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NATIVE INSIGHT COMPETITION
http://www.nativeinsight.org/
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NO ENTRY FEE
We invite all Native individuals or collaborative teams to submit their
500-1,600 word original written work addressing
one or more of the following questions:
1. How can the Native community best participate in the process of
economic renewal? What unique contributions can
we make to help jumpstart the US and international economies?
2. Are you confident that economic growth will be restarted in
2009/2010? Describe your views on how the economic recovery will take
place.
3. How must our economy change to fully recover from this economic
crisis? What additional steps do President Obama
and the Congress need to take to make these changes happen? How can
Native Americans step up to help make these necessary changes and build
sustainable economies?
Deadline September 15, 2009. Open to Alaska Natives, Native
Hawaiians and American Indians of all ages. Students are
strongly encouraged to participate. Essays should be comprised of no
less than 500 and no more than 1,600 words. Essays may be written in
your Native language, but must include an English translation. The
authors of the top three Alaska Native essays and the top three National
essays will each be awarded $10,000 in prize money.
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HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD WRITING CONTEST
http://www.houstonwritersguild.org/Contests.htm
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ENTRY FEE $10 - $20. Deadline July 30, 2009.
Novel Category - First 10 pages of your Novel, Book, or Screenplay +
Synopsis. Contest entries in English only. Open to all unpublished and
not under contract novelists and screenwriters anywhere in the world.
$500 first prize.
Short Story - Any Genre - $50 first place. Limit: 2,500 words.
Personal Essay - Something Personal -- your opinion on any subject or a
character study or a slice of life piece. Limit:
1,500 words. $30 first place.
Poetry - $30 first place.
Three poems or six poems.
Lifetime Award Novel - Any genre - $100 first place.
Previously published novelists may enter.
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BACOPA LITERARY CONTEST
http://www.bacopaonline.com/
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MEMBERS FREE. NON-MEMBERS $11 ENTRY FEE.
Contest period July 1 through October 31, 2009. First place $350.
Second place $75. First and Second Place winners and selected Honorable
Mention winners will be published. All authors whose work is published
in Bacopa will receive one free copy. Fiction—3,300 words.
Non-Fiction—3,300 words. Poetry—50 lines per poem. Poetry—Submit up to
three poems per contest submission.
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BEST OF THE BEST EBOOK CONTEST
http://www.editorjennifer.com/
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NO ENTRY FEE
Contest open to all self-published or independent e-press published
novels. Your novel must be available to the public for purchase before
you enter. Winner will receive $250 USD. Each of 30 semi-finalists will
have their novels showcased for a day on the Editor Jennifer website -
including their book's image, a 250 word description, and a link to the
site where it can be purchased. Deadline August 31, 2009.
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ANDERBO POETRY PRIZE
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderprize2009.html
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$10 ENTRY FEE PER POEM
Winner receives $500 and publication. Poet must not have been previously
published on anderbo.com. Deadline November 1, 2009.
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CREATIVE WRITING CORNER SHORT FICTION COMPETITION
http://www.creativewritingcorner.com/compete.php
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$15 ENTRY FEE
Deadline July 15, 2009. CWC invites fiction entries from new and
established writers for its inaugural competition. The top three entries
will receive the cash awards. In addition, the top five entries will
receive copies of What the Shadow Told Me, the award-winning novel of
our judge, Kurtis Davidson. The first place winner will also receive a
detailed review of his/her work from Kurtis Davidson. Submissions must
be no longer than 3,500 words.
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $100
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2009 RROFIHE TROPHY
http://www.opencity.org/rrofihe.html
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$10 ENTRY FEE
For an unpublished short story up to 5,000 words. Winner receives $500
cash, trophy. publication in Open City.
Deadline October 15, 2009.
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HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD NOVEL CONTEST
http://www.houstonwritersguild.org/Contests.htm
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$12 -$15 ENTRY FEE
Any genre. $500 first prize. Submit first ten pages of your novel, book,
screenplay plus a synopsis. English only. Opened
to all unpublished and not under contract novelists and screenwriters
anywhere in the world. Deadline July 30, 2009.
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MEMPHIS MAGAZINE FICTION CONTEST
http://www.memphismagazine.com/gyrobase/Magazine/Page?oid=21607
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$10 ENTRY FEE
The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published
in a future issue of Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each
will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Contest cosponsors are
Burke's Book Store, and Davis-Kidd Booksellers. Authors must live within
150 miles of Memphis. Entries must be postmarked by August 1, 2009.
Stories should be between 3,000 and 4,500 words. Stories are NOT
required to have a Memphis or Southern theme.
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TAMARACK AWARD
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Join-In/Tamarack-Award-Submissions/
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NO ENTRY FEE
Deadline July 1, 2009. The competition is open to residents of
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
and Michigan. Maximum length: 4,000 words. Must be an original,
unpublished work of short fiction. The author of the winning manuscript
will, upon signing Minnesota Monthly’s standard publication contract, be
published in the November 2008 issue. Minnesota Public Radio will
reserve the right to broadcast a reading of the winning story.
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ORLANDO PRIZES by AROHO
http://aroho.org/orlando41509.php
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$15 ENTRY FEE
The Orlando Prizes are limited to women writers who are U.S. citizens.
Four categories - $1,000 awards in each category.
Short Fiction - Deadline September 1, 2009. Maximum 20 pages.
Nonfiction - Deadline September 1, 2009. Maximum 25 pages.
Poetry - Deadline October 1, 2009. Maximum 90 lines.
Sudden Fiction - Deadline October 1, 2009. Maximum 1,000 words.
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CHEERIOS SPOONFULS OF STORIES CHILDREN'S BOOK CONTEST
http://www.spoonfulsofstoriescontest.com/registration_form/
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NO ENTRY FEE
Cheerios® is searching for the next great children's book author. It
could be you! Just enter your original children's book story by July
15, 2009. Limit 500 words. The Cheerios New Author Contest
encourages aspiring authors to write and submit an original story for a
book for children ages 3 to 8. Tne (1) Grand Prize of $5,000 cash will
be awarded. In addition to the cash prize, the Grand Prize winning story
submission will be offered to a reputable Children’s Book Publishing
company for possible future publication. Two (2) First Prizes of $1,000
each will be awarded. The $1,000 First Prizes will be awarded as checks
made payable to each of the two (2) First Prize winners. You are not
eligible to enter and will be disqualified if you are a professional
writer, such as a novelist, magazine, blogger or newspaper writer who
writes books or articles for pay, or you have authored a work of fiction
that has been published or is about to be published in exchange for
payment.
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DISCOVERING NEW MYSTERIES COMPETITION
http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/
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NO ENTRY FEE
Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original
plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories
for both adult and youth audiences. Deadline for submissions is
August 30, 2009. A panel of professional readers will
blindly review the submissions and narrow the field to the final
mysteries, who- dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, thrillers,
suspense or adventures. The festival finalists will be personally
notified by January 2010 with national press coverage of the finalists’
performances to be released shortly thereafter.
BEST NEW WORK, $10,000 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, $5,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, $2,500 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS (ages 12-18), $1,000
BEST SHORT MYSTERY PLAY (1-Act plays, short screenplay,
short story), $1,000
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