Non-Fiction Contests

Call for Entries! Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Summer – 2012

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand...

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Killer Nashville Claymore Award Contest

The Claymore Award is bestowed upon the author of the best beginning (up to 50 pages) of an unpublished manuscript not currently under contract.  ANYONE CAN ENTER YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND KILLER NASHVILLE TO ENTER OR WIN.  The ten finalists are chosen through a blind judging process and sent to our 2012 publishing partner, Five Star Press/Tekno Books.  Five Star chooses the final winner, who receives an engraved replica of a Claymore dagger....

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Gulen Institute at the University of Houston – Youth Platform 2012 An International Essay Contest for High School Students

The Gulen Institute Youth Platform has announced its second international essay contest, which is open to all high school students in grades 9th through 12th currently enrolled in public or private schools from across the nation and abroad. Topic of this year is: “Creating solutions for the challenges faced by children today” Awards for students Awards for teachers 1st place $ 3,000 1st place $ 1,000 2nd place $ 2,000 2nd place $ 750 3rd place...

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Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award

The Bethlehem Writers Group is currently accepting submissions for their debut Short Story Award. Jonathon Maberry, a NY Times bestselling author, will judge. The winner will receive $200 plus the opportunity to be published in their next anthology, “Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny and Strange Tales,” due to be released next fall. There are runner-up prizes also. Entry fee: $10 per story. Deadline: Submissions must be received by...

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NaMoWriMo Writers Contest: Win a Prize for the First Line of Your Novel!

(Not associated with the NationalNovelWritingMonth.org) WHAT’S YOUR (FIRST) LINE? You could win $100, $50, $25 or a free book for  the best first line from a NaNoWriMo novel! To add to the fun of NaNoWriMo, I’m awarding a $100 prize to the writer of the best first line, with a second prize of $50, a third prize of $25, and a copy of “Your Writing Coach” for seven honorable mentions. I hope you get all of your 50,000+...

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“WRITERS OF THE UNEMPLOYED” SHORT STORY CONTEST”

To celebrate the February 2012 release of Life in Pieces, we will be sponsoring a contest for short stories dealing with some of the themes addressed in the new book.  If you have an idea for a story dealing with unemployment or other economic hardships, it is time to get writing.  If your story is already finished, now is your chance. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST – Be received between Monday, November 14, 2011 and Friday, February 3, 2012...

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