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OSS First Look: Writing Contests

Oh So Simpatico! is pleased to provide visitors with listings of various writing contests.*  Don't let the current economic times deter you from entering writing contests.  A a service to fellow writers, Oh So Simpatico! will only list contests that a) do not have an entry fee or b) charge a nominal fee to enter (based upon their website listing at the time OSS posts the contest).  Best of luck, and happy writing!

*PLEASE NOTE:  Oh So Simpatico!  has no affiliation with any of the contests listed below.  

 

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L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest

·         Deadline: Quarterly (no entry fee)

  

ReadingWriters: The Silent Character

·         Deadline: April 15, 2009

 

The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest

·         "Official" Deadline: April 15, 2009 (however actual deadline can be as late as May 30)

 

The R.A.I.L. Awards

·         Deadline: May 31, 2009

 

Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award

·         Deadline: March 31, 2009 (no entry fee)

 

Paterson Fiction Prize

·         Deadline: April 1, 2009 (no entry fee)

 

2010 Novello Literary Award

·         Deadline: May 1, 2009 (no entry fee)

 

Atlanta Review International Poetry Competition

·         Deadline: May 8, 2009

 

Drue Heinz Literature Prize

·         Deadline: Postmarked between May 1 and June 30, 2009 (no entry fee)

 

Richard J. Margolis Award

·         Deadline: Postmarked between May 1 and July 1, 2009 (no entry fee)

 

Murial Craft Bailey Memorial Award Annual Poetry Contest

·         Deadline: July 1, 2009

 

Michigan Literary Fiction Awards

·         Deadline: July 1, 2009