ST PLACE: Your choice of a 3 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B, 3 free workshops, or 100 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff. 2nd PLACE: 2 night stay at our...
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival 2014 LITERARY CONTEST DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2014 If you have writing within you that must be shared, we encourage you to enter the EMWF’s annual literary contest. Open internationally to new and modestly published writers, ages 16 and older, the contest requires entrants to submit a short story (2500 words max.), poetry collection (of 5 poems or less), or one-act play. The best entry in each category will win a...
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