Grand Opening Novel Contest
The ‘Grand Opening Novel Contest’ pits the first 1,000 words of your book against that of authors all over the country! Entries should be: 1. … Read More “Grand Opening Novel Contest”
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My Time Fellowship for Parent Writers
The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow is pleased to announce the My Time fellowship funded by the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Writers who are also parents … Read More “My Time Fellowship for Parent Writers”
Talentnook 2021 Superhero Story Contest for Middle Schoolers
Can your superhero save the day? Story Prompt: What the world needs now is a new superhero. Now’s your chance to create one. 2020 has … Read More “Talentnook 2021 Superhero Story Contest for Middle Schoolers”
Humor Me – A Funny Writer’s Fellowship
This fellowship is open to poets, fiction writers, playwrights, essayists, columnists, memoirists, and screenwriters who use humor as a key element in their work. While … Read More “Humor Me – A Funny Writer’s Fellowship”
An Axe to Grind—a flash fiction contest
The rules are simple: tell us a story in fewer than 1000 words. Submission guidelines: • Stories must not exceed 1000 words (title not included) … Read More “An Axe to Grind—a flash fiction contest”
The Cygnus Awards
“The Cygnus Award Categories are: Speculative Fiction Soft Sci-Fi/Young Adult Alternate History Hard Science Fiction Apocalyptic/Dystopian Space Opera A few words about the categories: Hard … Read More “The Cygnus Awards”
Novel Excerpt Contest by Novel Slices
The Novel Slices contest for novel excerpts has five winners, published in our bi-annual print and digital publication. The contest is open January 1st to … Read More “Novel Excerpt Contest by Novel Slices”
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Winter 2020 – 2021
International, open to everyone who enjoys expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry and/or writing a story that is worth … Read More “Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Winter 2020 – 2021”
Daisy Pettles Women’s Writing Contest
The Daisy Pettles Writing Contest for Women is now accepting submissions for the 2021 writing residency and grant awards. Deadline is 12/12/2020. The competition is … Read More “Daisy Pettles Women’s Writing Contest”
Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest
The 2020 Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest is open for submissions. The contest runs from September 1 to December 1. In addition to the … Read More “Women’s National Book Association Writing Contest”
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New year, new writing goals (that you’ll actually keep!)
Need some help crafting some quality resolutions you’ll keep long past March? Here are some ideas. Read More “New year, new writing goals (that you’ll actually keep!)”
All the things I wish I’d known as a beginner horror writer
Want to write horror? Read this first. Read More “All the things I wish I’d known as a beginner horror writer”
From the Front Lines: Wanna write more in 2021? Try these tips.
A little shift in consciousness can create life-altering creativity. Read More “From the Front Lines: Wanna write more in 2021? Try these tips.”