Here's a couple "free to enter" contests you might enjoy.
Query Letter Contest - This is kinda cool, you get your query judged by an agent and win a nice prize too. Deadline is May 31st.
Flash Fiction Contest - Write a story between 500-800 words with the topic of "hotel room." Deadline is June 3rd.
Here's a paranormal romance anthology. They want stories from 1,000 words up to 8,500 words. The deadline is Nov. 1st.
Want to read books on your computer but don't want to pay for a Kindle, Nook or IPad? Then you'll love this. Download the Kindle software onto your computer and you can be reading in just a few minutes. And there are LOTS of free books along with many very inexpensive ones. This is a great way to find new authors.
Writer's Police Academy - This looks like such fun. It's Sept. 24-26th and would be great to attend if you write mystery or crime novels. Lee Lofland also has a great blog for crime stuff.
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Showing posts with label contests. Show all posts
Friday, May 14, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Bonus Saturday - Contests
First, a couple posts from the judges point of view...
How to win a creative writing contest.
How not to write a story.
Now, for the contests...
My Favorite Grandkid Story - for writers over 55.
Tell Your Love Story
PARSEC SF/F Contest - themed "the color of silence"
Novel Beginnings 1st Chapter Contest
The Christmas Spirit
On The Premise - another themed contest.
Be sure to check and follow the guidelines.
How to win a creative writing contest.
How not to write a story.
Now, for the contests...
My Favorite Grandkid Story - for writers over 55.
Tell Your Love Story
PARSEC SF/F Contest - themed "the color of silence"
Novel Beginnings 1st Chapter Contest
The Christmas Spirit
On The Premise - another themed contest.
Be sure to check and follow the guidelines.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Bonus Saturday - Contests
Grant for writers 50 and older - sponsored by the Speculatice Literature Foundation with a application deadline of March 31 so apply now. This is an annual event so remember for next year.
Win a Publishing Contract....CRR has some “breaking news” for all aspiring authors, so I’m letting you all know before the word gets “out there” officially. CRR Publishing is officially launching on 7th April 2010. It’s something we’ve been working towards for a long time, and we’re hugely excited. Our First Flight Contest, which we have put together for aspiring authors (i.e. not published or contracted) is part of the launch and we are now able to offer a publishing contract for our winner! (For more information, visit: their website for all the details.
The School of Humanities at East Texas Baptist University is sponsoring the 2010 East Texas Christian Writers Conference on April 9 and 10. A writing contest is part of the conference with a Grand Prize, First, Second and Third Place prizes available in three categories: Essay, short story and poetry. An entrance fee of $10 for each submission is required and entries must be received by March 19, 2010.
Warren Adler, Short Story Contest, Stonehouse Press, 300 East 56th Street, New York, NY 10022.
(212)350-9357. Evan Nisenson, Assistant
Deadline: April 11, 2010 Entry Fee: $15
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Warren Adler web site is given annually for a short story. Warren Adler will judge. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Crab Orchard Review, Literary Prizes, English Department, Faner Hall, 2380, Mail code 4503, Southern Illinois University, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901. Jon Tribble, Managing Editor.
Deadline: April 30, 2010 Entry Fee: $10
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Crab Orchard Review are given annually for a group of poems, a work of fiction, and a work of creative nonfiction. Submit three poems of up to 100 lines each for the Richard Peterson Poetry Prize, a fiction manuscript of up to 6,000 words for the Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, or a creative nonfiction manuscript of up to 6,500 words for the John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize. The $10 entry fee includes a copy of the prize issue. The deadline is April 30. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Glimmer Train Press, 1211 NW Glisan Street, suite 207, Portland, OR 97209. (503)221-0836. Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies, coeditors.
Deadline: April 30, 2010 Entry Fee: $15
A prize of $1,200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given biannually for a short story about family. Submit a story of up to 12,000 words with a $15 entry fee by April 30. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
The Journal, Short Story Contest, English Department, 164 West 17th Avenue, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. (614)292-4076. Michelle Herman, Prose Editor.
Deadline: May 1, 2010
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Journal is given annually for a short story. Kee K. Abbott will judge. Submit a short story of up to 7,500 words. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
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Win a Publishing Contract....CRR has some “breaking news” for all aspiring authors, so I’m letting you all know before the word gets “out there” officially. CRR Publishing is officially launching on 7th April 2010. It’s something we’ve been working towards for a long time, and we’re hugely excited. Our First Flight Contest, which we have put together for aspiring authors (i.e. not published or contracted) is part of the launch and we are now able to offer a publishing contract for our winner! (For more information, visit: their website for all the details.
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The School of Humanities at East Texas Baptist University is sponsoring the 2010 East Texas Christian Writers Conference on April 9 and 10. A writing contest is part of the conference with a Grand Prize, First, Second and Third Place prizes available in three categories: Essay, short story and poetry. An entrance fee of $10 for each submission is required and entries must be received by March 19, 2010.
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(212)350-9357. Evan Nisenson, Assistant
Deadline: April 11, 2010 Entry Fee: $15
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Warren Adler web site is given annually for a short story. Warren Adler will judge. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
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Deadline: April 30, 2010 Entry Fee: $10
Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in Crab Orchard Review are given annually for a group of poems, a work of fiction, and a work of creative nonfiction. Submit three poems of up to 100 lines each for the Richard Peterson Poetry Prize, a fiction manuscript of up to 6,000 words for the Jack Dyer Fiction Prize, or a creative nonfiction manuscript of up to 6,500 words for the John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize. The $10 entry fee includes a copy of the prize issue. The deadline is April 30. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
***
Deadline: April 30, 2010 Entry Fee: $15
A prize of $1,200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given biannually for a short story about family. Submit a story of up to 12,000 words with a $15 entry fee by April 30. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
***
Deadline: May 1, 2010
A prize of $1,000 and publication in the Journal is given annually for a short story. Kee K. Abbott will judge. Submit a short story of up to 7,500 words. Send an SASE or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Glass Woman Writing Contest
Don't forget this writing contest for just us women. Deadline is March 21, so you need to get busy if you plan to enter this time. Word count is up to 5k and there's no reading fee.
This contest has a VERY nice prize.
Here's the guidelines.
This contest has a VERY nice prize.
Here's the guidelines.
Friday, March 5, 2010
Bonus Saturday
SCRIPTS WANTED – SCI-FI
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100to1 Productions - Urban SciFi
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We are looking for completed feature-length urban sci-fi scripts, i.e. something in the vein of "Terminator," "Minority Report," or "Bladerunner."
Budget will not exceed $5 million. WGA and non-WGA writers may submit. Our credits include "The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives," among others.
TO SUBMIT:
1. Please go to www.InkTippro.com/leads
2. Enter your email address (you will be signing up for InkTip's newsletter - FREE!)
3. Copy/Paste this code: pps1egr7za
4. You will be submitting a logline and synopsis only, and you will be contacted to submit the full script only if there is interest from the production company.
IMPORTANT: Please ONLY submit your work if it fits what the lead is looking for EXACTLY.
If you aren't sure if your submission fits, please ask InkTip first. Please mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com and please email any questions to: jerrol@inktip.com
***CAXTON PRESS has a long tradition of publishing Western works of timeless appeal. We always are looking for new material. Caxton publishes nonfiction trade books for general audiences.
We prefer to publish western or frontier history, travel, pictorials, or narratives: nonfiction with a western theme. We will consider historical fiction if it deals with the West. We do not publish poetry.
Send submissions to:
C. W. Cornell, Editor
Caxton Press
312 Main Street
Caldwell, ID 83605
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Contests. . .
ALABAMA WRITERS' CONCLAVE 2010 WRITING COMPETITION
$3 to $12 ENTRY FEE DEPENDING ON CATEGORY
Deadline: April 20, 2010 (postmark). Prizes: 1st:
$100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4
Honorable Mentions in each category.
Fiction - maximum 2,500 words.
Short Fiction - maximum 1,000 words.
