These contest lists have been a big help to me personally. They may not be long, but I am careful in which contests I choose. I hope this short, curated list has been helpful to you as well.
Remember that the information below is to my knowledge correct, but mistakes do happen, and humans make mistakes. To ensure that all information is correct, please visit each contest site yourself.
*****All quotations are from the competition sites themselves****
Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest
Contest Deadline: June 1st, midnight, CDT.
Entry Fee: Varies. Free for undergraduate college students as well as anyone high school aged or younger.
Special Requirements: None found.
Theme: Entries must (obviously) be sonnets.
Age Category: Best I can tell, all ages are eligible.
Prizes: Please see the bottom of this page.
Up to three sonnets per entry, number of entries unlimited.
Not quite sure what a sonnet is? This page might help.
You can visit the contest site here.
Guidelines specifically can be found by following this nice, handy link.
The Fiddlehead Annual Creative Nonfiction Contest
Contest Deadline: "Monday, June 3, 2024 (postmarked for mailed entries and 11:59 pm Pacific Time for Submittable entries)."
Entry Fee: $35-$50 depending, and less for subsequent entries. Please see The Fiddlehead's site for exact details. Fee for first entry includes a one year subscription to The Fiddlehead.
Special Requirements: None
Theme: None
Age Category: None found
Prizes: The winner receives a $2,000 CAD, and will have their winning entry published in Issue 301 of The Fiddlehead, coming out in Fall 2024. The winner will also be compensated for that usage of their work.
Each creative nonfiction entry per person must be no more than 6,000 words.
For more information and in-depth guidelines, please see this page on The Fiddlehead magazine's website.
Icelandic Festival of Manitoba Poetry & Short Story Contest
Contest Deadline: June 7, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Special Requirements: "Winners must be able to accept a Canadian cheque in CAD funds."
Theme: "...material reflecting Icelandic culture and interests will be given preference, as will entries that reflect our 2024 theme, 'Celebrating a Century of Fjallkona.'"
Age Category: Junior (12 and younger); Intermediate (teens 13-18 years); and Open (no specific age category)
Prizes: Same in both categories, poetry and short story. Junior 1st Place = $50; Intermediate 1st Place = $75; Open 1st Place = $125
Poetry: Maximum 3 entries per person.
Short Story: Maximum 1 entry per person, and no more than 1,200 words.
"Winning entries will be published in the Lögberg-Heimskringla."
Fjallkona means Lady of the Mountain in English. I am told that Fjallkona is found in much Icelandic poetry. If you would like to learn more about Fjallkona for the purposes of this contest, here are a few links I have found that might help you:
You can find out more about the contest here.
Briefly Write Poetry Prize
Contest Entry Period: "Entries open 14 May 2023. The closing date is 30 June 2023 @ 23:59 BST."
Entry Fee: FREE
Special Requirements: None
Theme: None
Age Category: None
Prizes: "There is a prize fund of £70, which will be split as follows: 1st – £40 / 2nd – £20 / 3rd – £10."
One entry per person.
Poem must be 10 lines or less.
"By entering the Briefly Write Poetry Prize, you are granting us first electronic rights only. Copyright reverts to the author upon publication."
You can find out more by following this link.
Eastport Arts Center Prize for Poetry
Contest Entry Period: April 1-June 30, 2024
Entry Fee: None found.
Special Requirements: None found.
Theme: "The Natural World and Our Connection to It"
Age Category: Youth (16 and under), Adult (16 and over)
Prizes: $1,000 in prizes. Go to the bottom of this page to see how it is broken up between categories.
You can find the contest website right here. Read all of the information so that you have a good picture of what you should submit to the contest.
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