Contests!!!!
Here are some contests for you to consider. Remember to read the rules carefully and follow them; pay attention to the deadlines and proofread your manuscript for grammar and punctuation. Also, note some contests require an entry fee. Good Luck! --Patrizia
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers is pleased to announce The Twenty-Fourth Annual Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel. The prize of a book contract (on the publisher’s standard form) covering world rights for a hard-cover and a paperback edition, including an advance and royalties, is awarded annually to encourage the writing of contemporary young adult fiction. The award consists of $1,500 in cash and a $7,500 advance against royalties. Deadline: December 31, 2006
The Writer's Digest 7th Annual Short Short Story Competition
We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer.
But don't be too long about it—the deadline is Friday, December 01, 2006.
PRIZES
First Place: $3,000
Second Place: $1,500
Third Place: $500
Fourth Through Tenth Place: $100
Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's Digest Books
Chapter One Promotions International Open Short Story Competition. This is a UK contest with prize money in British pounds. Deadline: January 14, 2007
UPDATE: 11/18/06 Here's another contest with a December deadline to add to the list.
CAJE DORNSTEIN SHORT STORY WRITING CONTEST
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NO ENTRY FEE
Up to three prizes, totaling $1,000, are being offered
in the annual David Dornstein Memorial Creative Writing
Contest for Young Adult Writers, sponsored by the Coalition
for the Advancement of Jewish Education. Authors aged 18 -
35 years by December 31, 2006, are invited to submit a
short story on a Jewish theme or topic. Up to three winners
will be selected. CAJE will have the right to publish prize-
winning submissions and to disseminate them to the CAJE
membership at any time; credit will be given to the author.
Stories must be postmarked no later than December 30, 2006.
Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers is pleased to announce The Twenty-Fourth Annual Delacorte Press Contest for a First Young Adult Novel. The prize of a book contract (on the publisher’s standard form) covering world rights for a hard-cover and a paperback edition, including an advance and royalties, is awarded annually to encourage the writing of contemporary young adult fiction. The award consists of $1,500 in cash and a $7,500 advance against royalties. Deadline: December 31, 2006
The Writer's Digest 7th Annual Short Short Story Competition
We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer.
But don't be too long about it—the deadline is Friday, December 01, 2006.
PRIZES
First Place: $3,000
Second Place: $1,500
Third Place: $500
Fourth Through Tenth Place: $100
Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's Digest Books
Chapter One Promotions International Open Short Story Competition. This is a UK contest with prize money in British pounds. Deadline: January 14, 2007
UPDATE: 11/18/06 Here's another contest with a December deadline to add to the list.
CAJE DORNSTEIN SHORT STORY WRITING CONTEST
---
NO ENTRY FEE
Up to three prizes, totaling $1,000, are being offered
in the annual David Dornstein Memorial Creative Writing
Contest for Young Adult Writers, sponsored by the Coalition
for the Advancement of Jewish Education. Authors aged 18 -
35 years by December 31, 2006, are invited to submit a
short story on a Jewish theme or topic. Up to three winners
will be selected. CAJE will have the right to publish prize-
winning submissions and to disseminate them to the CAJE
membership at any time; credit will be given to the author.
Stories must be postmarked no later than December 30, 2006.
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