👉🏿She Writes Press and SparkPress Toward Equality in Publishing
She Writes Press has organized this writing contest to recognize two BIPOC women writers with publication packages and a 500 book print run. The contest also welcomes trans, nonbinary, and genderqueer people.
Genres: Fiction and nonfiction
Word limit: 50 pages
Prizes: Publication packages
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 15 October 2022
ServiceScape Short Story Award 2022
ServiceScape has organized this short story competition to help new writers reach bigger audiences. All genres and themes are welcome, and the winning story will be published on their blog.
Word limit: 5,000
Prize: $1,000
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 29 November 2022
https://www.servicescape.com/short-story-award
👉🏿Minotaur Books/Malice Domestic Competition
This mystery novel competition invites writers to send published manuscripts that revolve around murder or other serious crimes. This is a great opportunity for self-published writers!
Word limit: 65,000
Prize: $10,000
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 30 November 2022
👉🏿Six Word Wonder Contest 2022
This eccentric contest invites poets and writers to compose anything in under six words: a poem, a story, a memoir, or even a joke! It allows you to send up to six entries at once, so why not take the chance?
Word limit: 06
Prize: £100
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 30 November 2022
👉🏿7 Day Story Writing Challenges
The short story contest runs every seven days, and those registered are assigned a genre and a secret theme. Writers who register don’t need to re-register for a new cycle of the contest.
Word limit: 2,000
Prize: £500
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 31 December 2022
👉🏿Free Writing Competition – My Writing Journey
This essay writing contest invites you to submit entries on the given theme. The winning entry will be published on The Writers College blog and newsletter. Send the essay in the body of your email, and not as an attachment!
Theme: The best writing tip I’ve ever received
Word limit: 600
Prizes: $200
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 31 December 2022
👉🏿Orna Ross Green Stories Novel Prize
The writing competition invites novels that engage with green solutions and raise awareness about “the necessary transformations towards a sustainable economy”. Send three chapters from your novel with a synopsis.
Word limit: 4,000–10,000
Prizes: £1000, £500
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 01 December 2022
https://www.greenstories.org.uk/upcoming-competitions/orna-ross-adult-novel-prize/
👉🏿First Crime Novel Competition
The novel writing contest is open to writers who haven’t yet published a book, but self-published authors are eligible to enter! Just make sure the manuscript you’re submitting hasn’t been self-published.
Word limit: 40,000–66,000
Prize: $10,000
Entry: Free!
Closing date: 16 December 2022
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