Short Story based on the prompt: Watching Paint Dry
Prize = $150.00 plus publication
Deadline = September 29, 2011
Showing posts with label writing contests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing contests. Show all posts
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
September Writing Contests
September Writing Contests
I found a couple of fun contests that I hope will inspire you to write and submit this month:
A 100 word story contest and a Humor contest.
Doesn’t that sound like a fun challenge? Actually, it reminds me of the kind of prompts we might do in our journaling group. The website has a great tips list to prompt you even more.
So here’s my suggestion – get with some writing friends for an afternoon of writing to the prompt together and send in the results! Runner up prizes are $50, $100, and $150; the winner gets $500!
The Humor contest is accepting submissions now through September 30, 2011. Winners, finalists, semi-finalists and even honorable mentions will all be published in Humor Showcase, an online publication and the winner will receive $250.00!
Reading some of the stories in Humor Showcase had me laughing out loud and triggered some of my own stories. I hope you will be inspired to submit your funny stories to this contest!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Two More August Writing Contests
Note to my readers: In order to keep up with my blogging schedule as I return now to the classroom, I'm going to be posting only on Mondays. There may periodically be additional posts, but at least you can count on me for Mondays. Thank you!
Here are a couple of more writing contests for August that I thought sounded promising:
Screenwriting
Writer’s Digest is offering a 12-week mentoring program for runners up of this prestigious contest: The Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest.
Page limit: 15 pages
Deadline: August 31, 2011
Fiction
Fiction International is rewarding the winner of this contest with $1,000.00 Prize!
Word limit: 2000
Theme: Blackness
Deadline: August 31, 2011
Think Ahead! Here’s one for September!
Fiction
Good Housekeeping is giving a $3,000.00 cash award to the grand prize winner!
Universal Theme: Women – any aspect of women’s lives today.
Deadline: September 1, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
August 2011 writing contests
Five FREE Writing Contests!
Dear Readers,
I found some contests you can enter for FREE! Prizes range from $100.00 to $5,000.00! Deadlines and prize monies are listed below. Click on the links to get more information.
Good Luck!
Deadline: now through August 25
Entry Fee: FREE
Prize: $140.00
Deadline: August 16
Entry Fee: FREE
Prize: $500.00
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: FREE
Prize: $500.00 and a Residency in North Carolina
Deadline: August 15
Entry Fee: FREE
Prize: $5,000.00
Deadline: August 16
Entry Fee: FREE
Prize: $100.00
Saturday, July 16, 2011
August Writing Contests
Writing contests are a great way to get your work out there for others to read. They also provide motivation and deadlines that will keep you cranking out those pages. Below are three contests that are coming up SOON. Check them out and ENTER! Then be sure to post a comment to let me know what you entered and ultimately, the results!
Short Story:
Gival Press is offering their 8th annual short story contest – deadline is august 8th. Entry fee is $25.00 and the top prize is a whopping $1,000.00!
Poetry:
Only poets who have NOT previously published a book of poetry are eligible for this year’s event, so to all you who have been waiting for your right time – jump in! This is it! Entry fee is $25.00 and submissions must be received between August 1 and September 30, 2011.
Screenplay:
The American Zoetrope Screenplay contest is offering $5,000.00 for the best script! Although the actual deadline isn’t until September 6th, I’m including it here because you get $15.00 off the registration fee if you submit it by August first.
Write on everyone!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Blogfest – 2nd Notice
If you want to get your feet wet with online writing, check out ~~ blogfest! This is a great opportunity to:
Meet a deadline with your writing
Write for a specific purpose/audience
Follow some very general guidelines (500 word limit)
Submit something online
Have your work read by others
Connect with other writers
Enter cyberspace and the blog-o-sphere
Win some cool prizes!
Here’s the LINK
Scroll down to the Wednesday, July 14 post for details about the blogfest.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Blogfest!
DL Hammons, author of the blog “Cruising Altitude” is hosting a blogfest. It’s kind of like a writing contest even with prizes! The deadline is August 7th and the only rules are that the word limit is 500 and the focus is on drama – however you interpret that is fine. He has some other ways you can get points that will tip you in favor of a drawing that will get you prizes as well such as tweet about the blogfest or put a note about it in the sidebar of your own blog.
I think this is a great opportunity to aim for a deadline and submit something you write. You can either edit something you’ve already got going or write something entirely new for this event. Whatever you do, just sign up and enter because the more you write and submit your stuff, the better writer you become and the more practiced you are at taking that next step to actually get readers for your work.
Here’s the link – check it out!
I think this is a great opportunity to aim for a deadline and submit something you write. You can either edit something you’ve already got going or write something entirely new for this event. Whatever you do, just sign up and enter because the more you write and submit your stuff, the better writer you become and the more practiced you are at taking that next step to actually get readers for your work.
Here’s the link – check it out!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
June Contest: Hubalicious!
Here is a cool contest that looks fun and interesting and it is on-going throughout the whole month of June.
Hubpages is having a “Hubalicious”contest – it is all about food! Some winners are chosen randomly through a daily drawing; others are chosen for content and quality by a panel of judges. Either way, the more you write, the better your chances for winning. Great opportunity – and the only pressure is what you put on yourself.
The overall theme is food and each week focuses on a special category. Within those weekly categories, each day has a particular focus. For example, this week (week 1) the category is ingredients, and each day of the week you can write about different kinds of ingredients: today is dairy; tomorrow will be herbs and spices or extracts and flavoring; and Friday will be meat and poultry or seafood. Next week the category is techniques and daily topics include beans and rice (Tuesday), soups and stocks or sauces (Wednesday), and Barbeque and grilling (Thursday). The category for the third week is recipes and the final week is world cuisines.
I think this contest is a really good opportunity to jump-start your online writing exposure and tempts your motivation with cash prizes. You are flexible and free within each daily and weekly guidelines that you can practice writing to a specific assignment without the pressure of a paying client putting demands on your style.
If you haven’t been to Hub Pages yet or don’t have an account, by all means, head on over there now and get started! It only takes a few minutes to set up your account and it doesn’t cost you a dime. That’s right, it’s FREE! So you see, you have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
Once you set up your account, browse around the site to see how it works and read some “hubs” (that’s what they call the articles on their site). Upload a couple of things you have already written (that aren’t published anywhere else) and sent me a note so I can check out your stuff and become one of your fans!
The Hub Pages June contest is well worth your time so check it out. And remember, somebody is going to win $50.00 every day: it might as well be YOU!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
January Writing Contest
Sponsored by: Glimmer Train
Title: Very Short Fiction Award
DEADLINE: January 31, 2010
Guidelines
Maximum length: 3,000 words
Should be submitted via Glimmer Train website at: http://www.glimmertrain.com/
Submission fee: $15.00 per entry
Glimmer Train is “a feast of fiction” with 8 – 12 new fiction stories printed in each issue. Glimmer Train’s authors have recently been represented in the Pushcart Prize, O. Henry, New Stories from the South, New Stories from the Midwest, and Best American Short Stories Anthologies. A journal of short-stories, Glimmer Train is well respected in the publishing industry and among writers alike. Published quarterly, Glimmer Train offers an avenue for new authors to be heard.
Glimmer Train also publishes a quarterly newsletter, Writers Ask, full of tips and news relevant to writers.
For more information about Glimmer Train or to submit your short story to the next contest, visit their website.
Good Luck! And let me know what you submit and what happens!!
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