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ENDING: Young Adult Book Proposal Contest
The "Plot Without a Cause" Young Adult Book Proposal Contest is for young adult book proposals. Summary Submit book proposals up to 1000 words via submission form. Proposed books must be in the young adult category. The proposal …
Find out more »ENDING: Travel For Seniors Contest (Age 55+)
The Travel For Seniors Contest is for travel essays up to 750 words by authors aged 55+ on the theme "Travel For Seniors." The prize is £200 with several £10 runners-up. More information here. This event …
Find out more »ENDING: Polar Expressions Contest (CA)
The Polar Expressions Contest is for poetry and short stories by Canadian residents of all ages. Stories must be 750 words or fewer, and poems must be 48 lines or fewer. Prizes for ages 16+ are …
Find out more »ENDING: Dragonfly Tea Competition (UK)(Youth & Adult)
The Dragonfly Tea Contest is for short stories by youth ages 4-15 and adults ages 16 and older, on a given theme and word count. UK non-professional authors only. Adult Competition: stories up to 3000 words on the theme "Journey." …
Find out more »ENDING: Budleigh Salterton Creative Writing Competition
The Budleigh Salterton Creative Writing Competition is for stories or poems with the title "Being There." Entries can be maximum 2000 words (stories) or 600 words (poems). Prizes are up to £1000 for adults, and £100-250 …
Find out more »ENDING: Landfall Essay Competition (NZ)
The Landfall Essay Competition is for essays by New Zealand citizens on any topic related to New Zealand culture. Maximum 4000 words. Prize is NZ$3,000 and publication, including copies of the magazine. More info here. Hosted …
Find out more »ENDING: Louise Meriwether First Book Prize (PoC)(Female/Nonbinary)
The Louise Meriwether First Book Prize is for novels, short story collections, or narrative memoirs by female/nonbinary authors of color. Size can be 50,000-80,000 words. Prize is $5,000 and a publishing contract. More info here. Hosted …
Find out more »ENDING: Platt Essay Scholarship (College)(US)
The Platt Essay Scholarship is for essays by full-time US college students on the subject of Abraham Lincoln. 1500-5000 words. Prizes are $1500/$750/$500. More info here. Hosted by The Lincoln Forum. --- Find my events helpful? …
Find out more »ENDING: Flythe Poetry Prize (US:GA)/(US:SC)
The Starkey Flythe Jr. Poetry Prize is for 1-3 poems up to 30 lines each by residents of Georgia or South Carolina. Prize is $500/$250. More info here. Sponsored by Barry Fleming Book Festival. --- Find …
Find out more »ENDING: Betjeman Poetry Prize (UK)(Age 10-13)
The Betjeman Poetry Prize is for poems by UK residents aged 10-13 on the theme of "Place." Prize is £500 plus an invitation to a poetry workshop. More info here and here. Self-hosted. --- Find my …
Find out more »ENDING: Carers UK Creative Writing Competition (UK)
The Carers UK Creative Writing Competition is for poems or short stories/essays* by UK residents on the theme of "caring for a loved one" and "this was not in the plan." Poems up to 40 lines, …
Find out more »ENDING: Diverse Writers/Worlds Grants
The Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants are for speculative book-length fiction representing diverse worlds. The Diverse Writers Grant is for marginalized/underrepresented/diverse authors, and the Diverse Worlds Grant is for work starring marginalized/underrepresented/diverse characters by an author …
Find out more »ENDING: Sweek India College Clash (India)(College)
The Sweek India College Clash is for stories up to 3000 words (any genre/topic) by anyone registered to attend a college in India. Prize is a scholarship up to ₹35,000 (various categories for various prizes too). …
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