Monday Miscellany for February 8
February 8, 2010 by Mary Anne
Filed under Monday Miscellany
Hello:
It continually amazes me how quickly the weeks fly by. I have all the best intentions of posting to this blog at least a couple of times a week when, bam!, it’s Monday again already, and time to get this column updated.
Not that I’ve been a slug. I focus much of my energies these days on promoting the International Association of Professional Ghost Writers (http://iapgw.org ), with some success—the newsletter list for “invisible Ink” continues to grow slowly but surely, and searching the Web with the terms association+ghost writers or ghost writers association now brings up a first page mention on Google, thanks to the press releases and article writing I’ve done. My determination to make the IAPGW a viable resource for writers and a go to place for people looking for writers is stronger than ever.
But for those of you who don’t have the slightest interest in ghost writing, I pledge to keep WriteSuccess alive and well, too. I just need to balance the two initiatives as best I can. In any event, I find the work fun and rewarding.
OK, on with this week’s list of writing contests. Here’s to your writing success!
Mary Anne
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The Society of Southwestern Authors 2010 Writing Contest
Categories:
Short Story – 2,500 words max
Short Story for Children Ages 6-12 – 1,500 words max
Personal Essay/Memoir – 2,500 words max
Poetry – 40 lines max
Prizes Awarded In Each Category:
1st: $250
2nd: $125
3rd: $75
Honorable mentions: $25
$10 entry fee. Deadline: June 1, 2010 http://www.ssa-az.org/contest.html
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Alabama Writers’ Conclave 2010 Writing Competition
Categories:
Fiction – maximum 2,500 words.
Short Fiction – maximum 1,000 words
Juvenile Fiction (stories for ages 4-12) – maximum 2,500 words
Nonfiction – maximum 2,500 words
Humor (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry) – maximum 2,000 words or 50 lines (for poems)
Traditional Poem (any “form” poem, e.g., villanelle, sonnet) – maximum 40 lines
Free Verse Poem – maximum 60 lines
First Chapter of Novel – up to 10 pages
Entries must be original, unpublished, and may not have won a money prize in any contest. Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4 Honorable Mentions in each category.
$3 to $12 entry fee depending on category Deadline: April 20, 2010
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http://www.alabamawritersconclave.com/contests.html
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Arts & Letters Writing Competition.
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Essay. $1000 top prize in each category.
$15 entry fee Deadline: March 15.
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The “Scare The Dickens Out Of Us” Short Story Contest 2010
Submit a ghost story of 5,000 words or fewer. Open to published and unpublished writers alike, the contest is a Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library Fundraiser and all entry fees are used for library projects.
First prize: $1,000 and a trophy.
Second prize: $500 and a ribbon.
Third prize: $250 and a ribbon.
Junior contest prize: $250 and a trophy.
$20 entry fee Deadline: October 1, 2010.
http://clarklibraryfriends.com/
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Paul Goodman Essay Contest
Theme: what is one of the pressing social and political issues of our time, and how would you address it? 3000 words maximum. $1000 cash prize.
No entry fee. Deadline: May 1.
http://www.dissentmagazine.org/essaycontest/
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Warren Adler Short Story Contest
The stories must be no longer than 2,500 words. Subject matter is completely open to the author. The goal of the contest is to encourage and publicize the short story as a viable and quality literary form.
First Prize: $1,000.
People’s Choice Prize: $500.
Three remaining finalists: $150 each.
$15 entry fee Deadline: April 11
http://www.warrenadler.com/writing-contest.shtml
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Creative Nonfiction Animals Contest. $20 entry fee.
Seeking new essays about the bonds–emotional, ethical, biological, physical, or otherwise–between humans and animals. Essays must be unpublished and 5,000 words maximum. Top prize: $1000. Runner up; $500.
$20 entry fee Deadline April 2
http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#Animals
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Complaint Letter Contest
Every month we will select a ‘Star Letter,’ and the author will receive £30. Entries must be written in English and have at least 250 words. This competition is open to UK citizens aged 18 and over.
No entry fee. Monthly contest.
http://www.complaintletter.org.uk/writing-competition/
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E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award
Annual awards for unpublished fiction in any style, any theme. 3000 words maximum.
Entry fee $15 Deadline April 30
http://www.writecorner.com/award_guidelines.asp
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The Nelligan Prize For Short Fiction.
$1,500 will be awarded for the best short story. No theme restriction, 50 pages maximum.
$15 entry fee Deadline: March 12
http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nell/sub.htm
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Discovering The Undiscovered: Short Fiction/Essay Collection
And Novella Competition
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The winning entry will receive publication of their manuscript, and his or her choice of either a cash prize of $300 or an advance of $150 against royalties plus a standard 15% royalty agreement.
$15 entry fee Deadline: April 1
http://shop.notesandgracenotes.com/index.php
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2010 Wabash Prize for Fiction
Seeks submissions of 10,000 words or fewer. First Prize: $1000
$15 reading fee Deadline: March 1.
http://www.sycamorereview.com/contest/
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Writers’ Village Short Fiction Competition
Accepts prose fiction in any genre up to 3,000 words. The first prize is £150 ($242), with a second prize of £30 ($48) and a third of £20 ($32), with 10 additional prizes of £10 ($16) each are on offer to writers whose short fiction shows the greatest originality, mastery of the craft skills of creative writing and power to move the reader
Entry Fee £5 ($8) Deadline: March 31
http://www.writers-village.org/
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Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition
Limit 1,200 words. Prizes: 1st £150, 2nd £70 and 3rd £40.
Entry Fee £3 per story or 2 for £5 Deadline: July 12
http://sites.google.com/site/wrekinwriters/Home/competitions-1/2010-doris-gooderson
