Advice Network, will be running an advice article writing contest. They are looking for professionals and enthusiasts to write advice articles for the average person in three main categories, real estate, weddings, and running a business. The winner of the best advice article will receive a new MacBook laptop. And just for entering, they’ll receive a 4-month vendor listing on AdviceNetwork.com, absolutely free. There is no fee to enter the...

Chautauqua Literary Journal sponsors an annual literary competition, for both poetry and prose. The two winners each receive $1,500 and publication in Chautauqua Literary Journal. The postmark deadline is September 30. Only original, previously unpublished work is eligible. All manuscripts must be typed with standard margins. Prose should be double-spaced; poetry, single-spaced. Include a separate cover sheet with title(s), name, address,...

The SFWP Literary Awards Program is back and better than ever with Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler on board as judge! Featuring the largest cash prizes in the history of our program, the winner and two runners-up will receive: 1st prize: $2,500 2nd prize: $1,500 3rd prize: $1,000 ENTER NOW at http://www.sfwwpawards.com/ The SFWP Literary Awards Program This year’s judge, Robert Olen Butler, will select authors who represent...

http://www.briarcliff.edu/campus_info/bcu_review/contest_info.asp $1000 First Place for each category Plus Publication in Spring 2008 Entries will be judged by the Editors of The Briar Cliff Review. $15.00 entry fee per story/creative nonfiction piece or three poems. Omit author’s name on manuscript. Deadline: November 1, 2007 Guidelines: Short story/creative nonfiction word limit up to 6,000. Short stories and creative nonfiction should be...

short fiction, creative non-fiction, or poetic prose First Prize $600 and elegibility to co-write a future EV work. Entries are now invited for the EV nature writing contest. Only winners will be notified and entries will not be acknowledged or returned. The deadline for receipt of entries is October 15, 2007. The EV nature writing contest is held for three reasons: 1. to support the cause of writing on the subject of nature and deep ecology....

www.elderstribune.com/seniors-write-and-win-100 Eligibility 1. Author of winning article must be 65 years of age or older to win. Anyone else can participate for fun. 2. The article must be original and 500 words or more. 3. Article must be submitted between July 9, 2007 00:01am to September 30, 2007 at 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time to be eligible.