deadline June 1, 2013; fiction, general, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction; top three novels read by agent of the Marsal Lyon Literary agency; $25 for regular submissions or $35 for late submissions; contact info: contest@critiquemynovel.com; details HERE:
Tag Archives: book contest
FREE – Ballot Press contest for completed books
Any genre; deadline Jan. 28, 2013; $2,000 prize; no entry fee; details HERE:
Prairie Schooner book prize: fiction and poetry
deadline March 15, 2013; winners receive $3,000 each; details HERE:
Topside Press novel contest
deadline 12/31/2012; 60,000 words minimum; novel manuscript with transgender protagonist; prize is $1,000 advance plus $1,000 funding for book tour; details HERE:
9th Annual USA Best Book Awards
open to ebooks, audio books and “regular” books with an ISBN and published in 2012; (but 2010 and 2011 also eligible) entry fee $69; deadline Sept. 30, 2012; details HERE:
Hackney Literary Awards – NOVELS
deadline is Sept. 30, 2012; must be unpublished; entry fee $30; prize is $5,000; details HERE:
Hillerman Mystery Book Manuscript Contest
deadline is June 1; primary setting must be Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, NV, UT); $10,000 advance; – St. Martin’s Press; details HERE:
Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Awards
deadline extended to April 30, 2012; 75+ categories; book must have been released on or before 3/11/2012; details HERE:
2012 Anderbo Self-Published Book Award (writing contest)
Fiction or nonfiction; deadline is Oct. 15, 2012; $500 cash prize; details:
http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderselfpubbookaward2012.html
Prairie Schooner Book Prize (poetry or fiction)
Prairie Schooner Short Story Manuscript Contest; $3,000 prize and book deal; deadline is March 15, 2012; details HERE: