Award-winning playwright and fiction author, Christopher Mlalazi, shares his unique approach to writing a novel and making sure he reaches that last page. It is easy to say I want to write a novel, but actually doing so, especially for writers who are still starting out with the craft, isMore
Deadline: Nov 1, 2023 Entry fee: $20 About the competition Awarding one of the richest purses among literary magazines—$1,000 for the winning story—the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction recognizes exceptional works of fiction. Aesthetically, we are open to most styles and approaches, including experimental and literary. All works should beMore
Deadline: November 1, 2023 Entry fee: $20 About the competition With an award of $1,000 for the winning poem, the Edwin Markham Prize honors outstanding works of poetry. Our taste is eclectic and celebrates the wonderful diversity of forms, styles, and levels of diction available to the contemporary poet. WeMore
Deadline: November 30, 2023 Entry fee: €7 About the competition The competition is open to original, unpublished and unbroadcast poems in the English language of 40 lines or fewer. The poem can be on any subject, in any style, by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. Translated work is notMore
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Deadline: October 15, 2023 About the competition Write your story about the climate crisis in a poem or a personal essay. The competition is a collaboration between the Bergen International Literary Festival, the research project «Climate Narratives» at University of Bergen / Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights.More
Deadline: October 31, 2023 Entry fee: $25 About the competition Established in 1998, in honor of the poet Benjamin Saltman (1927–1999), this award is for a previously unpublished original collection of poetry. The awarded collection is selected through an annual competition that is open to all poets. Award details $3000BookMore
Deadline: October 1, 2023 Entry fee: $10 About the competition Write a story involving Progressive Pantheons, and a chain.$3,000 grand prize Seek guidance in the forest glade, the hum of the server room, or the silence between stars. Do you hear an answer? Some voices weaken while others gain powerMore
Deadline: September 30, 2023 About the competition The Center for Advanced Preparedness and Threat Response Simulation (CAPTRS) is building a catalog of threats, called the “Universe of Threats,” which will be used to prepare decision-makers for future threats. Our second essay contest to add to the Universe of Threats willMore
Deadline: December 15, 2023 About the competition The Competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, aged 18 or older, who has never been the author of any Published Novel (in any genre), as defined by the guidelines below, (except that authors of self-published works only may enter, asMore
Deadline: December 4, 2023 Entry fee: £10 About the competition This competition is open to unpublished poems of any length, on any subject. Your £10 entry fee allows you to submit up to three poems. Prizes1st: £2,000; 2nd: £500; 3rd: £250 Unpublished Poetry Prize for the best poem by aMore