“Love on the Road” fiction and nonfiction writing contest

deadline March 30, 2013; prize is $200; entry fee $10; 5,000-6,000 words; details HERE:

http://loveontheroad2013.com/

FREE nonfiction contest

Warren Hollister Prize; This one is for NONFICTION about the Land of Oz. Deadline April 15, 2013; cash prizes; 10,000 words max; details HERE:

http://blogofoz.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-2013-winkie-conventon-research-table.html

Contest for women’s stories about the 1960s and 1970s

“Times They Were A-Changing” Contest; deadline Jan. 15, 2013; prize is $300 plus 5 copies of anthology; send up to 3 pages of poetry or 2,500 words of creative prose; $15 entry for poetry and $20 entry fee for prose; details HERE:

http://www.timestheywereachanging.com/

Dogwood Literary contest for fiction, nonfiction and poetry

deadline Oct. 15, 2012; $1,000 prize and two $250; $15 entry; send up to 3 poems (10 pages max), fiction and nonfiction (25 pages max); details HERE:

http://dogwoodliterary.com/submissions/contest/

 

poetry, novel, fiction and nonfiction contest

17th Annual Dana Awards; $1,000 prize in each category, deadline 10/31/2012; details HERE:

http://www.danaawards.com/guidelines.htm

FREE short story or short nonfiction contest

“Hemingway Rules” contest for short stories or nonfiction; 500 words max; deadline Oct. 19, 2012; no entry fee; details HERE:

http://lifein64squarefeet.com/2012/08/29/writing-contest-hemingway-rules/

Fiction, poetry and nonfiction contest

The Write Place at the Write Time contest; various prizes; deadline Sept. 20, 2012; $10 entry fee; details HERE:

http://www.thewriteplaceatthewritetime.org/firstannualcontest.html

Valhalla Press Literary Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest

deadline is August 30, 2012; winners will be announced Sept. 30, 2012; 5,000 words max; $15 entry fee; $500 prize and an ereader; details HERE:

www.valhallapress.com/contest.php

3rd annual Still Writing Contests (fiction, poetry and nonfiction)

deadline is August 31, 2012; $8 entry fee; cash prizes of $150 each category; details HERE:

http://www.stilljournal.net/contest.php

FREE Vocabula Well-Written writing contest

first entry is FREE; deadline 5/31/2012; cash prizes of $50, $100 and $200; fiction or nonfiction; 200-500 words; details HERE:

http://www.vocabula.com/popupads/VRWritingContest.asp

or just go to vocabula.com and scroll down to the blue box