Juvenile Fiction (stories for ages 4-12) - maximum 2,500 words.
MUST LIST GENRE AND TARGETED AGE GROUP (i.e. picture book, 3 & up).
Nonfiction - maximum 2,500 words (PLEASE
SPECIFY IF WRITTEN FOR ADULT OR CHILDREN).
Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) - maximum 2,000 words or 50 lines (for poems).
Traditional Poem (any "form" poem, i.e. villanelle, sonnet, sestina) - maximum 40 lines.
Free Verse Poem - maximum 60 lines.
First Chapter of Novel - up to 10 pages, first chapter ONLY.
WRITERS' VILLAGE SHORT FICTION COMPETITION
ENTRY FEE £5 ($8)
The first prize is £150 ($242), with a second prize of 30 ($48) and a third of £20 ($32). Ten further prizes of £10 ($16) each are on offer to writers whose short fiction shows the greatest originality, mastery of the craft skills of creative writing and power to move the reader. Accepts prose fiction in any genre up to 3,000 words.
DeadlineMarch 31, 2010.
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100to1 Productions - Urban SciFi
---------------
We are looking for completed feature-length urban sci-fi scripts, i.e. something in the vein of "Terminator," "Minority Report," or "Bladerunner."
Budget will not exceed $5 million. WGA and non-WGA writers may submit. Our credits include "The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives," among others.
TO SUBMIT:
1. Please go to www.InkTippro.com/leads
2. Enter your email address (you will be signing up for InkTip's newsletter - FREE!)
3. Copy/Paste this code: pps1egr7za
4. You will be submitting a logline and synopsis only, and you will be contacted to submit the full script only if there is interest from the production company.
IMPORTANT: Please ONLY submit your work if it fits what the lead is looking for EXACTLY.
If you aren't sure if your submission fits, please ask InkTip first. Please mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com and please email any questions to: jerrol@inktip.com
***CAXTON PRESS has a long tradition of publishing Western works of timeless appeal. We always are looking for new material. Caxton publishes nonfiction trade books for general audiences.
We prefer to publish western or frontier history, travel, pictorials, or narratives: nonfiction with a western theme. We will consider historical fiction if it deals with the West. We do not publish poetry.
Send submissions to:
C. W. Cornell, Editor
Caxton Press
312 Main Street
Caldwell, ID 83605
***********************************************************************************
Contests. . .
ALABAMA WRITERS' CONCLAVE 2010 WRITING COMPETITION
$3 to $12 ENTRY FEE DEPENDING ON CATEGORY
Deadline: April 20, 2010 (postmark). Prizes: 1st:
$100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4
Honorable Mentions in each category.
Fiction - maximum 2,500 words.
Short Fiction - maximum 1,000 words.
Juvenile Fiction (stories for ages 4-12) - maximum 2,500 words.
MUST LIST GENRE AND TARGETED AGE GROUP (i.e. picture book, 3 & up).
Nonfiction - maximum 2,500 words (PLEASE
SPECIFY IF WRITTEN FOR ADULT OR CHILDREN).
Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) - maximum 2,000 words or 50 lines (for poems).
Traditional Poem (any "form" poem, i.e. villanelle, sonnet, sestina) - maximum 40 lines.
Free Verse Poem - maximum 60 lines.
First Chapter of Novel - up to 10 pages, first chapter ONLY.
WRITERS' VILLAGE SHORT FICTION COMPETITION
ENTRY FEE £5 ($8)
The first prize is £150 ($242), with a second prize of 30 ($48) and a third of £20 ($32). Ten further prizes of £10 ($16) each are on offer to writers whose short fiction shows the greatest originality, mastery of the craft skills of creative writing and power to move the reader. Accepts prose fiction in any genre up to 3,000 words.
DeadlineMarch 31, 2010.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Glass Woman Writing Contest
Here's a writing contest for just us women. Deadline is March 21, 2010, up to 5k and has no reading fee with a VERY nice prize.
Here's the guidelines.
Here's the guidelines.
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