Are you enthusiastic about bridging the gap between marketing and writing? Do you feel that you have what it takes to be a blogger? Would you like to see your work published and recognized as a part of the nDash brand? If you answered yes to any of the above, you’re in luck! nDash Marketing is launching our first blog writing contest,Summer of Content! All submissions to Summer of Content must reflect on one of these pivotal topics:  Your...

Deadline: October 1, 2014 Announcing the Third Annual Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book, sponsored by Bowker. Details and rules are here: http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/pages/competition.html The winner, finalists, and more than 100 notable books from the competition will be featured in the December/January 2015 issue of Shelf Unbound magazine. The overall winner will receive a year’s worth of...

The BlueCat Screenplay Competition awards the world’s largest cash prize for best short screenplay: $10,000, with three finalists each receiving a cash prize of $1,500.       In keeping with our longstanding tradition, every screenplay will receive one written analysis. All submissions entered by September 1st, 2014 will receive their written analysis by October 1st, 2014. If you enter during our next submission period (September 2nd –...

CONTEST DETAILS: A prize of $2000, manuscript publication, and 25 copies will go to a single winner. Two runner-ups will be chosen for publication. Manuscripts that do not win will be considered for regular publication in the future. The final judge is Amy King of New York. SUBMISSION PERIOD / DEADLINE: All entries must be submitted online, Deadline: October 15, 2014(entries will be accepted until 11:59:59 PM (CST)). Please do not make...

Our short story and poetry competition has an incredible prize fund of £3,000, which will be awarded to each category as follows: First Prize – £1,000 Second Prize – £300 Third Prize – £100 Two Highly Commended – £50 In addition, we will be planting a tree in Kenya for each entry, so every entrant is a winner! When the contest closes we will email the GPS co-ordinates of your tree to you. Brief guidelines: Short Stories up to 4,000 words,...

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 story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any...

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest Deadline: September 30, 2014 Our 12th annual open-theme poetry contest will award $3,000 in prizes. The Tom Howard Prize of $1,000 will go to the best poem in any style or genre. The Margaret Reid Prize of $1,000 will go to the best poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. Ellaraine Lockie will judge. New this year, you may submit 1-2 poems of any length for a flat $16 fee. Published and unpublished...