Increase Your Chances Of Winning Writing Contests
Winning writing contests can provide several advantages to writers. For starters it’s a great way to
get your name in print and in front of potential readers. It can also provide professional credits for
your writing portfolio, and prize rewards to augment your income.
Just participating can get new writers into a writing regiment, grow confidence, and provide practice,
practice, practice.
Whatever your reason for entering a writing contest just be realistic about your expectations. The
odds of winning are not terrific, but there are certainly plenty of things you can do to improve those
odds, and stack them in your favor...
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Caution: The listing of contests by eBook Crossroads is not
an endorsement of the contests or sites on which they are shown.They are
posted for information only, so please use your own discretion.
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Rattle Poetry Prize
Annual competition. Send no more than four poems per entry. There is no line-limit;
poems can be any length. No previously published works, or works accepted for
publication elsewhere.
Deadline: 08-01-2010
Prizes: $5,000.00 plus ten $100 Honorable Mentions
Entry Fee: $18.00 includes a one-year subscription to RATTLE
Carpe Articulum Literary Review Novella Contest
Eligible submissions must be of a single novella. May be a self-contained portion of a
larger book, but must be a complete work in and of itself.
Deadline: 08-30-2010
Prizes: $1,000.00 first place, $300.00 second place, $200.00 third place
Entry Fee: $25.00
The Capilano Review's Midsummer Day Contest
This contest is inspired by Bernadette Mayer's poem -Midwinter Day-. We invite submissions
that engage with that fact in any way at all!
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Prizes: $1,000.00
Entry Fee: $35.00
Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
The prize awards $1000 and publication to one prose poem, micro-essay, or
short story of 500 words or less.
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Prizes: $1000+pub
Entry Fee: $15 (postal), $18 (online) (includes one-year subscription)
Black Warrior Review Fiction, Poetry & Nonfiction Contests
Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2011
issue. Finalists in each category will receive notation in the Spring/Summer
2011 issue and are also considered for publication.
Deadline: 08-31-2010
Prizes: $1000 / category + pub
Entry Fee: $15
The Orphic Prize for Poetry
All entries will be considered for publication.All styles are welcome. To enter,
submit 48-80 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio.
Deadline:08-31-2010.
Prizes:$1,000.00
Entry Fee:$25.00
Ducts.org Multi-Genre Writing Contest
There are four categories (Personal Narrative, Fiction, Flash Fiction and Open Genre)
and you may enter pieces in as many categories as you wish,though each entry will be
subject to a separate reading fee.
Deadline:09-01-2010
Prizes:$400.00
Entry Fee:$15.00
Glimmer Train Fiction Open
Open to all writers, all themes. We don't publish stories for children, and
we don't publish works longer than 20,000 words
Deadline: 09-30-2010
Prizes: $2000.00 First place, $1,000.00 second place and $600.00 third place
Entry Fee: $20
Scare The Dickens Out of Us Ghost Story Contest
The contest is open to published and unpublished writers alike. The ghost story must
be 5,000 words or less, in English, and typed double-spaced
Deadline:10-01-2010
Prizes:$1,000.00 first place, $500.00 second place and $250.00 third place
Entry Fee:$20.00
The 2011 Mississippi Review Prize
Contest is open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees
of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fiction entries should be 1000-5000 words,
poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less.
Deadline:10-01-2010
Prizes:$1,000.00
Entry Fee:$15.00
2010 Mighty River Short Story Contest
We're searching for the best short story of any theme. Work must not be previously published
Maximum of 30 double-spaced pages,
Deadline: 10-01-2010
Prizes: $500.00
Entry Fee: $15.00
Prairie Fire Contest
Three contests, one for fiction, one for poetry and one for creative non-fiction.
Deadline: 11-30-2010
Prizes: $1,200 first place, $500 second place, $250 third place, per category.
Entry Fee: $32. This entitles you to a one-year (4 issues) subscription to Prairie Fire magazine
Writer's Digest 11th Annual Short Short Story Competition
We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer.
Deadline: 12-01-2010
Prizes: $3,000 first place, 1.500 second place and $500 third place.
Entry Fee: $20
Gigglegig Funny Story Contest
A Gigglegig story is a funny story about a real life event that is true. Stories must be
non-fiction, ranging from 300-1,500 words if possible.
Deadline: Monthly
Prizes: $500.00
Entry Fee: $0.00
Writers of the Future Contest
Quarterly contests for writers of new short stories or novelettes of Science Fiction or Fantasy.
Deadline: Ongoing
Prizes: $1000 first prize, $750 second prize and $500 third prize, plus an annual Grand Prize of $5000.
Entry Fee: None
10 Warning Signs that a Writing Contest Is A Loser
Most writers consider entering writing contests at some point in their career.
Writing contests can provide many perks: Having your work published, receiving monetary rewards,
getting those all important credits for your writing resume, the thrill of winning and more can
be at hand...
You can find hundreds of writing contests online. Most are legitimate, some are even
prestigious, but many may be fake. So how do you decide which contests to enter and which to avoid?
Following are some tips to assist you in evaluating the legitimacy of contests you may be thinking
of entering.
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