Word limit is 1,500 words (for book review and creative writing, the word limit is 800 words). Meet the Scientist: Tan Sri Prof. Augustine Ong Soon Hock, Meet the Scientist: Datuk Dr. Mazlan Othman, A PhD Down Under: Doctorate Studies in Brisbane, Articles must be written and submitted according to our submission guidelines at. Yay!Language Evolves Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: £400 and publication, 03dec1:00 am1:00 amInk your Thoughts Global Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: No limit Top Prize: Publication, 07dec1:00 am1:00 amMslexia Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: £2,000, 15dec1:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Tripfiction are encouraging writers to create short stories that transport people to a place where imaginations can escape from the claustrophobia of locked down life and restricted travel for the Trip Fiction ‘Sense of Place' Creative Writing Competition. Yay! D. Caring for Corona – what would you say to someone who is struggling with their anxiety, emotions and well-being at the moment? Martin’s Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: Publishing contract with a $10,000 advance, 14jan1:00 am1:00 amThe 2021 Colorado Prize for PoetryColorado State UniversityInternational Entry Fee: $28 Max word count: 100 pages Top Prize: $2,000, 17jan1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! IDEAS: clever, deep, unusual, thoughtful ideas. Top Prize: $500, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amAnthology Magazine Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: €10 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: €500 and publication, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineSoundwork Monologue CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: monologue of up to ten minutes Top Prize: Recording by professional actor and production for inclusion on Soundcloud and the Soundwork website, 01decAll DayThe Breakwater Fiction ContestInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 4,000 Top Prize: $1000 and publication, 01decAll DayFree to enter! (Though I recommend you do several entries – you have the time! A. E. Poster Power – loads of people of all ages seem to be defying the death-preventing advice about social distancing, hand-washing etc. Required fields are marked *. We try to keep this list as up-to-date as possible. Yay!Caine Prize for African WritingInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: £10,000, 01feb1:00 am11:59 pmAccenti Magazine Writing ContestCanada Entry Fee: $30 Max word count: 2000 Top Prize: $1000, 12febAll DayFree to enter! Clicking on an item opens a new page featuring a more detailed description and a link to the organizer’s submission page. Yay!Pressfuls 2020 Fantasy Short Story ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $50 and publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amThe Barbellion PrizePromoting ill and disabled voices in writingInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Women On Writing Fall 2020 Flash Fiction Contest, Cinematic Short Story Writing Competition, Seeking great prose stories that have cinematic adaptation potential, The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, The Charles Causley International Poetry Competition, The Jacques Maritain Prize for Nonfiction, The International Law and Technology Writing Competition, Women's National Book Association Writing Contest, International Competition for an Illustrated Children’s Book Project, The Roswell Award International Short Science Fiction Story Competition, Codhill Press Pauline Uchmanowicz Poetry Award, One of the most generous poetry prizes in the world, The Society of Classical Poets 2021 Poetry Competition, Organised by the Society of Classical Poets based in New York, Devon and Cornwall International Novel Prize, Write From The Heart Micro Fiction Competition, A monthly Micro Fiction Competition with a difference, ITS Groups Children’s Fiction and Novel Competition, St. Martin’s Minotaur/ Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition, Women's Prize Trust Novel Discoveries Prize, 8th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry Competition, Promoting the Life and Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Writers' & Artists' Short Story Competition, Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine, Writing Competitions Event Calendar 2020/2021, Journals and Literary Magazines Accepting Submissions, What is a dystopian short story? A shortlist of best articles will be chosen by the editors of Scientific Malaysian Magazine. If you’d like to add any new writing competitions, please submit the details using the event submission form. My advice is to write the first draft with lots of adjectives and then edit many of them out. Extra prizes announced below! Interested in writing a science fiction on the importance of vaccine to humanity? IF the prize-winners agree and have permission from their adult or school. DO organise with paragraphs, again to make it flow smoothly. If you’d like to learn more about the pros and cons of submitting your writing to such events, as well as some practical tips, please read our dedicated blog post on the topic. Yay!The Dream Foundry Short Story ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: $1000, 11oct1:00 am1:00 amBath Flash Fiction AwardInternational Entry Fee: £9 Max word count: 300 Top Prize: £1,000, 15oct12:00 am15nov12:00 amFree to enter! http://magazine.scientificmalaysian.com/submission-guidelines/, SciMy Interview: Dr. Susanne Rentzow-Vasu (Euraxess Links ASEAN), Issue 10 Special Feature: High Impact Papers by Malaysians, High Impact Articles by Malaysian Scientists, Malaysian-Dutch expedition unveils the mysteries of Mount Kinabalu. I’m likely to also award “special commendations” to great writing that doesn’t make the grade. Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay ContestInternational Entry Fee: $12 Max word count: 1.000 Top Prize: $500, publication, interview, and gift card good for one item from CreateWriteNow's Store, 01nov12:00 am12:00 amMoved OnlineSeventh Drapers Guild Short Story ContestUSA Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: $100, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amEdwin Markham Prize for PoetryInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: no limit (?) Dystopian Short Story Example, Insightful Books for Writers, about Writing. We will count each of the following as one vote, and the article with the most number of votes will be our competition winner: Your email address will not be published. Join me and I’ll be there for you.). the story can be happy or sad, serious or funny. We appreciate your feedback, so please feel free to message us with any ideas or suggestions. Diaries and creative writing in general can really help during times of stress. Our network of writing specialists is so wide that we can manage almost all subjects as well as subjects. I want to believe you are about your words and their power and meaning. Writing Prompt Competition. You don’t have to think of everything positive: just focus on one or two or more things that you find interesting or relevant or important. Recently I announced that I’d be creating a writing competition based on keeping a diary during the incredible time we’re all living through. Yay!Women's Prize Trust Novel Discoveries PrizePrize for women who have started a novelUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: First 10,00 words of your novel + synopsis Top Prize: £5,000, 20jan1:00 am1:00 amMagma Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £1000, 26jan1:00 am1:00 am8th Ó Bhéal Five Words International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: $5 Max word count: 5 Top Prize: $750 and publication, 31janAll DayFree to enter! If so, get in touch. Events that are free to enter are highlighted. Update 15 June 2016: We have now published our Vaccine & Immunology issue (download the magazine here) and voting is now open to determine our competition winner! The person could be you… What do you think I would say to someone? Could you tell a complete story in just 100 words? In case of any questions about a particular writing competition, please contact the event organizer. You’ve crafted it, redrafted, polished, spent time and effort choosing the best words. I want to feel you’ve read it aloud to yourself and you like how it. Yay!The Brunel International African Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 30 lines Top Prize: £3000, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Melita Hume Poetry PrizeUK Entry Fee: £15 Max word count: 100 pages Top Prize: £2,000 and publication, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Charles Causley International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £7.50 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £2,000 plus a 1 week writing residency at Cyprus Well, Charles Causley’s former home in Launceston, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Jacques Maritain Prize for NonfictionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) Articles can be in the form of an educational article, opinion piece, experience sharing, book review or creative writing (short fiction). Yay!The New Media Writing PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) the official magazine for Scientific Malaysian. I can’t be responsible for any entry that goes missing. Yay!UNESCO “World Tales” Short Story CompetitionParticipants must be between 12 and 18 years oldInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 500 Top Prize: iPad and publication, 18oct1:00 am1:00 amBrush & Lyre Prize Poetry PrizeAwarded for Artfully Communicated PoetryInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: no limit (?) For details and how I look after your data, go here. Your email address will not be published. “Like” on the Facebook post of each article (when we share the article on our, “Public Share” on the Facebook post of each article (when we share the article on our, “+1” on the Google+ post of each article (when we share the article on our, “Public Share” on the Google+ post of each article (when we share the article on our, “Retweet” on Twitter (when we share the article on our, “Vote” by a Scientific Malaysian member (the poll is available. Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest International Entry Fee: $12 Max word count: 1.000 Top Prize: $500, publication, interview, and gift card good for one item from CreateWriteNow's Store. If you are looking to get some of your existing writing published, it is worth having a look at our curated list of creative writing journals and literary platforms accepting submissions. They are doing a school project on what life was like during this time and you are sharing your memories with them. Try to include details to show that you’re really noticing what’s going on, really thinking, processing it in your mind. […] More Info. I’d rather see one perfect word than three unusual, over-flowery adjectives. You may also want to check out our great list of books for writers (about writing). I am looking for a detailed picture of how it is for you – or you can imagine being someone else and show what it’s like for them. Join our new Facebook group to get updates first and interact with other indie writers like yourself. Never miss a post, including competitions, offers, discounts and giveaways, as well as intelligent, perceptive, science-based articles. ), but you must take an optimistic view of the coronavirus situation, perhaps saying how you think we might live differently and better when this is over, or noticing things that you or others are learning now that might be positive. Yay!Page Turner's Short Story ContestUSA Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 15,000 Top Prize: $50, 15dec1:00 am1:00 amThe Monadnock Essay Collection PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $30 Max word count: Full manuscript (50,000 to 60,000 words) Top Prize: $1,000, 15dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! The best article will be decided based on total number of shares, likes, tweets, and votes accrued over a period of 2 months (further details below). 