Name: Lost in Words Short Fiction CompetitionCategory: short fictionWord count: 1,000 – 4,000 wordsEntry fee: freePrize: 1st prize winner gets $500 AUD Closing Date: June 24th, 2022 Predictable plots and formulaic writing abound in a world that is more interested in making money than telling interesting and original tales. Undo Redo Entertainment believes that the world is being robbed of […]

Name: Turn Off The Lights – Inkitt Thriller ContestCategory: mystery, thriller, suspense, or horror novel Word count: 10,000 words minimumEntry fee: freePrize: 1st prize winner gets $20,000, 2nd prize winner gets $10,000, 3rd prize winner gets $5000 Closing Date: February 28th, 2022 Inkitt is inviting writers to submit their novels for a chance to win $20,000. Submit your mystery, thriller, […]

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Name: L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest Category: Science fictionWord count: 3,000 -17,000 Entry fee: free Prize: 1st prize winner gets $1000 and publication, 2nd prize winner gets $750 and publication, 3rd prize winner gets $500 and publicationClosing Date: last day of each quarter  L. Ron Hubbard’s Writer of the Future Contest was created to encourage writers of […]

Name: David Hamilton Prize 2021Category: FictionWord count: 6000 wordsEntry fee: Free for those qualified to enterPrize: 1st prize winner gets $1000 and publicationClosing date: June 1, 2021 The David Hamilton Prize for Iowa Review Alumni, a biennial contest, was launched in 2017 to honor the editorship, mentorship, and friendship of David Hamilton, who was editor of The Iowa Review for more than […]