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ENDING: Registration for Writer’s Games 2017
The Writer's Games are a two-month long writing challenge event for authors of all genres. Weekly prompts are given and winners are chosen from the entry pool. Overall winners receive publication in an anthology as well as …
Find out more »ENDING: Lilly & Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships (US)(21-31)
The Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are for U.S. poets aged 21-31. Five fellowships will be given in the amount of $25,800 each (whoa!). Submit 10 pages of poetry. Previously published poems …
Find out more »ENDING: SA Writer’s College Short Story Award (South Africa)
The SA Writer's College Short Story Award is for short stories by unpublished writers in South Africa. The theme this year is "A person's world is only as big as their heart." Maximum word count is 2000. …
Find out more »ENDING: EssayHub Contest (High School/College)
The EssayHub Contest is for essays on the topics given (500-1000 words) by high school or college students. Prizes are (1st - $500) (2nd - $300) (3rd - $200). More information here. Hosted by EssayHub. Essays …
Find out more »ENDING: WineTourismSpain Short Story Contest – Aliens?
The WineTourismSpain Short Story Contest is for short stories of 200-500 words on how extraterrestrials might react to wine. Follow the prompt: "Extraterrestrial life arrives to Earth... in Spain. Wine plays an important role in the …
Find out more »ENDING: Falun Gong Poetry Contest
The Gong Poetry Contest is for up to two poems of 50 lines or less that explore Falun Gong (a yoga-like belief system) in one of the following ways: -Advocate for Falun Gong practitioner’s fundamental human rights. …
Find out more »ENDING: Arch and Bruce Brown Playwriting Competition
The Arch and Bruce Brown Playwriting Competition is for full-length drama, dramas, comedies, musicals, and screenplays with LGBTQIA+ themes (central, not incidental, to the work). First Prize, $3,000; Second Prize, $1,500; Honorable Mentions, $500. One entry per …
Find out more »ENDING: Pen It Competition
The Pen It Competition is for a flash fiction story of 300-500 words, either derived from your culture or told like a bedtime story. First prize is $500 and second prize is $250. More info here. …
Find out more »ENDING: “American Kindness” Chicken Soup Submission Window
This Chicken Soup Submission Window is for nonfiction (personal essays or poems, etc) up to 1200 words on the Chicken Soup for the Soul subject shown below: Kindness in America: The True Spirit of Our Country Prize …
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