- National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
The goal of annual November event National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days.
www.nanowrimo.org
- Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
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An annual bad writing competition challenging entrants to compose bad opening sentences to imaginary novels. Includes winning submissions from the past.
www.bulwer-lytton.com
- L Ron Hubbard's Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contest
Competition aimed at discovering, and eventually publishing, deserving amateur and aspiring writers.
www.writersofthefuture.com
- Interactive Fiction Competition
Annual interactive fiction competition for short text adventures, hosted by readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction.
www.ifcomp.org
- Anvil Press International 3-Day Novel Contest
Independent book publisher. Home of sub-terrain magazine and the labour day writing marathon.
www.anvilpress.com
- Zeros 2 Heroes
Features a contest for comic book story creators and artists.
www.zeros2heroes.com
- Frontlist, The
Online community of writers who will help review posted manuscripts and recommend the best to publishers and agents.
www.thefrontlist.com
- Pilot Project
Writing competition which will visit five major U.S. cities. Contestants will have the opportunity to pitch TV show ideas to a panel of judges live.
www.pilotproject.tv
- Lyttle Lytton Contest
Annual contest challenging writers to produce the worst and shortest opening line for a novel, limiting entries to 25 words or less.
www.adamcadre.ac/lyttle.html
- Santa Fe Writers Project
Offers a fee-based cash awards progam to recognize outstanding writers of fiction, creative nonfiction, and screenplays.
www.sfwritersproject.com
- Search for the Next Great Crime Writer
Contest from HarperCollins and CourtTV. Vote for the next great crime writer.
getpublished.courttv.com
- 1999 SQUARE Magazine Screenwriting Award
Fiction, screenwriting, and poetry showcase.
squaremagazine.netfirms.com
- Bold Type: Short Story Contest
Winner will be published in the January issue of Bold Type, and have his or her story read by Random House editors.
www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0999/contest/index.html
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