Contests for Writers - Part Six

Index of Irish Literary Competitions

Grants and Awards

The AWP Award Series in the Novel, Poetry, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction - The AWP Award Series is an annual competition for the publication of excellent new book-length works of poetry, fiction,and creative nonfiction. Winners in the Award Series receive a $2,000 cash honorarium plus publication of their book by University of Pittsburgh Press, University of Massachusetts Press, or University of Georgia Press.

Scriblerus Press - We are actively seeking submissions from new and published authors. What we are looking for: Spleenplays. What is a spleenplay? Spleenplay—a fiction parody of a movie or series of movies. A spleenplay is an unfaithful reverse adaptation: from movie to novel, film to text. A spleenplay isn’t a typical parody that takes broad and clumsy swipes at its target. It’s an aggressive appropriation of the narrative in order to comment on and depart from the original—to imitate the original with critical distance by complicating its plot, characters, themes, and motifs. It’s a spirited reimagination of a formulaic Hollywood blockbuster—dependent on the source for its context, but original in form and voice.

THE VIRGINA KIRKUS LITERARY AWARD - Competition for unpublished fiction–novel or story collection—of 150 or more pages, and not under contract with any publisher. The winner’s book will be published by Back Bay, the trade-paperback imprint of Time Warner’s Little, Brown, in September 2006.

Telluride IndieFest

Taos Land and Film Company

Slam Dance

Scriptalooza

On Cue Productions

Praxis Center Screenplay Competition (Canada)

NICKELODEON PRODUCTIONS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Drama Garage

CineStory

Blue Sky International Film Festival

Blue Cat Screenplay Competition

Yahoo Directory "Writing Contests"

Writing Contests from Writing-World

OPEN WINDOWS POETRY & CREATIVE NONFICTION CONTESTS First prize in each category = $500 & 5 copies of Open Windows 2006. 2nd = 5 copies of Open Windows 2006. 3rd = 2 copies of Open Windows 2006. Honorable Mention = 1 copy of Open Windows 2006. Winners will appear in Open Windows 2006. Poetry, any form, length: submit up to 3 in printable form, title on the first page & each continuing page w/ page numbers. OR creative nonfiction, any topic: up to 3500 words, double-spaced, w/ title in top right corner of each page w/ page numbers. No other identifying info on submissions. Submit one copy to: Ghost Road Press, 10200 E. Girard Ave. #C145, Denver, CO 80231. Include cover letter w/ name, address, phone number, email address, title of the work(s) and up to 50 words biographical note. FOR MORE INFO: info@ghostroadpress.com, (303) 368-4716

Associated Writing Programs Awards - Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents only.

AwardWeb - Information on major literary awards throughout the USA and other countries, particularly focusing on (though not limited to) science fiction and fantasy.

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - San Jose State University sponsors this yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". No entry fee.