Saturday, November 05, 2005

Contests for Writers - Part Five

Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest - $1,000 and publication in BOULEVARD awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press

How to Win a Writing Contest

Scriptunities - Is a unique listing of all current UK and Euroland competitions. It contains 7 pages of up to date competitions, opportunities and contacts.

Screenwriting Contests Database

SpecFicWorld's Annual Speculative Fiction Contest - Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror stories up to 10,000 words are required.

True Life Story Contest - A short story contest looking for true life stories in the categories of friendships, animals, Christmas, and amazing coincidences.


Words Magazine - Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year.


Pomegranate Words Writing Contests - teenagers only

Guideline Blues: Tips on How to Enter Contests


American Cinema Foundation

WriteMovies.com Writing Contest


EM Koeppel Short Story Contest - Annual contest offers $1,100 first prize for original, unpublished stories. Maximum length: 3,000 words. International English entries welcome. Fee: $15 (one), $25 (two). Submissions: Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 annually.

Whisper Stories Contests - Promotes writing contests in which authors are asked to complete a story from a set opening sentence.

British Literature Competitions & Prizes

A Woman's Write - Each contest theme will be different, but the rules will stay the same - send us your story, essay, memoir or book chapter (word limit is 2,500) along with the $10 entry fee payable via PayPal. ALL ENTRIES will receive a thoughtful critique and we'll pick one winner (for the $100 first prize) per contest - the winning contribution will live at our website through the following contest (at least!) for your friends, family and fans to read. The entries can be creative nonfiction - memoir, journalistic, essay format - or pure fiction. The winner's entry will also be critiqued in depth.


Hey, Want to Win a Literary Competition?

Fire By Nite Awards for Christian Fiction

Literati Short Story Competition

Dragonfly Spirit Writing for Children Short Story Contest

Nevada Film OfficeScreenwriting Competition

The Baltimore Review -
Creative Nonfiction Competition: January 1st - April 1st
Poetry Competition: April 1st - July 1st
Short Fiction Competition: August 1st - December 1st

Venice Arts e-Screenwriting

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