Contests and Awards

Motherhood Muse Writing Contest. Check the site for the long and detailed list of rules to enter

The Cincinnati Review invites submissions for the second annual Robert and Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes. One winning poem and prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) will be chosen for publication, and winning authors will receive $300 each. All entries will be considered for publication in The Cincinnati Review.

Win cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Writer’s Digest will fly you and a guest to The Big Apple, where you’ll spend three days and two nights in the publishing capital of the world.

The Al Blanchard Award is given at New England Crime Bake, which is held every November in the Boston area. The award is given for a crime story by a New England author or, if you are not from New England, for a crime story with a New England setting.

Lorian Hemingway short story competition enters its 30th year. To submit, go to http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/submissions.php and read the guidelines carefully—there are a lot of rules to follow. Deadline is April 1,…

79th annual Writer’s Digest writing competition’s deadline is May 14, 2010. More than $30,000 in cash and prizes for the ten categories—includes a trip for two to New York for…

Enter your best fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s lit in the 2010 international writing contest sponsored each year by Writers-Editors.com. Postmark deadline is March 15. For complete guidelines see http://www.writerseditors.com/Writers/Contests/Contest_Guidelines/contest_guidelines.htm.

The 2010 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating the best books of the spring season. The event will hold its awards…

The 2010 Beach Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring the hottest reads of the summer season. The top festival book of the upcoming…

The 2010 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual celebration of books worthy of further recognition from the world’s publishing capital. The event will…