Contests!!!!

Here's another round of contest information to get your writing skills going. Check them out and good luck!

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Short Story Contest for the Heinlein Centennial
Length – 1,500 to 7,500 words. Deadline February 15, 2007.

Professional Division
Professionals are defined as those writers who have sold 3
stories to a professional publication (defined as one paying
3 cents/ word or more) or 1 novel.

Winning Story: $175.
Honorable Mention: $75.

Amateur Division
Authors 16 years or older who do not meet the definition of
professional as listed above.
Winning Story: $175.
Honorable Mention: $75.

Young Writer Division
Authors 16 years or younger who don't meet the definition of
professional as listed above.
Winning Story: $175.
Honorable Mention: $75.

Additionally all stories will be awarded prize certificates
during a special event at the Centennial as well as publication
in the Centennial program and/or other related publications.

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Northeast Texas Writers' Organization Short Story Contest
ENTRY FEE $8 FOR ADULTS/ $5 FOR STUDENTS 18 AND UNDER.
Entries must be short stories between 1,000 and 2,500 words
to be considered. Deadline February 20, 2007. First Place
Award is $100; Second Place is $50; Third Place is $20 and
Fourth Place is $10. Winners, and Honorable Mentions, will
receive certificates suitable for framing.

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Knoxville Writers' Guild Writing Contests
FOR YOUNG WRITERS IN POETRY (Tennessee residents)
NO ENTRY FEE
Deadline: February 28, 2007. Entry consists of three poems of
no more than 100 lines total. Please, only one entry per contestant.
No restrictions as to style or content. Open to all secondary
school students in Knox or neighboring counties. First, $150.
Second, $100. Third, $50.

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Write a Story for Children Competition
ENTRY FEE £2.10 (US$5)
Open to all amateur writers over the age of 18. There are cash
prizes of £2,000 for the best story submitted, £300 for second
prize and £200 for the third placed story. Independent judges
will be looking for such qualities as originality, imagination
and flair. Most importantly, they will also consider how the
story will appeal to children. The story must not exceed 2,000
words in length and can be suitable for children of any age group
up to teenage. Deadline March 31, 2007.