Writing Contests, Projects, & Recognition
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Deadline: January 15, 2009: Time Are Tough Droubble/Drabble Writing CompetitionTake a look at the picture below:
It is of a homeless man leaning against a storefront during the Great Depression. Write about this man and the picture. What is he doing there? Where is he? Who is he? Why is he there? Why is he homeless? These are some of the questions open to exploration. We'll be awarding two $100 prizes. One for the best Droubble and the other for the best Drabble. Per Wikipedia: "A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction exactly one hundred words in length, although the term is often misused to indicate a short story of less than 1000 words. The purpose of the drabble is brevity and to test the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in an extremely confined space. Richard N. Hill recently coined the phrase "dribble" to describe a story that is only 50 words. Michael Kent of The Next Big Writer added "droubble" for a double drabble, a story in exactly 200 words." To enter: Posting your writing story anytime during the Contest period. The Drabble submission must include the tags Tough Drabble (entered as tough_drabble) while the Droubble must include the tags Tough Droubble (entered as tough_droubble).. Deadline: 11:59 PM ET on January 15, 2009 Awards:
Oct 24, 2008: The winners of the competition have been announced. They are:
Congratulations to the winers and all entrants. Our next writing competition will be announced shortly. HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Write a story about a celebrity who becomes a vampire, werewolf, zombie, or some other undead creature and win one of three $30 paid publishing contracts.Got a favorite or a least favorite celebrity that you've always imagined as a vampire, werewolf, or some other undead creature? In honor of Halloween, we're running a Celebrity Vampire Short Story Competition. Give us a story about them in 500-3000 words. Make it funny, scary, whatever you like - but make it a good read. We'll take our three favorite and give you a paid $30 publishing contract. Need some inspiration? Take a look at some of these pictures to get your mind moving and your fingers typing. Celebrity Vampires: Here are some good celeb vampires, especially the pic of Kate Hudson. Here's another site chock-full of celeb vampires. Celebrity Zombies: Thinking about Zombies. Here are some zombie pics to get you inspired. To enter: Posting your writing story anytime during the Contest period. The submission must include the tags Celebrity Vampire (entered as celebrity_vampire) in it. Deadline: 11:59 PM ET on October 15, 2008 Awards:
Tell us why you started writing and you might get published in our upcoming book project.Update: This competition is now closed. 10 Winners were selected and publishing contracts have been sent. We will update the site with more news as we get closer to the publication date. Do you remember when you first realized you wanted, or even needed to write? When you realized it was an itch that wouldn't go away? We're looking for witers on TheNextBigWriter to tell us about their "gotcha" moment in a story between 1,500-5,000 words. The story must show the moment, or moments when you realized that you were destined to spend your life writing. We're going to select ten that tell the most insightful, thought provoking, and interesting stories and offer the authors a paid publishing contract to have their work included in our upcoming TheNextBigWriter book My Writing Life. To enter: Posting your writing story anytime during the Contest period. The submission must include the tags My Writing Life (entered as my_writing_life) in it. Deadline: 11:59 PM ET on August 13, 2008 Awards:
May 15, 2008 - Post Apocalyptic Novel Static Mayhem Wins 2008 Strongest Start Novel Competition.Congratulations to the 2008 Strongest Start Novel Competition Winners First Place - Static Mayhem by Edward Aubry (Sherman_Bierce) Read the official announcement. What is the Strongest Start Novel Competition? It is the only live, online novel writing competition for unfinished books and novels. That means you can enter with a draft or unfinished manuscript and that you will receive feedback on your submission as the competition progresses. Feedback that you can use to improve you submission before the competition deaadline. The competition is meant to motivate writers to finish their books and to edit what they have written. And of course, to reward the writers who have done a fantastic job of honing their three starting chapters to page turning perfection Stay in the Know. The 2008 competition is over, but leave us your email and receive advanced news on the 2009 Strongest Start Novel Competition. 
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