06oct1:00 am1:00 am100-Word ContestCould you tell a complete story in just 100 words?International Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 100 Top Prize: $1,000 and publication, 07oct12:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Top Prize: $1,000, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amGabriele Rico Challenge for Creative NonfictionInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $1,333, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! See below for details. Yay!The International Law and Technology Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 1,000 Top Prize: £1,500 and publication, 01dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Taking an Optimistic view – you can write this in any form you like (story or fact; argument or poem; serious or comedy; even a list, if the list is really great! Open theme. 15oct12:00 am 15nov12:00 am Free to enter! And if this isn’t stressful, I don’t know what is! The knowledge that lots and lots of young people will have a healthy focus that will genuinely help to keep them well and strong and resilient and have something valuable to look back on in months and years and decades to come. Write an article related to this theme and we will reward the author of the best article* with RM500 cash. Top Prize: £1,000, 27nov1:00 am1:00 amWales Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 70 lines Top Prize: £250 and a place on a residential course at Literature Wales’ Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre, 28nov1:00 am1:00 amEast Riding Festival of Words Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £4 Max word count: 45 lines Top Prize: £500, 30novAll DayMoved OnlineThe Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: €7 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: €2,000, publication, a week\'s residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, 30novAll DayBath Children's Novel AwardInternational prize for emerging children's novelistsInternational Entry Fee: £28 (sponsored places available for writers on a low income) Max word count: Full manuscripts (no maximum) Top Prize: £3,000, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Somerset Maugham AwardsUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: £5000, 30nov1:00 am11:59 pmTravel Short Story CompetitionLet's Travel with Words International Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £1,000, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amCafé Writers Open Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £4 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £1,000, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts JournalismInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 800 Top Prize: £3,000 and publication, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amWOW! Yay!The PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for FictionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $15,000, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amMinds on Fire Open Book PrizeInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 90 pages Top Prize: $1,500, publication, and 30 author copies, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amThe ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust AwardInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £1,000, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Free to enter. Be specific, be observant. Although I love great description, that does not mean loads and loads of Very WOW Words – it just means the best word for each phrase. This page is the most popular resource on my website, receiving between 8,000 and 15,000 visits a month. Keen to educate the general public in the issue of vaccination? Top Prize: $1,000, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amCatherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction PrizeUSA Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: $15,000 and publication, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amGotham Book PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $50,000, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amShooter Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £3 Max word count: 100 lines Top Prize: £150 and publication, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amJohn Steinbeck Award for FictionInternational Entry Fee: $20 Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: $1,000, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Entries can be from anywhere in the world but must be. It really does make all the difference! More is not usually better! Yay!Commonwealth Short Story PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 5,000 Top Prize: £5,000 and publication, 01nov1:00 am1:00 amThe Caledonia Novel AwardInternational award for unpublished and self-published novelistsInternational Entry Fee: £25 Max word count: Full manuscript (at least 50,000 words) Top Prize: £25, 01nov1:00 am12:00 amFree to enter! Most of all, I just want you to enjoy writing! Yay!Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibit Celebrating DiversityInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 20 Top Prize: $1000, 10oct10:00 pm11:59 pmFosseway Writers Short Story CompetitionUK Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: £50, 11oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! You just have to submit your poem to us to info@creativewritingink.co.uk with “Creative Writing Ink Monthly Competition” in the subject line. And have your memories forever. Yay!St. The judges will be me, my nieces (in their twenties) and anyone else I choose to ask. So, in this you are giving advice, as a wise friend. Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity, ISAAC : Tell a Tech Tale, Spin a Sci-Verse, UNESCO “World Tales” Short Story Competition, Participants must be between 12 and 18 years old, Beartooth Anthony’s Halloween Campfire Story Contest, The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction, Submit a 10-word story that breaks our hearts, The Bedford International Short Story and Poetry Awards, Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition, Pressfuls 2020 Fantasy Short Story Contest, Promoting ill and disabled voices in writing, The PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction, Wenlock Olympian Society Flash Fiction Competition, WOW! Top Prize: £600, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amCinnamon Press Literature AwardInternational Entry Fee: £16 Max word count: 5,000 (prose), 50 lines (poetry) Top Prize: Publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amCBC Short Story PrizeCanada Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: $1,000 and publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amGinkgo Prize for EcopoetryInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: No limit Top Prize: £5,000, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineCranked Anvil Short Story CompetitionQuarterly Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: £150 and publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amBenjamin Saltman Poetry AwardInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $3,000 and publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Cancer Diagnosis: Why don’t we scan and test everyone to detect cancer? We’re looking for poetry, up to 40 lines. Women On Writing Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest, Seventh Drapers Guild Short Story Contest, Gabriele Rico Challenge for Creative Nonfiction, Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, International award for unpublished and self-published novelists, Flash fiction challenge: Visioning a Better World Beyond the Pandemic, The Masters Review Chapbook Award for Emerging Writers, East Riding Festival of Words Poetry Competition, The Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition, International prize for emerging children's novelists, The Observer/Anthony Burgess Prize for Arts Journalism, WOW! Do you run a short story competition? It doesn’t have to be beautifully written: it’s just a record for you in years to come when, believe it or not, you will forget so much about this. Yay!The Canterbury Tales Writing CompetitionPromoting the Life and Works of Geoffrey ChaucerInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 500 words Top Prize: £300, 31jan1:00 am1:00 amFirst Chapter CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 3,500 Top Prize: Submission package (cover letter, synopsis and first three chapters) review and feedback from judge Sam Jordison, 31jan1:00 am1:00 amCranked Anvil Short Story CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 1,500 Top Prize: £150 and publication, 31jan2:01 pm2:01 pmFree to enter! Thanks to donations, we can buy coffee for our content editors so they have the energy to find the best events. Yay!THE NINA RIGGS POETRY AWARDInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: no limit (?) – and enter the one you like best.). Letter From the Future – imagine it’s many years from now and you are writing a letter (if letters exist!) Submit your article by 15 March 2016 by emailing magazine[at]scientificmalaysian.com! Yay!Jane Austen's House Writing CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 500 (fiction, letter writing), 30 lines (poetry) Top Prize: Publication, publicity, free pass to Jane Austen's house, 30oct1:00 am11:59 pmF(r)iction Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 7,500 (short stories), 1,000 (flash fiction) , 3 pages (poetry) Top Prize: $1,000, 30oct1:00 am1:00 amPort Stephens Literature AwardsAustralia Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: $300, 31octAll DayThe Bedford International Short Story and Poetry AwardsInternational Entry Fee: £6 Max word count: 3,000 (short story), 40 lines (poetry) Top Prize: £500, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amOvacome Writing CompetitionOvarian Cancer Support SocietyUK Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: £250, 31oct1:00 am11:59 pmSentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £5 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £250, 31oct1:00 am11:59 pmFree to enter! Yay!Brooklyn Nonfiction PrizeBrooklyn Film & Arts FestivalInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,500 Top Prize: $500 and publication, 01dec1:00 am1:00 amWomen's National Book Association Writing ContestInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: 3,000 (fiction), 2,500 (creative nonfiction), 750 (flash), 5 pages (poetry) Top Prize: $250 and publication, 01dec1:00 am1:00 amTHE LATIN PROGRAMME POETRY PRIZEInternational Entry Fee: £12 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £250, 01dec1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Try not to be the same as everyone else. Same goes for punctuation – it’s not about rules but the reader’s experience (and that’s me!). * All submissions will be reviewed by our editorial team, and shortlisted articles will be published in Scientific Malaysian Magazine Issue 12. Be specific and use your imagination, lateral thinking, insight and empathy. (But find a way to show in the letter that this is whose viewpoint you’ve chosen.). But we can beat this – beat the stress AND beat the bug. Yay!The Griffin Poetry PrizeOne of the most generous poetry prizes in the worldInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $65,000, 31decAll DayThe Society of Classical Poets 2021 Poetry CompetitionOrganised by the Society of Classical Poets based in New YorkInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 108 lines Top Prize: $1,000, 31dec1:00 am1:00 amThe