1st Place Winner Receives $500 and a $2,400 Publishing Package from BookSurge. Enter a writing competition to see who can craft the most compelling start to a novel. Whether you write Romance, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, or some other genre, the only criteria is that you write a start that will keep us reading. Over $3,500 in Prizes and Awards. * Receive feedback on everything you post to help you prepare your novel for...

$500 and public-radio broadcast feature for 500 (or fewer) words! Quiddity international literary journal and public-radio program is pleased to announce the Teresa A. White Literary Award. The 2009 award is affectionately referred to as the “buck-a-word” contest. First Prize: $500 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2010 print issue of Quiddity as well as public-radio broadcast (via WUIS, NPR member and PRI affiliate) Honorable mentions may...

in poetry, short fiction, essay, and dramatic writing, with separate awards for adults and youth. New this year: The Big Read Special Recognition Award for Creative Expression, for essays on the theme of courage. No fee to enter. Deadline: March 19. Visit website for entry instructions: dcarts.dc.gov

1st prize: $1,750 2nd prize: $1,000 3rd prize: $1,000 ENTER NOW— at www.sfwpawards.com This year’s judge, Pagan Kennedy, will select authors who represent excellence in writing. Ms. Kennedy will judge prose fiction and non-fiction of any genre. We will not be accepting poetry, plays or screenplays. The top prize winners will be forwarded to the Irene Goodman Literary Agency (www.irenegoodman.com) for review towards possible representation. The...

www.twwoa.org/contests.html FIRST PRIZE: $300 SECOND PRIZE: $200 THIRD PRIZE: $100 Ten Honorable Mentions Deadline: postmarked by March 20, 2009. Send in a creative letter, poem or story of 3,500 words or less. Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet. The entry fee per submission is $20 ($15 for Workshop members). Multiple entries are accepted. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and...

http://www.blreview.org/Contest/Contest%20index.htm The Bellevue Literary Review Prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 and publication in the Spring 2010 issue of the Bellevue Literary Review. $1000 Bellevue Literary Review Goldenberg Prize for Fiction — Judged by Gail Godwin $1000 Bellevue Literary Review Carter V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Nonfiction —...