Writing Contests: Building Writing Credentials
One of the ways many writers can successfully add credentials to their portfolio if to participate in a variety of literary contests. This type of [Read More]
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North Street Book Prize
North Street Book Prize 5th year. Your self-published book can win up to $3,000 plus expert marketing services. Please submit during February 15-June 30, 2019.Submit [Read More]
Should you enter a writing contest?
Yes, yes, yes you should. Writing contests offer many benefits, not the least of which is a deadline. There’s nothing like a deadline to force [Read More]
Calling all Indigenous artists and writers! Here is a great contest you should know about!
Indigenous Arts & Stories is providing an opportunity for self-identified Indigenous youth (ages 6 to 29) to express themselves creatively! Indigenous Arts & Stories began [Read More]
Word on the Lake Writing Contest deadline looms
Time is running out to enter the Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Writing Contest. The deadline is midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Winners will [Read More]
Stella prize: longlist for $50,000 award includes Alexis Wright and Michelle de Kretser
Twelve books in running for award for writing by women showcase ‘a cornucopia of literary riches’, chair of judging panel says A literary portrait of [Read More]
Win money for writing – Bookstock B.E.S.T. Awards essay contest
B.E.S.T. AwardsBookstock — metro Detroit’s biggest and best used book and media sale, where proceeds benefit literacy and education projects throughout metropolitan Detroit — is [Read More]
Ottawa school board pulls Fraser Institute essay contest asking if minimum wage hike is a bad idea
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board circulated, then pulled, an essay contest that asked students to write about whether or not hiking minimum wage is a [Read More]
Post-apocalyptic imagined future makes Regina student a top 10 finalist
Zoya Anwar, a Grade 8 student at École Harbour Landing elementary school, is a top 10 finalist in CBC Books’ The First Page student writing [Read More]
Writing winners: Napa Valley Writers hold a first student writing contest
“Six students were honored at the Jan. 10 meeting of Napa Valley Writers. Honorable mention went to Paola Machuca, Dariya Stuter and Ally Peterson. First- second- and third-place winners were Fernando Cisneros, Shaelynn Sublett and Olivia Ilsley.”
The students won cash prizes of $100, $75, and $50. The club hopes to make this contest an annual event and to expand to other schools in the future.
Editor’s note: Last fall, author Lenore Hirsch contacted the Register with a question: If the Napa Valley Writers, a branch of the California Writers Club, held a student writing contest, would we be interested in publishing the winning essays?
Submissions Open for Graywolf Nonfiction Prize | Poets & Writers
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in [Read More]
NW Ontario writing contest opens door for new talent
THUNDER BAY – Organizers of the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Writing Contest hope to find some undiscovered gems among the entries to this year’s competition. Contestants [Read More]
NW Ontario writing contest opens door for new talent
THUNDER BAY – Organizers of the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop Writing Contest hope to find some undiscovered gems among the entries to this year’s competition.
Contestants have until March 31, 2018 to submit their work in any of five categories including poetry, short fiction, historical fiction, creative non-fiction and the Bill MacDonald Prize for Prose.
“Each year NOWW’s contest does something bigger and better,” said contest coordinator Jodene Wylie. “If you’re a reader and a writer, we want to impress you and motivate you to pull out that pen, pull up to your computer and get writing.”
Woods Bay Grill holds writing contest to find new owner
KALISPELL, Mont. – The owners of Woods Bay Grill in the Flathead Valley weren’t having any luck selling their property traditionally, so they created an essay contest to find the next owner.
Bacon’s been sizzling at the Woods Bay Grill for 13 years now.
“It’s kind of like your own version of cheers but without the alcohol,” said Woods Bay Grill co-owner Leslie Browning. “People walk in the door and they are like ‘hey, how you doing Pat. How’s it going today?’”
Browning is just one of three owners of the grill. They all decided they are ready to retire, but they want the grill to still be there for the community.