- Free contest, The 2011 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Essay Contest, top prize: $1,000 -03/31/2011
- Paying market, 10Flash Quarterly, pays $20 per accepted story -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose, prize: $500 -03/31/2011
- Freelance writing, Holmes College paralegal reading room, pays $75 per article -03/31/2011
- Free to enter, The Sylvia K. Burack Writing Award for students, US/ Canada, prize: $500 -03/31/2011
- Free contest: Natur Cymru’s Environmental Writing Challenge (Wales), top prize: £1,000 -03/31/2011
- No application fee, Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships, award: $15,000 (USA) -03/31/2011
- Paying market, Bete Noire Magazine (dark theme), pays $10 per accepted short story/ poem -03/31/2011
- Free contest, The New York Times' Modern Love College Essay Contest, prize: $1,000 (USA) -03/31/2011
- Free to enter, Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award for African American Poets, prize: $500 and publication (USA) -03/31/2011
- Free to enter, European Parliament Prize for Journalism (print/ internet), prize: €5,000 for each category -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Global Encounters Essay Contest, top prize: $1,200 (USA/ Canada) -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Bevel Summers Prize in the Short Short Story, prize: $250 -03/31/2011
- Paying market, Standard Publishing (religious), pays $0.10 per word/ $25 per poem -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Randomhouse - Batavia Writing Competition, prize: $1,000 (Australia) -03/31/2011
- Paying market, Triangulation, pays $10 minimum for sci-fiction -03/31/2011
- Free contest, 12th Annual Rip Van Winkle Poetry Competition, prize: $100 (USA) -03/31/2011
- No application fee, Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant, grant: $750 -03/31/2011
- Paying market, Magic University anthology (Revenous Romance), pays $10 plus royalties per story -03/31/2011
- Free to enter, GQ Norman Mailer Award 2011 for Non-Fiction, prize: £1,000 (UK students) -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Writing in the Margins, top prize: $100 -03/31/2011
- Free contest, Whispers Publishing 2011 Explore Our World Fiction Contest (length: 15,000-30,000), prize: $100/ publication contract (worldwide) -03/31/2011
- Free contest, BBC World Service Playwriting Competition, prize: £2500 and a trip to London (international entries welcome) -03/31/2011
- Free contest, America Catholic Weekly's Foley Poetry Contest, prize: $1,000 -03/31/2011
Paying market, Ocean Stories Anthology (Elektrik Milk Bath Press), payment: minimum $25 per story -03/31/2011 - Free contest, Canada, Aboriginal Short Story Competition, top prize: $2000 -03/31/2011
- No application fee, Nico Colchester Journalism Fellowship, bursary: £5,000 (Europe) -03/31/2011
- Free to enter, Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry, prize: $1,500 (Canada) -03/31/2011
- Free contest, "Just Poetry" Youth Scholarship Poetry Contest, top prize: $500 -03/31/2011
- Paying market, Phantom Drift: New Fabulism, pays $50 for short stories/ $10 for poetry -03/31/2011
- Free contest, 2011 Simerg Essay Writing Contest, prizes: $1,300 (worldwide) -03/31/2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
31 Free Writing Contests and Opportunities with March 31 Deadline
Here are 31 free writing competitions, scholarships, jobs, and paying markets with submissions due on the 31st of March, 2011:
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