January deadline:
•Ann Arlys Bowler Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Weekly Reader
•Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers for students of African descent
Sponsored by the Hurston/Wright Foundation
•NCTE: Promising Young Writers for 8th grade students (US, American Schools Abroad, & Canada) who have been nominated by their schools.
•NCTE: Achievement Awards in Writing for high school juniors
•Scholastic Art and Writing Entry information available on web site
•Trollope Society Short Story Prize open to students 21 years old and younger
Sponsored by the Trollope Society
February deadline:
•Nelson Algren Awards sponsored by The Chicago Tribune
•Paul A. Witty Outstanding Literature Award for elementary and high school students (link is an MS Word file)
March deadline:
•The Claremont Review Annual Writing Contest entry fee that includes a one year subscription to magazine
•Commonwealth Short Story Competition open to citizens of a Commonwealth country 19 years and older.
•Commonwealth Essay Competition - Write Around the World open to citizens of a Commonwealth country 19 years and older.
•Kids Are Authors Contest (Scholastic) K-8
•The Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize limited to U.S. and Canadian undergraduates
•The Black Dog Tall Ships & Merlyn’s Pen Writing Contest for writers 12-17; deadline May 10, 2010
May deadline:
•Kay Snow Writing Awards (Student Writer)
June deadline:
October deadline:
•Final deadline for ARTS Recognition and Talent Search sponsored by National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts
•New Voices Award sponsored by Lee & Low
November deadline:
December deadline:
•Young Communicators Fellowships awarded for strategic short-term opportunities to pursue careers that involve the communication of ideas.
Other sites to check for writing contests
•Amazing Kids! eZine Art and Writing Contests age categories from 6 to 17
•Assignment for Kids monthly contest for kids 13 and younger sponsored by WritersDigest.com
•Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Contest for students kindergarten through 3rd grade is sponsored by PBS stations across the U.S.
Find your local contest at this site. Submission dates vary by station.
•Cricket League Contest Art and short story contests sponsored by Cricket Magazine.
•Random House previously published Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers: The Best New Voices of 2006
•Weekly Reader, publisher of READ and Writing magazines, frequently has writing contests.
•Letters About Literature sponsored by The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores
•Oprah previously sponsored Oprah's National High School Essay ContestF
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