Articles - Contest Articles en-us http://proofpositive.com N/A http://proofpositive.com editor@proofpositive.com 20 http://proofpositive.com/articles/559/1/Tom-Howard-John-H-Reid-Poetry-Contest/Page1.html Deadline: September 30, 2006 Type: poetry Theme: Open Eligibility: International Open to all ages Prizes: 30 cash prizes totaling $3,500 will be awarded. First prize: $1,000. Second prize: $400. Third prize: $200. There will be seven High Distinction Awards of $100 each, ten Highly Commended Awards of $70 each, and ten Commended Awards of $50 each. All winners of cash prizes will be published in an anthology, and all contestants will have the opportunity to download a free electronic copy of this book. The top three winners will also receive a free copy of the anthology in print. Entry Fee:  The reading fee is $6 for every 25 lines you submit. Description: Welcome to the fourth annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. First prize is $1,000. A total of $3,500 in prizes will be awarded (up from $2,000 in 2005). Submit poems in any style, theme or genre. Winning entries will be published. What to Submit Poetry in any style or theme. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit poems that have been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and online publication rights. Details:  GO TO CONTEST editor@proofpositive.com (Super Admin) Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/558/1/Fifth-International-Poetry-Competition/Page1.html Deadline: October 1, 2006 Type: Poems Theme: Any Eligibility: International Open to all ages Prizes: First place is $750, with $150 for the best runner-up from the United States Entry Fee:  $4.50 Description: Welcome to firstwriter.com's Fifth International Poetry Competition. This competition is open to poems in any style and on any subject under 30 lines long. No fuss! Details:  GO TO CONTEST editor@proofpositive.com (Super Admin) Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/555/1/World-in-Focus-2006/Page1.html Deadline: August 28, 2006 The theme for this photo contest is the world in focus, open to amateur photographers of all ages. editor@proofpositive.com (Super Admin) Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/553/1/Cupcake-Challenge/Page1.html Deadline: August 15, 2006 Whether you bake your cupcakes from scratch or dress up a box mix, your best effort has a chance to win the Grand Prize. editor@proofpositive.com (Super Admin) Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/105/1/Writing-Contests/Page1.html Contests can provide you with a showcase for your work, a chance to bring your work before judges who are also editors, agents, or published writers in their other incarnations. And you don't have to win the contests to be a winner. info@contestguru.com (Glenys O'Connell) Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/57/1/Using-Contests-to-Promote-Yourself-Part-One/Page1.html The reason that contests are proliferating on the Internet is that they are relatively easy to set up, and they are inexpensive to run. If you have a website, you can get a contest happening within a day or so. melanie@proofpositive.com (Melanie Rockett) Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0500 http://proofpositive.com/articles/233/1/Lost-that-Writing-Contest/Page1.html The hurt of rejection goes deep into the heart of any writer, but new, inexperienced writers don't know how to get up, grab a new pen and keep writing. It doesn't help to encourage them by saying simply, "Keep writing!", or "It happens to everyone." It just doesn't work that way. They will have to cry and go through a time of mourning their self-confidence. It's almost a requirement - a rite of passage on the journey to publish-dom. info@contestguru.com (Harriet Silkwood) Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/58/1/Using-Contests-to-Promote-Yourself-Part-Two/Page1.html The reason that contests are proliferating on the Internet is that they are relatively easy to set up, and they are inexpensive to run. If you have a website, you can get a contest happening within a day or so. melanie@proofpositive.com (Melanie Rockett) Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/53/1/Using-Contests-to-Drive-Your-Career/Page1.html Winning contests can help drive and enhance your career. Here's how ... melanie@proofpositive.com (Melanie Rockett) Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0600