Contest
2009 Black Warrior Review Contest
Submitted by Black Warrior Review on Fri, 2009-07-10 03:27.The Fifth-Ever Black Warrior Review Contest has begun! Send us that
work you've been perfecting all summer...
Guest Judges this year are Larissa Szporluk (poetry) and Brian Evenson (fiction).
Send your entry to:
Fiction Contest OR Poetry Contest
Black Warrior Review
Box 862936
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486
The Reading Fee is $15 per short story (up to 7500 words) and $15 per
group of up to 3 poems.
Winners in each genre will receive $1,000 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue.
Finalists in each category will receive notation in the Spring/Summer 2010
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2009 Caketrain Chapbook Competition (Poetry)
Submitted by noid on Tue, 2009-05-19 03:52.

Caketrain Journal and Press is proud to announce our 2009 Caketrain Chapbook Competition,
the fifth installment of our annual creative writing contest. As we
return to the poetry genre (following 2008’s fiction foray), we look
forward to another year of intensive reading and fine work.
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The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
Submitted by noid on Tue, 2009-05-19 01:58.The Manchester Fiction Prize 2009
First prize: £10,000
Deadline for entries: 7th August 2009
Entry fee: £15
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Script Frenzy 2009
Submitted by noid on Wed, 2009-03-18 15:45.What is Script Frenzy?
Script Frenzy is an international writing
event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages
of scripted material in the month of April. As part of a
donation-funded nonprofit, Script Frenzy charges no fee to participate;
there are also no valuable prizes awarded or "best" scripts singled
out. Every writer who completes the goal of 100 pages is victorious and
awe-inspiring and will receive a handsome Script Frenzy Winner's
Certificate and web icon proclaiming this fact.
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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest 2009
Submitted by noid on Thu, 2009-01-01 15:26.Be the next breakthrough novelist!
Have
an unpublished novel you know Amazon.com readers will love? Enter your
manuscript in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for a chance to win a
$25,000 publishing contract with Penguin Group (USA) and the
distribution of your novel on Amazon.com
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National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) 2008
Submitted by noid on Sun, 2008-10-12 22:55.NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH: THE LARGEST WRITING CONTEST IN THE WORLD TURNS 10!
Oakland, Calif. --- www.NaNoWriMo.org --- September, 2008 --- There are some who say writing a novel takes awesome talent, strong language skills, academic training, and years of dedication.
Not true. All it really takes is a deadline - a very, very tight deadline - and a whole lot of coffee.
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3-Day Novel Contest 2008
Submitted by noid on Fri, 2008-08-29 14:09.About the International 3-Day Novel Contest
Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in three short days? Now is
your chance to find out. This year's 3-Day Novel Contest will run
Labour Day Weekend, August 30 - September 1, 2008. Registration must be postmarked by August 29th. All writers are welcome to enter, anywhere in the world.
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First Person Impressions Competition
Submitted by noid on Wed, 2008-08-13 01:25.From Taruja Deshmukh:
Last Call for all Writers, Photographers, Videographers
This Friday August 15th is the deadline for First Person Impressions
national competition for documentary and memoir writers, photographers,
and videographers.
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Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award 2008
Submitted by noid on Thu, 2008-08-07 14:52.Very Short Fiction Award
We are interested in reading your original, unpublished stories!
(We don't publish stories for children, I'm sorry.) Multiple
submissions are fine. (You can send more than one submission per
competition, if you like, or submit the same story for different
categories, if it qualifies). When we accept a story for publication,
we are purchasing first-publication rights. (Once we've published your
story, you are free to, for instance, include it in your own
collection.)
Dates:
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Literal Latte Essay Awards
Submitted by noid on Thu, 2008-08-07 14:50.- 7 comments
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