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CONTESTS
AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Disclaimer: Although I try to find contests, conferences, workshops, and other events that are legit and beneficial to writers, I can't guarantee anything. I always try to include a URL or other contact information so you can check them out and make your own decisions
THE REAL MARAVILLOSO POETRY & FICTION CONTEST
Deadline: September 4, 2010
The Real Maravilloso contest wants to see your best magic realist work. We'll also accept surrealist, mythological and symbolist work. NO vampires, shapeshifters or wolves please—unless you've come up with something utterly astounding.
The entry fee is a mere 4.00 dollars. We try to keep costs low for writers while also affording the submission manager, the print-anthology and website costs.
Both the fiction and poetry winners collect 40% of the contest's earnings (payable to PayPal), in addition to being printed as a winner in the Caper Literary Journal year-end anthology. The winners also receive a free copy of Caper's Haiti relief project, "Vwa: Poems for Haiti." Lastly, the winners receive mention on the front-page.
There will be one runner-up in each category. They will also be printed in the anthology.
2500 word limit (at most!)
http://www.caperjournal.com
INTERNATIONAL 3-DAY NOVEL CONTEST
Deadline: September 10, 2010
1st Prize: Publication*
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $100
The first prize winner will be offered a publishing contract by 3-Day Books after the winner announcement in the January following the contest. Once the contract is signed, the winning novel will be edited, published and released by the next year’s contest. 3-Day Books are distributed by Arsenal Pulp Press.
The contest takes place every Labour Day weekend (usually the first weekend in September), as it has since 1977.
You are allowed to prepare a brief outline ahead of time. (There are no set rules on this, but the briefer your outline, the better the creative experience.) The contest runs on the honour system.
Entrants write in whatever setting they wish, in whatever genre they wish, anywhere in the world. You may start writing as of midnight on Friday night, and must stop by midnight on Monday night. Then you print up your entry and mail it in to the contest for judging. (Submitting your manuscript is not required.)
The entry fee is $50
http://www.3daynovel.com/about/?contest
SECOND ANNUAL BARTLEBY SNOPES WRITING CONTEST:
DIALOGUE ONLY
Deadline: September 12, 2010
Compose a short story entirely of dialogue. You may use as many characters as you want. Your entry must be under 2000 words. Your entry does not have to follow standard rules
for writing dialogue. Your entry cannot use any narration (this includes tag lines such as he said, she said, etc.). These are the only rules. Manipulate them however you see fit.
The winning entry will be the story that most effectively uses dialogue to deliver a powerful and engaging story.
A minimum of $290 will be awarded, with $250 going to first place and $10 to our four honorable mentions. Our five finalists will also appear in Issue 5 of the magazine due out in January 2011. Last year we awarded $450 in prize money. For every entry over 25, an additional $5 will be awarded to the first place story.
$10 for unlimited entries (only one entry allowed at a time)
http://www.bartlebysnopes.com/contests.htm
DISCOVERING NEW MYSTERIES
Deadline: October 31, 2010
Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for both adult and youth audiences.
The final selection of mysteries, thrillers, who-dunnits, cops-n-robbers, courtroom dramas, suspense or adventures, will be produced and presented before live audiences on several stages.
The festival finalists will be personally notified in early 2011 with national press coverage of the finalists’ performances to be released shortly thereafter.
BEST NEW WORK, plus a $2,500 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, plus a $1,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, plus a $1,000 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS OR CHILDREN, plus $500
BEST SHORT MYSTERY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), plus $500
There is no entry fee for submissions!
http://www.newmysteries.org/documents/Submission%20Form%202011.pdf
THE MISSOURI REVIEW'S JEFFREY E. SMITH EDITORS' PRIZE
Deadline: October 1, 2010
Page restrictions: Please include no more than 25 typed, double-spaced pages for fiction and nonfiction. Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total. Each story, essay, or group of poems constitutes one entry.
Entry fee: $20 for each entry (make checks payable to The Missouri Review).
You can submit online or via the mail. See site for instructions on submitting either way.
Prizes: $5,000 Fiction | $5,000 Poetry | $5,000 Essay
http://www.missourireview.com/contest/
2011 ONE-ACT PLAY CONTEST
Postmark Deadline: November 1, 2010
Grand Prize:
* $1,500
* Staged reading at the 2011 Festival (25th anniversary: March 23-27)
* Full production at the 2012 Festival
* VIP All-Access Festival pass for 2011 and 2012 ($1,000 value)
* Publication in Bayou
Top Ten Finalists
* Names will appear on website. Finalists will also receive a panel pass ($60 value) to attend the 2011 Festival.
Plays must not have been previously produced, published or performed, including in a formal staged reading.
"Workshopped" readings are accepted provided that the audience was limited to participants of that workshop.
$25 per entry. Unlimited entries per person.
http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/article.php?story=2011-1actplaycontest
FIRST CRIME NOVEL COMPETITION
Deadline: November 30, 2010
Open to any writer, regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published novel, as defined by the guidelines below, (except that authors of self-published works only may enter, as long as the manuscript submitted is not the self-published work) and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a novel.
Only one manuscript entry is permitted per writer.
No less than 220 typewritten pages or approximately 60,000 words) written in the English language
Must be original, previously unpublished works
Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story.
If a winner is selected, Minotaur Books will offer to enter into its standard form author's agreement with the entrant for publication of the winning manuscript. After execution of the standard form author's agreement by both parties, the winner will receive an advance against future royalties of $10,000.
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=minotaurbooks&id=4933
2011 THRILLER AWARDS
Deadline: December 1, 2010
All novels FIRST published in the English language by a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher within the 2010 calendar year are eligible for the respective categories listed on the Awards page on ITW's website.
ITW will solicit publishers for eligible work, but ultimately it is the responsibility of each author who would like to be considered for an award category to contact his publisher and ensure copies reach each judge in that category by the stated deadline dates.
Publishers, agents, publicists and/or authors are required to get copies of eligible work into the hands of the category judges no later than December 1 to allow adequate time to review the titles.
Categories:
BEST HARD COVER NOVEL
This award honors the best hard cover thriller novel of the year.
BEST FIRST NOVEL
This award honors our debut thriller novelists. Eligibility covers an author's first novel, whether under the author's name or a pseudonym, regardless of publication format.
NOTE: ALL FIRST NOVELS MUST BE ENTERED IN THE BEST FIRST NOVEL CATEGORY.
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
This award honors the best paperback original novel of the year.
BEST SHORT STORY
This award honors the best short story (up to 35,000 words to enable novellas to participate) of the year.
http://www.thrillerwriters.org/
WE LOVE LIBRARIES LOTTERY
Time Period: January - December, 2010
Monthly grants of $1,000 will be awarded from January through December 2010. At the end of each month, a winner will be drawn from entries received at the Sisters in Crime website at www.sistersincrime.org. Only U.S. libraries may enter the drawing.
To enter, simply complete the entry form and upload a photo of one or more of your staff with three books in your collection by Sisters in Crime members.
After the random drawing on the last business day of the month, the winning library will be contacted and announced.
Grants must be used to purchase books and may not be used for general operating expenses. Book purchases are NOT restricted to the mystery genre nor to those by Sisters in Crime members. There is no cost or obligation other than allowing us to post winners' photos on our website.
Entry form available at:
http://www.sistersincrime.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=53
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