Organization in Adelphi, Ohio, aims to inspire writers to share their creative-writing ideas, short stories, and poetry. Conducts a cash-prize contest for original poems.
Seeks original, unpublished stories, no longer than three thousand words in length.
An annual contest for short stories, poems, essays, novels, and non-fiction, sponsored by the Arizona Authors Association.
Christian site offers annual contests for original, unpublished short stories, and poetry.
Literary competition challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst possible novel. Read past winners and submit entries.
Annual contest for original, unpublished material, seeks short stories of high literary quality, limited to 2,000 words.
Original, unpublished poems, no greater than 30 lines in length, are sought on any theme and in any genre. Open to Canadian residents only.
Submit short fiction stories to this online nonprofit literary contest for payment upon publication in the journal. Read submission guidelines.
An annual contest for original, unpublished short stories, written in a "basically realistic style". Maximum length: 5,000 words.
Large, international competition is open to books written in all languages. Find out about past winners, or learn how libraries can get involved.
Original, unpublished stories (1,600 to 1,800 words in length), are sought on a given theme.
Contest open to amateur writers and artists offers awards for original works in science fiction or fantasy. Find entry guidelines and check out past winners.
Annual contests seek original poems on any theme for both full-length books of 64 through 80 pages, and chapbooks of exactly 32 pages.
An annual award for a collection of short stories or a short novel, open to US citizens only.
Read this encyclopedia entry about the awards presented by the National Book Foundation. Learn when they began and for what purpose.
Read about the award given for achievement in children's publishing. Learn about the selection process and deciding body.
A contest for original, unpublished short stories that must be based on true experiences or incidents.
Original, inspirational poems are sought, in any style or form, but on a people-before-profits theme.
An annual contest for original, unpublished manuscripts of "high literary quality", open to US residents only. Minimum length: Forty thousand words.
Organization works to inspire students about the language arts. Its free poetry contest offers them the chance to explore their creative sides.
Original, unpublished short stories, no longer than 25 pages, are sought in this open-to-all contest, sponsored by the University of British Columbia.
Answer trivia questions to win signed copies of Random House favorites each month. With hints and official rules.
This site is no longer accepting submissions of any kind and has in effect gone out of business.
Encourages the meeting and development of amateur writers. Find out about local events, group meetings, and contests.
Good writers are encouraged to let their creative literary skills flourish in this writing competition that offers significant cash rewards.
Provides tips, information, guidelines and entry forms for writers planning to enter the annual Tom Howard Short Story Contest.
An annual short story contest for stories ranging in length from five hundred to two thousand words.