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ENDING: Foyle Young Poets Award (Youth)
The Foyle Young Poets Award (Youth) is for poetry of any length by poets aged 11-17. Prize is publication, books, Poetry Society membership, and more. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by The Poetry Society. Free Writing …
Find out more »ENDING: Polar Expressions (CAN)(Youth/Adult)
The Polar Expressions (CAN)(Youth/Adult) is for flash fiction of up to 750 words by any Canadian resident (multiple categories based on age). Prize is $50-$500 and publication. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by Polar Expressions. Free …
Find out more »ENDING: Baltimore SciFi Writing Contest (USA:MD)
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society Amateur Writing Contest is for short fiction of 1000-5500 words by Maryland resident or college student over 18. Prize is $250.00. For a science fiction, fantasy or horror story with …
Find out more »ENDING: Betjeman Poetry Prize (UK/IRE)
The Betjeman Poetry Prize is for poetry of any length by resident of UK or Ireland aged 10-13. Prize is £500. For a previously unpublished poem on the theme of "Place". More info here. Sponsored/Hosted …
Find out more »ENDING: Broken River Prize for Poetry
The Broken River Prize for Poetry Chapbooks is for poetry chapbook manuscript of 20-40 single spaced pages by any author. Prize is $250 or £200, publication by Platypus Press and 10 author copies.. More info …
Find out more »ENDING: Diverse Writers/Worlds Grants (Diverse)
The Diverse Writers/Diverse Worlds Grants is for prose or manuscript samples of 5000 words or less by writers from underrepresented and underprivileged groups. Prize is $500. Diverse Worlds is for "work that best presents a …
Find out more »ENDING: Landfall Essay Competition (NZ)
The Landfall Essay Competition is for creative nonfiction of maximum 4000 words by New Zealand authors. Prize is NZ $3000. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by Otago University Press. Free Writing Events offers budget editing services …
Find out more »ENDING: Peaceful Dumpling Environmental Writing Prize
The Peaceful Dumpling Environmental Writing Prize is for environmental poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction of 1-5 poems or 1 prose piece, maximum 6000 words by any author. Must have an environmental theme, such as …
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