Sunday, February 27, 2011

34 Free Contests and No-Entry-Fee Writing Opportunities with March 1 Deadline

Free to enter, John Gardner Fiction Book Award, prize: $1,000 03/01/2011

Paying market, Contemporary Verse 2, pays $50-$100 per article/ $30 per poem (Canada) 03/01/2011

Free to enter, Sarah Weddington Writing Prize (on reproductive rights), top prize: $750 03/01/2011

Free contest, Eastern Shore Regional Poetry Contest, top prize: $100 03/01/2011

Paying market, Chocolate Flava 3, adult romance stories, pays $300 per story 03/01/2011

Paying market, Gulf Coast Journal of Literature, pays minimum of $20 per page for prose/ $30 per poem 03/01/2011

Free contest, Jane Chambers Playwriting Contest, prize: $500 03/01/2011

Free contest, EngineerGirl.com Student Essay Contest: Relief from a Disaster, top prize: $500 03/01/2011

Free to enter, Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, prize: $1,000 03/01/2011

No application fee, Faith Broome Playwright-in-Residence, stipend: $20,000 (University of Oklahoma) 03/01/2011

Free contest, The Cleopatra Literary Contest for Young Women, prize: $100 03/01/2011

No application fee, Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Awards, grant: $5,000-$25,000 (Alaska) 03/01/2011

Free to enter, The 2011 Lilly Fellows Program Book Award (for a book about the Christian intellectual tradition), prize: $3,000 03/01/2011

Free contest, Bad Jane Austen Writing Contest, prize: $250 03/01/2011

Freelance writing, Herizons Magazine, pays $70 up per article (Canada/ worldwide) 03/01/2011

Freelance writing, Underwired Magazine, pays $100 per article 03/01/2011

Free contest, 15th Eastern Shore Regional Poetry Contest, top prize: $100 (Maryland) 03/01/2011

International Research Grant for Children's Literature 03/01/2011

Free to enter, John Gardner Fiction Book Award, prize: $1,000 03/01/2011

Free contest, Essay Competition in European Philosophy from Kant to the Present, top prize: $1000 03/01/2011

Free contest, Commonwealth Short Story Competition 2011, top prize: $2,000 03/01/2011

Free contest, 2011 North Carolina Poetry Contest, prize: $500 03/01/2011

Free contest, Student Travel Writing Contest, non-fiction, top prize: $500 03/01/2011

Free to enter, Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award, prize: $1,000 03/01/2011

No application fee, Inter American Press Scholarship Fund, stipend: $20,000 (US/ Canada/ Latin America, Carribean) 03/01/2011

Free to enter, Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize, prize: $1,000 (US/ Canada) 03/01/2011

Paying market, Contrary Journal, pays $20 per story/ poem 03/01/2011

Freelance writing, Pockets (for 8 to 12-year-olds ), pays $0.14 per word for articles/ $25 for poems 03/01/2011

Free contest, Guerilla Magazine Er0tica Short Fiction Contest, top prize: $250 (Canada) 03/01/2011

Freelance writing, Alive Now (spiritual), pays $35 up per article 03/01/2011

Freelance writing, UPIU.com Journalism Blog, pays $100 per story (worldwide) 03/01/2011

Free contest, Nantucket Poetry Contest, prize: $250 03/01/2011

Paying market, A Lover's Feast: Sensual Food Tales, pays $25 per story 03/01/2011

No application fee, Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, stipend: $50,000 (USA) 03/01/2011