Writing Contest News for January 24, 2012

Hello:

I can’t help it–I just love, love, love the internet.

I love the global connections with other writers that I’ve made over the years.  I love being able to look up pretty much anything I want to within seconds.  I love the opportunities that writers can find or create online–I mean, who knew, even a few years ago, that you could make decent money as a ghostblogger?  I didn’t, but I do now.

But one of the things I love the most about the internet has been the emergence and proliferation of life, success and mindset coaches.  There’s a coach or coaching program for any and every roadblock, real or imagined, mental or spiritual, that one could ever experience.  Feeling stuck?  There’s a program for that.  Not sure how to grow your writing business? here’s a program for that, too.

Take Fabienne Frederickson, a woman whom I discovered only a couple of months ago, although she’s had a coaching business for years.  The initial focus of her business centered solely on client attraction,  a skill she taught to solo professionals of all kinds; her mission has evolved into one that urges these very same solo pros to play a bigger game, aim higher, and tap into the universal laws of success that we all can access, once we understand them.  I get totally inspired listening to her–and no one in my non-internet world comes close to talking about the topics she covers.

If what she teaches sounds at all interesting to you, I urge you to get her free CD.  Let me know what you think.

On to this week’s writing contests.  Here’s to your writing success.

Mary Anne

 

Writing Contests with Multiple Categories

Wag’s Revue Winter Writers Contest

Poems, essays, and short stories will be accepted.

Prizes: 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $500; 3rd: $100. Prizes per genre.

Deadline: February 29, 2012

http://wagsrevue.submishmash.com/submit/9845/account

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WritersType Writing Competition

Authors may submit flash fiction, short stories, or first chapters.

Prizes: $25 and entry into yearly competition.

Deadline: January 31, 2012

Fees: $10

http://writerstype.com/rules.asp

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7th Annual ACCENTI Writing Contest

Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or creative non-fiction and no more than 2,000 words. Prizes are CDN.

Prizes: 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $250; 3rd: $100. Winners receive publication.

Deadline: February 7, 2012

Fees: $20

http://www.accenti.ca/writing-contest

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Colonnade Writing Contest

Fiction and non-fiction authors from any genre are asked to submit their best previously unpublished work.

Prizes: $125 and publication.

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Fees: $12

http://www.cjmbooks.com/writing_contest.asp

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Fiction Writing Contests

2012 Toronto Star Short Story Contest

Stories may be no longer than 2,500 words.

Prizes: 1st: $5,000, plus the tuition fee for The Humber School for Writers 2012 Correspondence Program in Creative Writing. Approximate retail value: $3,000; 2nd: $2,000; 3rd: $1,000.

Deadline: February 26, 2012

Fees: None

http://shortstory.thestarcontests.com/StaticPage.aspx?id=a44a1dd9ec0d1b89a8226c95e18dfdc0&tid=1&pid=3

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The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction

Submissions may include short stories, novellas, or a combination of both (but a single novella is not an eligible submission). Manuscripts must be between 150 and 300 typed pages.

Prizes: Publication under a standard book contract and $1,500 as an advance against royalties.

Deadline: January 31, 2012

Fees: $20

http://www.ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series pages/osushortfiction.htm

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Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant

Entries submitted must consist of 10-60 pages. Applicant must have been born in Ohio or have lived in Ohio for a minimum of five years.

Prizes: $1,000

Deadline: January 31, 2012

Fees: None

http://www.ohioana.org/awards/marvin.asp

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Global Short Story Competition

Entries are invited of no more than 2,000 words. There is no theme.

Prizes: £100.

Deadline: Monthly

Fees: £5

http://www.globalshortstories.net/rules.html

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Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest

The contest is for Adult Fiction and Children’s Fiction. Minimum length allowed is 22,000 words.

Prizes: 1st: Publication contract, advance payment, and $150; Finalists: $150.

Deadline: May 1, 2012

Fees: $30

http://www.leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm

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Nonfiction/Essay Writing Contest

Tiny Light’s Annual Essay Contest

Entries submitted to the Standard contest may not exceed 2,000 words. Entries for the Flashpoint contest may not exceed 1,000 words.

Prizes: Standard – 1st: $350; 2nd: $250; 3rd: $150; Two Honorable Mentions: $100. Flashpoint – Three prizes of $100 each.

Deadline: February 17, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.tiny-lights.com/contest.php

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Ruminate Nonfiction Prize

You may submit one nonfiction piece per entry and it must be 7000 words or less.

Prizes: 1st: $1,000 and publication; 2nd: Publication.

Deadline: February 1, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/contests/nonfiction/

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Poetry Contests

2012 Poetry of the Sacred

Poems should be limited to no more than 100 lines.

Prizes: 1st: $500; Three Honorable Mentions: $100 each. Winners receive publication.

Deadline: January 31, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.mertoninstitute.org/retreatsandprograms/MertonPrizeforthePoetryoftheSacred/tabid/92/Default.aspx