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Monthly and Ongoing Writing and Poetry
Contests and Competitions.
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| Deadline |
Ongoing Monthly |
| Theme |
Changes monthly |
| Eligibility |
International, Open to all ages. |
| Prizes |
Cash Prizes vary, usually $100 US. |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
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| Deadline |
Monthly |
| Theme |
Writing |
| Eligibility |
International, Open to all ages, Original, unpublished work only. |
| Prizes |
Prizes: $50 1st Prize; $30 2nd Prize; $20 3rd Prize + certificates. |
| Entry Fee |
5 entry fee for SWW members; $10 entry fee for nonmembers. |
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Now there's an quick and easy, low-cost writing competition at SWW to sharpen your skills. A different category will be offered each month. Enter them all! |
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| Deadline |
Weekly |
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Essay/ Top Ten Punchlines To Dirty Pilgrim Jokes |
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USA, Open to all ages, Original one liners |
| Prizes |
Sure to be something silly . |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
Try your hand at the comedy-writing craft in our weekly Top Ten Contest. If your joke makes our Top Ten, you'll win something stupid. |
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| Deadline |
Ongoing |
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Essay, Fiction. |
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Open to teens in the USA and Canada. |
| Prizes |
$100 |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
The Next Step Magazine seeks first-person accounts written by teens for teens about subjects like peer pressure, politics, friends, world events, culture, dating or other relevant topics about teen life. We encourage you to be creative and create your own topic!. |
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| Deadline |
Ongoing |
| Theme |
Essay, Fiction |
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International, Open to all ages, Short stories on any subject. Max. 3000 words. |
| Prizes |
Prizes of £75.00, £25.00, and £15.00 for the best three stories in each issue, as chosen by the readers. |
| Entry Fee |
£3, Free to Subscribers |
| Description |
Free entry for annual subscribers. These competitions are ongoing: no closing date. We run several competitions every year including 2 open poetry competitions, two open short story competitions and the annual article competition. These competitions are in addition to those in each issue of the magazines.. |
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Entries are accepted throughout the year |
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Essay, Global warming, clean water, species preservation, air quality, the rain forest, alternative power, depletion of resources and more! |
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International, Open to all teens. Essays should be between 150 and 1,000 words. |
| Prizes |
In June at least one teen will be honored for the best environment article published in Teen Ink in the past 10 months. In addition to being published in Teen Ink and receiving a copy of the magazine (and pen and pad) featuring his or her environment piece, the winner will have the opportunity to choose from an exciting selection of Teen Ink merchandise - apparel and other items - available exclusively from Teen Ink. |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
Hybrid cars? Organic food? Solar and wind energy? Pay-as-you-throw trash programs? Required recycling? If you have a plan to save the world, we sure do want to hear about it. |
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| Deadline |
Entries are accepted throughout the year |
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Non-Fiction |
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International, 19 years and less, Original. |
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Nonfiction pieces are published in Teen Ink magazine and contest winners receive a copy of the magazine (as well as a pad and pen) featuring their work. |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
Make us laugh, move us to tears ... write a fabulous, memorable piece and not only will you be published in Teen Ink, you may be one of our two monthly winners for outstanding work. |
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| Deadline |
Entries are accepted throughout the year |
| Theme |
Essay |
| Eligibility |
International, 19 years and less, Submission can be up to 2,500 words. |
| Prizes |
Pieces are published in Teen Ink magazine and receive a copy of the magazine (as well as a pad and pen) featuring their work. Plus, the two annual winners will have the opportunity to choose from an exciting selection of Teen Ink merchandise - apparel and other items - available exclusively from Teen Ink. |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
Tell us what values are most important to you. |
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| Deadline |
Anytime |
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Poetry/ Who's The Poet . |
| Eligibility |
International, Open to all ages. |
| Prizes |
Prizes from $1,000 to $10,000. |
| Entry Fee |
Free |
| Description |
Original work and under own copyright. |
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Go To Contest |
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There are Dozens of Writing Contests in the DEADLINE CONTESTS section.
Disclaimer: Proof Positive does not run the contests that are listed above. Ultimately, it is up to YOU to check out each contest you enter including the rules and the company or organization running the contest.
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