The Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes
DOROTHY SARGENT ROSENBERG POETRY PRIZES FOR 2012 The Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund offers a poetry contest to award prizes to young poets with unusual promise. The first year of this writing...
View ArticleAnthology – Call For Submissions
WHERE WERE YOU IN THE 60s AND 70s CONTEST ENTRY FEE: $20 for prose, $15 for poetry. Contest and Call for Submissions: Anthology Editors: Kate Farrell, Linda Joy Myers, Amber Lea Starfire Where were...
View ArticleMid-Career Writers Novel Competietion
The Dzanc Novel Award for Mid-Career Writers In an effort to further support writers in mid-career, Dzanc Books announces the launch of our Dzanc Novel Award designed to advance the publishing career...
View ArticleNo Fee Give-A-Way & Contest for Writers and Illustrators
Click picture below to have a chance to win a free illustration calendar and print. Juana Martinez-Neal and Angela Matteson were both featured on Illustrator Saturday, so you know it will be full of...
View ArticleFirst Fiction Novel-In-Progress Award
The 22nd Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first fiction novel-in-progress, in 2013, by the James Jones Literary Society. Novellas and collections of...
View ArticleFree Fall Friday & Book Winners
And the book winners from last week are: Donna Marie Taylor for i haiku you and Wendy Greenley for Bug Patrol If you are a winner, please email your address to me, so I can arrange to send your book....
View ArticleShort Fiction and Short Biography Contest
Time to get back to the old drawing board with your writing. Even if you don’t find this contest your cup of tea, at least start something new. It could be just the thing for the next contest. Maybe...
View Article2013 WOMEN’s Novel Competition
1ST PRIZE: £5,000 Judging Panel: Kirsty Lang, arts journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4′s Front Row Val McDermid, award-winning novelist, journalist and short story writer Novel Competition...
View ArticleKatherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
What is the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing? An annual prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature. A chance for your YA and Children’s Lit to be read by Hunger Mountain...
View ArticleWriter and Illustrator Opportunities
This fun June illustration was sent in by Dow Phumiruk is a pediatrician who has found her passion in children’s book illustration. Most of her work is digital, and she enjoys using a bright, colorful...
View ArticleFree Fall Friday
CALL FOR ILLUSTRATIONS: Please remember to send in your illustrations for July. It is a great way to get seen and keep your name out there to get noticed. Send them to Kathy(dot)temean(at)gmail.com....
View ArticleKudos – Traveling Cherry – Book Winner
YAY! In case you missed all the screaming from Betsy Devany and all her friends, Betsy signed a contract for her first picture book, SMELLY BABY to Christy Ottaviano of Christy Ottaviano Books at Henry...
View ArticleKudos!
It is always exciting when someone following my blog, writes to let me know how they submitted to a contest, etc. and won after reading about it on Writing & Illustrating. Well, that is what...
View ArticlePoetry Contest & Poetry and Prose Reminder
The Mind Magazine First Annual Insight Poetry Competition: General information: Mind Magazine’s First Annual Insight Poetry Competition is now accepting entries. Deadline is August 15th. The winners...
View ArticleBard Fiction Prize
Are you American, 39 years old or younger, and have a published book? If so, then you should consider submitting it for the Bard Fiction Prize. Bard Fiction Prize What Is the Bard Fiction Prize? The...
View ArticleYou and Your 100-Year-Old Self
The Fountain 100th Issue Essay Contest No Fee DEADLINE: November 30th. The Fountain invites you to join us in celebrating our 100th issue. Write an essay to yourself on your 100th birthday. What would...
View ArticleFree Fall Friday – Two Book-Give-a-Ways & Poem Winner
OPPORTUNITY: TWO BOOK-GIVE-A-WAYS Gayle Aanensen’s new 88 page novella, GREATER THAN GOLD hit the book shelves this week. It is now available on Amazon and will appeal to anyone who celebrates...
View ArticleNo Fee Short Story Writing Contest Seeking Boy Adventure
The snowy illustration above was sent in by Lidia Gurling-Mielcarek to help us celebrate this time of year that brings in the cold. Brrr! Lidia is an freelance illustrator from Poland. She works in...
View Article2015 Paterson Prize for BFYP
Did you have a book for Young People published in 2014? You have until March 15, 2015 to submit your book for consideration for The Paterson Prize For Books For Young People. Scroll down to see last...
View ArticleFree Fall Friday – Two No Fee Writing Contests
Illustrator Tracy Campbell creates hand-made cards and sent one of them in to post. This piece is also available as a digital download for customers. It’s up on her new shop over at...
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