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Write-A-Scene

 


Deadline January 15 2009
Type Screenwriting
Theme Supernatural Thriller
Eligibility Canada, USA, International   18+  
Prizes The top five winners will see their scene in the movie. One of the five will receive a cash prize of one thousand dollars. All five winners will receive the current version copy of Final Draft screenwriting software and credit in the movie, The Shiloh Prophecy, as Assistant Writers.
Entry Fee $25.00
Description There will be five winners for this contest. We will provide a synopsis and scene list to the entrants of the contest. The entrant will choose a scene he/she would like to write, and submit a scene no longer than five pages. All five winners will see their scene in the movie.
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Godly Love

 


Deadline January 15, 2009
Type Essay/Poem
Theme Christian
Eligibility USA   18  
Prizes $25.00 - $200.00 Publication
Entry Fee 10.00/5.00
Description The Contestant is to write an essay or a poem (depending on contest) in accordance with the rules set forth on the website depicting Godly Love.
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X.J. Kennedy Award for Creative Nonfiction

 


Deadline January 15, 2009
Type Creative Nonfiction
Theme
Eligibility International   Open to all ages  
Prizes $1,000 for first prize and publication in Rosebud.

Four runners-up will receive $100 each and publication in Rosebud.

Entry Fee $10
Description Rosebud is honored to announce the 5th biennial X.J. Kennedy Award for Creative Nonfiction. Mr. Kennedy is one of America's most admired editors, poets and essayists.

He was the judge of the first competion and remains a valued supporter and advisor. the current contest will be judged by Roderick Clark, Rosebud editor and VOICE OVER columnist, and Robert Wake, author and editor of Cambridge Book Review Press. As Judge Clark observes: "Paper is flat and the world is round. Telling the truth about the world requires both discipline and imagination." The winner must display both.

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Times Are Tough

 


Deadline January 15, 2009
Type Short fiction competition
Theme Times Are Tough - Hard Luck
Eligibility USA & Canada (excluding Quebec)   18+  
Prizes Two $100 cash prizes will be awarded.
Entry Fee Membership to TheNextBigWriter or $7.95
Description Take a look at the image.In exactly 100 or 200 words, write a story about the homeless man in the picture. Why is he homeless? Why is he there? Who is he?
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Buffalo Carp's Flash Fiction Contest

 


Deadline January 16, 2009
Type Flash Fiction Contest
Theme Open
Eligibility International   Open  
Prizes $250 USD, plus five copies of Buffalo Carp, Volume 6.
Entry Fee $10 for each submission of up to three flash fiction stories
Description -Send no more than three (3) flash fiction stories, each one being no longer than 600 words. ONLY unpublished flash fiction stories may be submitted.
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True Spirit of Christmas

 


Deadline January 20, 2009
Type Writing
Theme True Spirit of Christmas
Eligibility US and Canada   18 +  
Prizes $1000 for you and $1000 for a charity of your choice.
Entry Fee Free
Description Reader's Digest is giving you the opportunity to share what you believe is the "True Spirit of Christmas."

The person who comes up with the best meaning will win $1000 for themselves and $1000 for a charity of their choice.

Check out: http://www.givereadersdigest.com For more details!!!

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New Millennium Writings

 


Deadline January 31, 2009
Type Poetry, Story, Non-fiction, & Short-short fiction
Theme
Eligibility International   All Ages  
Prizes $4000 total prizes $1000 for best Story $1000 for best Poem $1000 for best Non-fiction $1000 for best Short-short fiction
Entry Fee $17.00
Description NMW writing contests are held twice annually. Winning entries from both contests appear annually in the NMW print journal and on the NMW web site.
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Picardo Writing Award

 


Deadline January 30, 2009
Type Short Story
Theme Open
Eligibility International   18+  
Prizes $1500
Entry Fee $10 USD, 5 GBP, €8 EU
Description One prize of 1000 Euros ($1500) and inclusion in published anthology of short stories. Max 5000 words
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Dark Tales Winter Competition

 


Deadline January 31, 2009
Type Short Stories
Theme Horror, speculative fiction, science fiction.
Eligibility International   Open to all ages  
Prizes £250 ($403 US), second priz £50 ($80), third prize£25 ($40 US).

All other shortlisted entrants receive £5 ($8), and all winning and shortlisted stories published in Dark Tales -

copyright retained by author

Entry Fee £3 ($4.83 US) £5 ($8) if critique required
Description For short stories of up to 5000 words. Horror and speculative fiction - but best to read a copy of the magazine so that you know what we like to publish (e-books and print issues available.
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Dorothea Lange - Paul Taylor Prize

 


Deadline January 31, 2009
Type Photography/Writing Collaboration
Theme Documentary Fieldwork.
Eligibility International.   Open to all ages.  
Prizes $20.000
Entry Fee $40
Description DOROTHEA LANGE-PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE, an annual $20,000 award from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, promotes the collaboration between a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Collaborative submissions on any subject are welcome. Deadline: January 31, 2009.
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