Short Story, Novel, and Poetry Contests:

Featured Writing Contests

• Worldclay Short Story Contests :
  • Cost: Free
  • Submit your short story and you might win:
  • Prizes:
    • $500 cash.
    • $A printed and bound copy of the published Anthology of the top 15 short stories
  • Runner-up receives
    • $250 cash
    • A printed and bound copy of the published Anthology of the top 15 short stories
  • Deadline: May 31, 2008
  • TheNextBigWriter My Writing Life Publishing Contest :
    • Cost: $7.95 -->Unlimited entries, feedback on what you post, access to all future contests.
    • Submit your story to win:
      • One of ten $50 publishing contracts to have your story appear in the My Writing Life book to be published and distributed in print, electronic, and Web versions.
    • Deadline: August 13, 2008

    Other Contests

  • write4iLiad Short Story Competition
  • 4 categories of short fiction - Adventure, Dilemma, Magic, Short Sharp Fiction (1,000 word or less).
  • Winner receives iLiad Electronic book reader (like Amazon Kindle) and publishing contract.
  • Cost to enter: $15.00
  • Deadline: May 23, 2008
  • Fish Publishing - Runs a range of competitions – from poetry and flash fiction to crime, historical fiction, and short stories.

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