Contests for Writers - Part Three

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American Screenwriting Competition

William Saroyan International Prize for Writing - The Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation are delighted to announce the first cycle of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, a competition for newly-published works of fiction (novels, short stories, or drama) or memoirs. This new prize is intended to encourage new or emerging writers, rather than to recognize established literary figures. The prize commemorates the life, legacy and intentions of William Saroyan - author, artist, dramatist, and composer.

Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award - The annual Koret Young Writer on Jewish Themes Award offers a young writer (35 or younger) a $25,000 prize and the opportunity to spend a quarter as writer-in-residence at Stanford University. The residency allows time for writing, teaching one course at Stanford, and giving several workshops in collaboration with Jewish community organizations in the Bay Area.

E-Merging Writers Playrighting Competitions List

South Carolina Fiction Project - This annual writing competition, sponsored by The Post and Courier and the South Carolina Arts Commission, calls for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or less. The stories do not need to be Southern, nor do they need to be set in South Carolina, although such stories are acceptable for consideration. Up to 12 short stories will be selected for publication; each writer whose work is selected will receive $500 from The Post and Courier, which purchases first publication rights. Stories will also be published electronically by putting them on The Post and Courier’s web site, which links to the Arts Commission’s web site.

Moxie Films New Century Writer Awards® Screenplay and Stage Play - The Moxie Films New Century Writer Awards® (NCWA) was established to provide a valuable outlet to recognize the quality screenplays, and stage plays of both unpublished writers and emerging writers with minor or few creative writing credits. We provide cash awards to the Top 3 writers in each of our creative writing contests since monetary awards help legitimize and validate a writer's good hard work. In addition to cash prizes the 1st place stage play will be produced in New York City through MoxieStage, our theatre division, at an off-off Broadway venue for a one-week run minimum. 2nd and 3rd place stage plays will each receive one public reading in New York City at an off-off Broadway venue. Selected Top screenplay will be optioned for an 18-month period, and receives cash. 2nd and 3rd place receive cash, and a public reading each. Now in its seventh year of successful operation, the New Century Writer Awards® is an annual writing competition series. Of the more than three-hundred writing competition for creative writings in the English language in existence across the globe, the New Century Writer Awards® brand is among the largest in terms of the prize awards purse, affiliations, scope, and name recognition. Since its inception the New Century Writer Awards® has awarded 144 creative writers with $81,700 in cash, fellowship and scholarship prizes, connected numerous writers to agency representation, editorial and film studio contacts, and raised $20,000 in independent financing for the production of a film based on one of New Century's Top 10 alumnus, Lisa Kors. The Moxie Films NCWA seeks quality, character driven stories in all genres to consider for further development and production in association with one or more of our alliance companies and independent producers. The final judges of each annual contest include industry producers, directors, film marketing professionals, fiction writers, playwrights, fiction editors, screenwriters, executive producers, and literary agents.

Ayn Rand Institute Annual Essay Contests - For high school and college students

The Communicator Awards - An International Competition Honoring Excellence in Communications - Three Categories: Video, Print, Audio

Byline Magazine Contests

FirstWriter.com - firstwriter.com's fully searchable database of writing competitions contains details and contact information for writing contests from around the English-speaking world. Our database is updated daily, with old competitions being removed and on average two or more new ones added every day, making it widely regarded as the best writing contest listing on the internet. Our InstantAlert service also allows you to receive instant email notification of newly added competitions, or you can keep on top of latest additions with our RSS feed.

Literary Contests, Grants, & Fellowships

Awards and Competitions forFirst-Time Authors

Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest

Places for Writers Contests Listings (Canadian based, I don't know about restrictions/rules for individual contests listed)

The Writers' Union of Canada Awards and Competitions

Columbia: Journal of Literature and Art 2006 Fiction, Poetry and Non-Fiction Contest

Lantern Books 2005 Essay Competition

San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest

We Love Writers Writing Contests

Contests from "Funds for Writers" Website

Daniel Singer Prize - Original essays, in any language - no entry fees (check website to verify info)