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14th Annual SLAMDANCE Screenplay Competition

"The Slamdance Screenplay Competition is dedicated to new writers. We accept screenplays in every genre, both feature and short length, on any topic from every country around the world. Our mission is to bring attention to the most talented emerging screenwriters and introduce them to the industry."

Grand Prize: $7,000
Best Short Prize: $500

http://www.slamdance.com/writing

Call For Submissions

Writer Mama is looking for submissions for Cup of Comfort books. If you've got experience as a

military family
new mother
adoptive family
father
parent of children with special needs
dog lover

Share your wisdom!
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2008 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition

I received this email today:

"Thought you'd want to hear that the 2008 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition is open for entries. Entries must be previously unpublished (including online) or published since January 1, 2007. There is a 450-word limit and two categories -- Humor and Human Interest. One Dayton, Ohio-area winner and one Global (National/International) winner will be awarded in each category. Each first-place winner will receive a $100 cash prize. There is no entry fee. Entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM, EST, February 17, 2008.

For all contest details and the online entry form, visit:
http://www.wclibrary.info/erma/index.asp "

The Wild Places, Wild Journeys Writing Competition 2008

"If you’ve been inspired by a river, loch, mountain or coast tell us about it!

Following on from the success of last year's writing competition at the Fort William Mountain Festival, the John Muir Trust is again running a writing competition for aspiring writers.

With the broad theme of 'experiences in wild places', your entry could incorporate a journey, a place, an expedition, a mountain or river, a walk, climb, sail or kayak...or whatever wild experience has inspired you!"

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WRITER'S DIGEST ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION

WRITER'S DIGEST ANNUAL WRITING COMPETITION
http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/annual/77th/
$10-$15 ENTRY FEE
Deadline: May 15, 2008. There will be 1,001 winners and more than $30,000 in cash and prizes. Top winners will be listed in the December 2008 issue of Writer's Digest. Grand Prize:
$3,000 cash and a trip to New York City to meet with editors and agents. Second Place: The Second Place Winner in each
category receives $500 cash, plus $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books. The Third Place Winner in each category receives $250 cash, plus $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books. The Fourth Place Winner in each category receives $100 cash. The Fifth-Place Winner in each category receives $50 cash. The Sixth- through Tenth-Place winners in each category receive $25 cash.

Kansas Writer's Association Call for Enteries

                           Call for Entries

Kansas Writers Association announces its annual writing contest for 2007. Enter your best stories, articles, memoirs, poems, juvenile short stories, and first five pages of novels by November 30, 2007.

The contest is open to all writers, including high school age or younger. The complet set of rules and entry forms are on web site: www.kwawriters.org or for questions email kwacompete@aol.com or call Colleen Kelly Johnston, contest chair: 684-7847

Arlene Rains Graber

arlenegraber@cox.net

316 684 3029

KWA promotions

No Entry Fee Contest

DZANC PRIZE
http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancprize.html
NO ENTRY FEE
Dzanc Books announces the inaugural Dzanc Prize – a monetary award to a writer with both a work in progress, and an interest in performing some form of literary community service. The award itself will be a total of $5,000 to be distributed in two payments over the course of a twelve month period. The purpose of this prize is to give monetary aid to a writer of literary promise, in order to provide a budgetary cushion for them, allowing the author to concentrate his/her efforts on the completion of their work in progress. Eligibility: Any author with a Work in Progress, and a project in mind that can be deemed Literary Community Service. The author must be working on literary fiction, and the community service must occur within the United States of America. Deadline November 1, 2007.

Some examples of Literary Community Service:

- Running a series of writing workshops in a school
- Volunteering to do a storytime session or series at your local library
- Volunteering to work at a local book festival (if the festival is run as a non-profit)

Contest Alert

I got an email about this contest, making me feel like my website is actually useful for something other than making me feel guilty about not writing in general and not posting:

wiseGEEK has been publishing questions and answers online for a few years now.  We just reached 10,000 articles and to celebrate, we decided to sponsor this contest.

Here's the lowdown: Submissions will be non-fiction (q/a style), short (less than 1000 words), and you can enter as many times as you want.  We'll put everything online for you with your byline and url, if you want.

There's $7,500 for the top prize and ten $250 prizes.

Link to FAQ/Registration:
http://www.wisegeek.com/contest

Somebody should go win this contest--it probably won't be me since I forgot how to be productive.

Boomer Women Speak Contest

  Here's a no-fee essay contest with a entry deadline of January 31st.

Boomer Women Speak

"If there was ONE thing on the face of the earth you could snap your fingers and it would be gone, what would that ONE thing be? Would it be a disease? Your Ex-hubby? Your Ex-hubby's new girlfriend? Your high school English teacher? Your bills? And the popular one; WAR?"

Is It Going To Be Me Or Is It Going To Be You?

There's a new writing contest, and it's hoping to become the "American Idol" of books. That's right, if your first chapter is worthy it will get voted to the next round. 

I thought this sounded like a great idea, but then I immediately thought "I'm not showing my face on television." It doesn't look like the contestants will actually have to embarrass themselves in public, at least not during the elimination process--I suppose if you win you might have to have your picture taken.

I'm wondering if the worst story will garner the kind of popularity that old William Hung received?

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