There is currently running a free-to-enter short story contest on BookRix for writers and readers. The theme is “Family Stories”. (No page limit)
Prizes on the line include $1.800,00 in prize money for writers, “fame!” and Amazon vouchers (each worth $20) for voting readers.
Prizes for authors:
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $500
Third Prize: $300
The 10 best-rated stories [...]
Interested in the web? Have your own website or blog then here’s a contest that might just appeal to you. Textnovel.com is running a contest January 1, 2010 through August 31, 2010 for the best online serial novel.
Textnovel allows writers to get attention based on how many followers, views and votes they get and [...]
The FILSCAP Foundation, Inc. has announced the start of its songwriting competition. The contest aims to provide incentives to established composers, to discover new talents and provide the winning works national and international showcase through radio/TV, print and other media exposure.
FILSCAP trustee Vehnee Saturno, one of the country’s most prolific composers, sees this as [...]
Wrekin Writers have launched their 10th Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition, inviting writers to submit short stories of 1200 words or less.
There is a small charge of £3 per entry or £5 for two entries. You can enter as many times as you like. The competition is open to everyone and the stories can [...]
The first competition is now on! It’s an open story competition with a word limit of 1500 and a cash prize of £50. The deadline for submission is 30th September 2009. This is the first competition on a new site, so chances of
winning could be high!
Entrance costs £2. To enter, firstly make the payment using [...]
Blue Lizard Productions short film screenwriting contest. The main goal of the competition is to uncover the best unproduced short film screenplay and to work with the gifted writer(s) who wrote it, packaging it with a great director, talented actors and experienced film crew to be produced next year and then screened at film festivals [...]
Nearly everyone has memories of a former sweetheart. Write your true story of an earlier love, in no more than 700 words. Tell us about someone whose memory brings a smile or a tear, or both. What did she or he mean to you? In particular, how did that person’s presence in your life change [...]
The Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University is launching The Manchester Fiction Prize – a new literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing.
The Manchester Fiction Prize is open internationally and will award a cash prize of £10,000* to the writer of the best short story submitted. The competition is open to entrants aged 16 [...]
