Non-League
Contests & Opportunities
CONTESTS &
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS Listings are arranged by deadline
date. Inclusion in the list not indicate endorsement by the Writers' League. We
recommend you research each contest, and contact the sponsor(s). Open
Deadline
BYLINE MAGAZINE
ByLine Magazine sponsors monthly contests for
essays, short stories, poetry, articles, essays and
more. For more information, visit Byline
Magazine
Deadline:
Monthly - September - March
AUSTIN POETRY SOCIETY MONTHLY CONTESTS
APS
sponsors two regular monthly contests in October through April, in the categories
of General and Light Verse. In each of the two contests, APS awards $5 for the
critic's first place choice and $3 for second place. For more information, visit
www.austinpoetrysociety.org.
Deadlines: Monthly
scratch
scratch is a monthly writing contest that seeks new
short fiction to be selected by rotating guest judges
-- authors, agents, editors and publishers. Small fee
to enter, cash prizes and publication every month, plus
annual anthology. For more information and links to
ENTER each month, visit scratch
contest.
Deadline (Extended): September 10,
2008
FORT BEND FALL WRITERS CONTESTS
The Fort Bend Writers Guild sponsors fall contests with
categories for novels, short stories, personal essays,
book reviews and poetry. Deadline has been extended.
For information, list of prizes and entry form, visit
Fort Bend
Writers Guild.
Deadline: September 30, 2008
TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST
What to Submit: Poetry in any style or theme. Entry
should be original work. Simultaneous submissions accepted,
as well as previously published poems or those that
have already been awarded prizes. First prize: $2,000;
Second prize: $1,000; Third prize: $500. Fourth prize:
$250. Also to be awarded: five High Distinction Awards
of $200 each, and five Most Highly Commended Awards
of $100 each. The top 14 entries will be published on
the Winning Writers website (over one million page views
per year) and announced in Tom Howard Contest News and
the Winning Writers Newsletter. Reading fee is $6 for
every 25 lines you submitted. Winners of cash prizes
must agree to give both John H. Reid and Winning Writers
a nonexclusive license to publish your work online.
For more information, visit the contest
Web site.
Deadline: September 30, 2008
HACKNEY LITERARY AWARDS
NOVEL CATEGORY
Sponsored since 1969 by the Cecil Hackney family of
Birmingham, the competition awards a $5,000 prize sponsored
by Morris Hackney for an unpublished novel. Only original,
unpublished manuscripts may be entered. The entry fee
is $25.00 per entry. Manuscripts cannot be returned.
Winners will be announced at the Birmingham-Southern
College Writing Today Conference March 13-14, 2009.
For more information, visit the Hackney
Literary Awards.
Deadline: October 10, 2008
CUTTHROAT LITERARY AWARDS
Submit up to three unpublished poems (100 line limit
for each) or one unpublished short story (5000 word
limit), any subject, any style. First Prize in each
genre: $1250 and publication in CUTTHROAT Second Prize
in each genre: $250 and publication in CUTTHROAT. All
finalists will be acknowledged in CUTTHROAT
and
considered for publication. Winners are announced in
POETS & WRITERS and the AWP Chronicle. There is
a $15.00 nonrefundable reading fee per submission. All
manuscripts are recycled. Writers may submit as often
as they wish.
Deadline: October 31, 2008
7TH ANNUAL FUNDSFORWRITERS ESSAY CONTEST
FundsforWriters
and its annual sponsor IdeaWeaver, creator of writing
and creativity software, announce the 7th Annual FundsforWriters
Essay Contest. THEME: "The Best Advice I Ever Had."
As is the FundsforWriters trademark, applicants enter
with or without an entry fee, their choice. Prize monies
range from $10 to $200. Limit 750
words. Direct questions to Hope
Clark.
Deadline: November 1, 2008
WRITERS DIGEST POPULAR FICTION AWARDS
A short story competition for manuscripts of 4,000 or
fewer words sponsored by Writer's Digest. Compete in
all five categories: Romance, Mystery/Crime Fiction,
Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller/Suspense, and Horror.
For more information, visit Writer's
Digest fiction awards.
Deadline: December 31, 2008
SUSPENSE MAGAZINE SWEEPSTAKES / CONTEST GIVEAWAY
All Stories must be in the suspense / thriller / mystery
genre and must be at least 1500 words, but no more than
5000. Multiple submissions accepted. All stories will
be judged by an independent panel. Winners will be announced
in February of 2009. Grand Prize - 12 books (some autographed)
from each of the 12 authors of the month for 2008. Second
Place - $50.00 gift card to Amazon.com Third Place -
$25.00 gift card to Amazon.com For more information
and submission guidelines, visit http://www.suspensemagazine.com/contest.html.
Deadline: January 15, 2009
THE 2009 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD
Open to small presses, academic presses, micro presses
and self-publishers for books that were released or
copyrighted in the last 2 years, including unique books
with small print runs. The Eric Hoffer Book Award recognizes
excellence in publishing. For a list of categories,
submission guidelines and more information, visit The
Eric Hoffer Award.
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