Essays 7
Playwriting 28
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Contests - Canadian, World Literature, Literature, Arts 11
Contests - Photography, Arts 43
 Writer's Digest Writing CompetitionsWriter's Digest Writing Competitions
 
Offers $25,000 in prize money for original, unpublished work in ten categories including poetry, short stories, plays, television scripts, articles, and children's fiction. Deadline: mid-May. Also provides separate annual awards for short short stories, screenplays and self-published books.
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Annual APEX Awards for Publication ExcellenceAnnual APEX Awards for Publication Excellence
 An annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff, and both business and non-profit communicators.
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Arizona Authors Association AwardsArizona Authors Association Awards
 AAA requires entries for unpublished poetry, short stories, essays/articles, and novels. Cash prizes of $100 in each category, plus publication, are offered. Deadline: July 1, annually. Entry fees vary from $10 (poetry) to $30 (novels).
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Associated Writing Programs AwardsAssociated Writing Programs Awards
 Annual awards of $2,000 (plus publication) are offered for original, unpublished, book-length work in each of three categories: novels, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Reading fee: $20. Deadline: February 28. Open to U.S. residents only.
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AwardWebAwardWeb
 Information on major literary awards throughout the USA and other countries, particularly focusing on (though not limited to) science fiction and fantasy.
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Bulwer-Lytton Fiction ContestBulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
 San Jose State University sponsors this yearly challenge "to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels". No entry fee. Official deadline: April 15.
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ByLine Magazine ContestsByLine Magazine Contests
 Writers magazine offers a large number of contests throughout the year, including poetry, fiction, non-fiction. Open to all. Modest cash prizes.
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Communicator Awards, TheCommunicator Awards, The
 Annual competitions honoring excellence in all areas of communication, with separate categories for print (177 sub-categories), video (216 sub-categories) and audio (140 sub-categories).
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FlywayFlyway
 6th Annual Flyway Sweet Corn Prize. $150 and a book bag of Iowa sweet corn for top entries in each category: fiction, nonfiction (maximum: 4,000 words) and poetry. Reading fee: $18. Deadline March 1st.
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Foster City International Writer's ContestFoster City International Writer's Contest
 Seeks entries in four categories: short stories (limit: 3,000 words); poetry (limit: 2 pages); children's stories (limit: 2,000 words); humor or personal essay (2,000 words). Entry fee: $12. Total prize money: $1,500. Deadline: December 31.
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Milkweed EditionsMilkweed Editions
 Milkweed Editions is a non-profit publisher of literature for adults and young adults based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Milkweed National Fiction Prize is awarded annually for the best fiction manuscript submitted by an author not previously published by Milkweed.
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Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-FictionMona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Non-Fiction
 Humorous stories and essays up to 750 words are required. Reading fee: $5. Deadline: December 1. Cash prizes total $850.
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The New Writer Magazine Annual Prose and Poetry PrizesThe New Writer Magazine Annual Prose and Poetry Prizes
 Offers prize money totalling 2,500 pounds for essays (maximum 2,000 words), short stories (maximum 4,000 words), serials or novellas (up to 20,000 words), and poetry (maximum 100 lines). Closes November 30. Modest entry fees.
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Painted Bride Fiction and Poetry ContestsPainted Bride Fiction and Poetry Contests
 Literary short stories (maximum 5,000 words) and poetry are sought in contests sponsored by Rutgers University. Reading fees: $10 and $5 respectively. Deadline: September 30. $1000 prize in each category, plus publication in PBQ.
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Park Publications U.K.Park Publications U.K.
 Publishers of the magazines, "Scribble" and "Countryside Tales", holding quarterly competitions for original, unpublished short stories and poems, some open, some limited to specific themes.
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Peralta Press Writing AwardsPeralta Press Writing Awards
 Annual contest seeks poetry (maximum: 30 lines), short stories and non-fiction (both maximum: 2,000 words). Minimum entry fee: $10. Cash prizes total: $750. All entries considered for publication. Deadline: August 15.
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Playwriting ContestPlaywriting Contest
 Annual contest seeks original, unproduced plays, open in theme, but suitable in both subject, and language, for family-oriented amateur groups. The winner receives a $1,000 royalty advance, and publication.
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Pomegranate Words Writing ContestsPomegranate Words Writing Contests
 Offers free monthly contests for poetry and fiction. Open worldwide, but to teenagers only.
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Pronghorn Press PublishingPronghorn Press Publishing
 Promotes annual prose (up to 5,000 words) and poetry (no more than 60 lines) contests relating to contemporary life in three specific regions, namely, the Rockies, the Desert Southwest, and the Northwest Coast.
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Santa Fe Writers ProjectSanta Fe Writers Project
 SFWP provides resources for authors and features online fiction as well as an annual writing contest for prose, both fiction and non-fiction, including short stories, essays and sample chapters of novels. $6,000 in cash prizes. Deadline: mid-January.
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Sarabande Books - Poetry & Short Fiction ContestsSarabande Books - Poetry & Short Fiction Contests
 Open to U.S. citizens only, Sarabande offers an annual $2,000 prize for both poetry (minimum 48 pages) and short fiction (minimum 150 pages).
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SAY Writing ContestsSAY Writing Contests
 Writing contests open to all types of entries including essays, short stories, and poetry. Maximum length: 700 words. Entries are published in a book and readers determine the winners.
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Southeastern Writers Association ContestsSoutheastern Writers Association Contests
 These contests and awards are restricted to writers attending the annual week-long Southeastern Writers Conference, held in June at St. Simons Island, Georgia. .
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Tickled by Thunder fiction magazineTickled by Thunder fiction magazine
 Sponsors quarterly poetry contests (closing February 15, et seq) and an annual fiction contest (closing February 15). A $10 subscription to the quarterly magazine offers one free entry to both contests.
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The University of Michigan PressThe University of Michigan Press
 Annual awards, worth $1,000 each and publication, for literary fiction in the form of both a novel and a short story collection. Entrants must have at least one publication credit in the realm of literature. No entry fee. Deadline: July 1.
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William Saroyan International Prize for WritingWilliam Saroyan International Prize for Writing
 An annual prize of $12,500, this award is intended to encourage new writers who have recently published a work of fiction or memoirs.
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A Woman's WriteA Woman's Write
 Writing contest for women seeks a story, memoir or book chapter on a given theme. Deadline; December 31, thence monthly. Entry fee: $7. First prize: $70.
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Word Smitten Annual Literary Fiction ContestWord Smitten Annual Literary Fiction Contest
 Offers a prize of $1,010 for the best on-line submission of literary (no genre) fiction totaling exactly 1,010 words. Reading fee: $15. Deadline: July 1.
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Writers Notes Annual Writing AwardWriters Notes Annual Writing Award
 Annual writing awards for fiction and nonfiction by the free resource tool and Writers Notes Magazine
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Writers Notes Book AwardsWriters Notes Book Awards
 Annual awards are granted to qualifying small-press and self-published books in eleven categories. $100 cash prize in each category. Entry fee: $40 per book. Deadline: January 15, 2005.
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