Freelance Writing: Simple Tips on Complicated Topics10 Writing Contests That Might Be of Interest to You
Posted on March 10th, 2015
Have you ever participated in any writing contests? C’mon, we’re pretty sure that a professional who can meet our high standards has good chances to win a prize in one of the competitions.
For instance, some of the following contests can be of interest to you:
Writing Contests with Minimal Entrance Fee
- CDS Documentary Essay Prize http://documentarystudies.duke.edu/awards/cds-documentary-essay-prize promises $3000 for 15 to 20 pages of documentary writing.
- Bellingham Review http://bhreview.org promises $1000 to each of three winners in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction competition. Though the entry fee is $20, this chance is worth it.
- Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story http://www.selectedshorts.org/extras/writing-contest-2/ grants a prize of $1000 and a tuition for a 10 week writing course.
- Family Matters http://www.glimmertrain.com/ gives a prize of $1,500 twice a year for a short story about family life.
- A Short Story Contest from Gemini Magazine http://www.gemini-magazine.com/ gives a $1,000 prize and a publication in a magazine once a year for a short story.
Kindly note that each of the contests discussed above requires a small entrance fee, ranging from $5 to $20.
No Entry Fee Writing Contests
Just in case you’re annoyed with the obligation to pay for participation, here are five options which are absolutely free:
- National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.gov/ is simply amazing, because they award $25,000 annually for poetry or creative prose works.
- Washington College Prize http://www.washcoll.edu/centers/starr/hodson-brown-fellowship.php every year gives a stipend of $20,000 to anyone who’s working on non-fiction books related to History, Culture, Art etc.
- Sozopol Fiction Seminars Prize http://www.ekf.bg/sozopol/page/36/ gives 10 (!) prizes $1,600 each to take part in Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Sozopol, Bulgaria.
- Winning Writers http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/wergle_flomp_humor_poetry_contest gives a prize of $1,000 for a humorous poem of any length every year. The contest offers a convenient online submission form.
- Arrowhead Regional Arts Council http://www.aracouncil.info/ annually gives $5,000 to Minnesota creative writers and poets.
So, good luck in any of these writing contests, dear colleagues! We’re crossing our fingers for you.