Something different: a contest that rewards winners with cash and cookies.
http://creativewriterscircle.com/index.php?p=1_3_Contests
Deadline: August 31, 2010
No entry fee; one entry per person
1st place: $50; 2nd place: $25
This contest has the longest prompt I have ever seen – a 232-word paragraph - that must be the first paragraph in your story of 3,500 words or less. Winning stories will be featured on the web site. Each winner will also receive one dozen gourmet cookies. A minimum of 50 people must enter or the contest will be canceled.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 9, 2010
Write On Con - Free Online Kidlit Conference
http://writeoncon.com/
August 10 – 12, 2010
This online conference is free. The curriculum focuses on picture book, middle grade, and young adult writers. However, they say much of the information provided will apply to all writers, and since the conference is free, any interested writer is encouraged to attend. To accommodate day jobs, the schedule will feature more static elements during working hours, and all live events have been saved for the evenings. Transcripts for most sessions will also be available for download. Lots of agents and published authors are participating.
August 10 – 12, 2010
This online conference is free. The curriculum focuses on picture book, middle grade, and young adult writers. However, they say much of the information provided will apply to all writers, and since the conference is free, any interested writer is encouraged to attend. To accommodate day jobs, the schedule will feature more static elements during working hours, and all live events have been saved for the evenings. Transcripts for most sessions will also be available for download. Lots of agents and published authors are participating.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Past Loves Day Contest
http://www.ourpastloves.com/contest
No entry fee.
Deadline: August 17, 2010
Prizes: 1st place, $100; 2nd, $75; 3rd, $50
Write your true story about a former sweetheart in 700 words or less. How did that person's presence in your life change you? Your story may be heartwarming or humorous. Winning stories will be published on the web site, anonymously if you wish. You can read the previous winners on the web site. Honorable mentions are also posted, but you can request that your story not be posted unless you place in the top three.
No entry fee.
Deadline: August 17, 2010
Prizes: 1st place, $100; 2nd, $75; 3rd, $50
Write your true story about a former sweetheart in 700 words or less. How did that person's presence in your life change you? Your story may be heartwarming or humorous. Winning stories will be published on the web site, anonymously if you wish. You can read the previous winners on the web site. Honorable mentions are also posted, but you can request that your story not be posted unless you place in the top three.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Writers of the Future
L. RON HUBBARD'S WRITERS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/index2.htm
No fee. One submission per entrant per quarter. (Contest repeats quarterly.)
Deadlines: postmarked by June 30, 2010 or September 30, 2010
Quarterly prizes: 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $750; 3rd: $500. Quarterly first prize winners automatically compete for an annual prize of $5,000. The current year ends September 30.
All types of science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy are eligible, up to 17,000 words, but no excessive violence or sex. Entrants may not have professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. This contest defines professional publication as payment and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits.
Short stories from the yearly winners are published in the annual Writers of the Future anthology.
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/index2.htm
No fee. One submission per entrant per quarter. (Contest repeats quarterly.)
Deadlines: postmarked by June 30, 2010 or September 30, 2010
Quarterly prizes: 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $750; 3rd: $500. Quarterly first prize winners automatically compete for an annual prize of $5,000. The current year ends September 30.
All types of science fiction, fantasy, and dark fantasy are eligible, up to 17,000 words, but no excessive violence or sex. Entrants may not have professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium. This contest defines professional publication as payment and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits.
Short stories from the yearly winners are published in the annual Writers of the Future anthology.
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Necromancers Short Story Contest
RISE OF THE NECROMANCERS SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://www.pillhillpress.com/flesh--bone-rise-of-the-necromancers.html
Deadline: July 31, 2010
No entry fee. One story per person.
1st place: $125, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $25. Winners and runners up receive a copy of the anthology.
Send your fiercest, most magical dark fantasy story about necromancers and the undead rising. Stories may take place any time (past, present, future, alternate) at any place (Earth, imaginary places, Grandma's kitchen sink, etc.). Stories may be told from the perspective of good or evil or anywhere in between. They prefer stories in the 3,000-6,000 word range, but will accept 2,000-10,000 word stories.
http://www.pillhillpress.com/flesh--bone-rise-of-the-necromancers.html
Deadline: July 31, 2010
No entry fee. One story per person.
1st place: $125, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $25. Winners and runners up receive a copy of the anthology.
Send your fiercest, most magical dark fantasy story about necromancers and the undead rising. Stories may take place any time (past, present, future, alternate) at any place (Earth, imaginary places, Grandma's kitchen sink, etc.). Stories may be told from the perspective of good or evil or anywhere in between. They prefer stories in the 3,000-6,000 word range, but will accept 2,000-10,000 word stories.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Free Download from Donald Maass
Although written in 1996, the information in The Career Novelist: A Literary Agent Offers Strategies for Success is still valid. The book covers a wide range of topics such as pitching errors, choosing an agent, the marketing game, collaborations, and electronic rights. You can download a free copy by going to: www.maassagency.com/books.html
Sunday, May 30, 2010
FREE PODCASTS ON WRITING CRAFT - FICTION AND POETRY
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/media/more/writingchallenges
This web site from the UK Warwick Writing Programme has free podcasts on various aspects of writing fiction. The site also includes a link to a poetry podcast series: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/media/more/slowpoetry/
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/media/more/writingchallenges
This web site from the UK Warwick Writing Programme has free podcasts on various aspects of writing fiction. The site also includes a link to a poetry podcast series: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/media/more/slowpoetry/
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