Contests and awards of interest to writers, artists, illustrators, and publishers
The 2011 Los Angeles Book Festival has issued a call for entries in general non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, cookbooks, science fiction, business, spiritual, genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, poetry, foreign…
Publishing consultant Laine Cunningham teams up annually with The Blotter, a nonprofit literary magazine, to sponsor a writing contest. The award is open to all book-length fiction, such as novels,…
The Writer personal essay contest: They’re looking for an original, unpublished viewpoint about a particular topic or an experience. Essays should be 1,000-1,200 words; the deadline is November 30, 2011.…
The 1st Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards™ is now accepting submissions for the 2012 contest year. We welcome entries from independent authors and publishers for books released 2009, 2010, 2011…
Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award honors books produced by small publishers each year for outstanding contribution to Christian life. This year, nominations are being accepted in twelve…
California Book Contest—Grand-prize winner gets a one-hour consultation with book-marketing expert Brian Jud and either a Nook or Kindle reader; other prizes include an eight-week book-promotion course with book-marketing expert…
Become a youth correspondent on your high school campus for Kings River Life Magazine. Contest winner gets to be on staff for one year. To enter, write a 500-word article…
Screenplay contest—deadlines for the screenplay festival! This contest guarantees that all submissions get full feedback from the industry. Winners get their script read using professional actors at the monthly screenplay…
The 6th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards® announces a call for submissions. NIEA recognizes excellence in independent and self-published books, a category that accounts for a rapidly growing segment of…
In an effort to promote the work of California novelists, LuckyCinda Publishing is sponsoring a book contest for self-published and independently published fiction. All entrants of the First Annual California…
