Contests

 

 

Note:  In order to avoid having the web master continually researching contest deadlines, we suggest contacting individual web sites to determine when their next event is.  Typically, contests keep the same deadline year after year, but be sure to double check.  Thank you.  

 

New England Writers Contest

Open to all poets/writers.  $300 first place in each category and publication in anthology.

Deadline is June 15, 2006.

Go to Newenglandwriters.org

 

Arkansas Writers Conference

Open to all writers/poets.  33 contests (some you must be present to compete in).

Deadline April each year and conference is held in June of each year in Little Rock, AR.

Go to geocities.com/penwomen

 

The Writers Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition.

Allows writers to enter short stories, book-length manuscripts, and screenplays.

Contest deadline is usually the end of May each year.

Go to www.writersnetworkcompetition.com for details.

 

WritersDigest Self-Published Competition.

Gives authors of self-published works a chance to compete for cash prizes.

Contest deadline usually in May of each year

Go to www.writersdigest.com for details.

 

 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting

Offers unpublished screenwriters an opportunity to win one of five $30,000 fellowships.

Contest deadline is usually May 1st of each year.

Go to www.oscars.org/nicholl for details.