Tampa Review Prize for PoetryInternational Entry Fee: $25 Max word count: Full manuscript (100 pages) Top Prize: $2,000 and publication, 31dec1:00 am1:00 amDevon and Cornwall International Novel PrizeInternational Entry Fee: £15 Max word count: 5,500 Top Prize: £2000, a trophy and online publishing contract, 31dec1:00 am1:00 amWrite From The Heart Micro Fiction CompetitionA monthly Micro Fiction Competition with a differenceInternational Entry Fee: $2 Max word count: 100 Top Prize: A share in total prize pool, 31dec1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineFree to enter! Perhaps it’s your own child or grandchild! Women On Writing Fall 2020 Flash Fiction ContestInternational Entry Fee: $10 Max word count: 750 Top Prize: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amCinematic Short Story Writing CompetitionSeeking great prose stories that have cinematic adaptation potentialInternational Entry Fee: $49 Max word count: 20,000 Top Prize: $1,000, 30nov1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! Yay!Women's History Scotland Essay PrizeUK Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 10,000 Top Prize: £100 and publication, 31decAll DayFree to enter! When getting from us, we've produced some fantastic examples that reveal you precisely the kind of job you'll obtain. Our Creative Writing Ink competition is open to writers of any nationality or age. Articles can be in the form of an educational article, opinion piece, experience sharing, book review or creative writing (short fiction). The competition is open to any current faculty, staff and students (part-time or full-time including those in Learning in Retirement), alumni and retirees except individuals involved in judging the entries as well as members of the advisory committee and their immediate families and other Carleton University Writing Competition partners. Have a story to share about your experience working in research related to vaccine or immunology? to a young person who was not born until after this pandemic. The winner of the best article will be contacted via email upon completion of the voting period. Published articles will then be subjected to public voting on our website and social media channels. Time to get creative! Closing Date: Last date of every month. When we tip in with our thrill on-demand services, that's. Write for Scientific Malaysian and win RM500! Yay!Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: Full manuscript Top Prize: $10,000, 31dec1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineThe Moth Poetry PrizeInternational Entry Fee: €15 Max word count: No line limit Top Prize: €6,000, 31dec1:00 am11:59 pmITS Groups Children’s Fiction and Novel CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £10 Max word count: 500 Top Prize: Book illustration (£600 value) + video animation of the story (£3000 value)+ £200 + Publication, 01jan1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! So, the Antiviral “Let’s beat this thing” Creative-Writing Competition. Design a poster or advert to make people do the right thing! What do I gain from this? Top Prize: $3,000, 20oct1:00 am1:00 amEyelands Book AwardsInternational Entry Fee: $22 Max word count: Depends on category Top Prize: A five-day holiday in Athens and publication, 21oct1:00 am1:00 amMoved OnlineThe National Poetry CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 40 lines Top Prize: £5,000, 23oct1:00 am12:00 amFree to enter! The rules: Each individual may only enter once. You can interpret the title how you want. Even if you don’t want to enter the competition, I really recommend you keep a daily diary, as I am. Yay!Writers' & Artists' Short Story CompetitionFree annual short story competitionInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: Publication and residential writing course, 14feb1:00 am1:00 amHippocrates Prize for Poetry and MedicineInternational Entry Fee: £7 Max word count: 50 lines Top Prize: £1000, 01apr1:00 am1:00 amWergle Flomp Humor Poetry ContestInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 250 lines Top Prize: $2,000, 31may1:00 am1:00 amTo Burn the Cloth Essay ContestUSA Entry Fee: Entry requires purchase of book - $5.99 Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: $1,000. Yay!Young Walter Scott PrizeInternational Entry Fee: Free Max word count: 2,000 Top Prize: £500 travel and research grant to explore historical places in the UK, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amBlack River Chapbook CompetitionInternational Entry Fee: $15 Max word count: Full manuscript (16-36 pages) Top Prize: $500 and publication, 31oct1:00 am1:00 amFree to enter! So, the Antiviral “Let’s beat this thing” Creative-Writing Competition. I am not going to mind about a few spelling mistakes – but you are allowed to use a dictionary and spellcheck… It’s just easier to read smoothly if there aren’t many mistakes. If you’d like to help keep this resource free of charge, please support us with a donation of any amount. B. This is for 11-18-year-olds and there are two age groups within that: 11-14 and 15-18. (Though I recommend you do several entries – you have the time! The most common type of writing competitions on our list are short story competitions, but we also feature opportunities for poetry, flash fiction, essays, and full manuscripts. A shortlist of best articles will be chosen by the editors of Scientific Malaysian Magazine. Judges’ decision will be final. Name of your school and school postal address (if you are usually home-schooled, just say so but don’t put your address), The writing category you have chosen – A, B, C or D (see below), By sending the entry, the adult automatically confirms: a) that the. Please make it easy for me to read: don’t scan pdfs upside down; don’t use a hard-to-read font; if you are hand-writing, be kind to me and make your writing readable! I want to feel that you’ve really spent time thinking about this. Members of the judges’ families may not enter.