Writing Opportunities with February 28 Deadline

Free contest, 2011 Toronto Star Short Story Contest, top prize: $500 02/27/2011

Free contest, AIMS.com Google Adwords Creative Writing Contest, top prize: $500 (worldwide) 02/27/2011

Paying market, 3 new anthologies from Ravenous Romance Press, pays $10 plus royalties per story 02/27/2011

Free contest, KaiserEDU.org's Fifth Annual Essay Contest, top prize: $1500 02/28/2011

Paying market, Chicken Soup: Devotional Stories for Times of Trouble, pays $100 per story 02/28/2011

Free to enter, The Castlemaine Poetry Prize, prize: $100 (Australia) 02/28/2011

Free contest, Creativity Production's First Poetry Contest, prize: $100 02/28/2011

Nicklodeon Writing Fellowship Opens to Submissions on January 2nd 02/28/2011

Free to enter, The 2011 Charles Johnson Student Fiction Award, prize: $1,000 (USA) 02/28/2011

Free to enter, Kelpies Prize 2011 for Scottich Children's Novel, prize: £2,000 02/28/2011

Paying Market, Chicken Soup for the Soul, pays $100 per story (devotional stories for times of trouble) 02/28/2011

Free contest, Iowa Poetry Association's 65th Annual Writing Contest, top prize: $60 02/28/2011

Free to enter, The Digital Heretics Journalism Award 2011, top prize: EUR10,000 (Italy/ worldwide) 02/28/2011

Freelance writing, art gallery and publishing company, pays $200 per article/ assignment 02/28/2011

Free to enter, The American Legion Journalism Award, stipend: $2,000 02/28/2011

Free contest, Posara Prize International Creative Writing Competition: A Foreigner in Italy, prize: £1000 02/28/2011

No application fee, 2011 Helen McCloy/ MWA Scholarship for Mystery Writing, value: up to $5,000 (USA) 02/28/2011

Free contest, The Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest, sponsored by Amazon, prize: 2011 Writers Workshop scholarship 02/28/2011

Free contest, LLS Immigration Article Writing Contest, top prize: $500 (USA) 02/28/2011

Freelance job, BNA.com needs a freelance Berlin correspondent, offers "competitive pay rate" 02/28/2011

Free contest, Versatile Thinking Poetry Contest, prize: $150 02/28/2011

Freelance job, copy editor for Enago.com, payment: $15-$50 per 1,000 words 02/28/2011

Free contest, Kelpies Prize 2011 for unpublished children's fiction, prize: £2,000 (worldwide) 02/28/2011

Free contest, World Urban Youth Assembly International Essay Competition, prize: netbook/ trip to Brazil (worldwide) 02/28/2011

Paying market, "Speaking Out" YA Anthology (Bold Strokes Books), pays $200 per story 02/28/2011

Free contest, 11th Annual Chistell Story/ Poetry Writing Contest , top prize: $100 (worldwide) 02/28/2011

Freelance writing, Real Weddings Magazine, pays $250 upon publication (Canada) 02/28/2011

Free contest, Babes With Blades' International Playwriting Competition, prize: $1,000 02/28/2011

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