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5 entry fee for SWW members; $10 entry fee for nonmembers.
Description
Now there's an quick and easy, low-cost writing competition at SWW to sharpen your skills. A different category will be offered each month. Enter them all!
The Next Step Magazine seeks first-person accounts written by teens for teens about subjects like peer pressure, politics, friends, world events, culture, dating or other relevant topics about teen life. We encourage you to be creative and create your own topic!.
International, Open to all ages, Short stories on any subject. Max. 3000 words.
Prizes
Prizes of £75.00, £25.00, and £15.00 for the best three stories in each issue, as chosen by the readers.
Entry Fee
£3, Free to Subscribers
Description
Free entry for annual subscribers. These competitions are ongoing: no closing date. We run several competitions every year including 2 open poetry competitions, two open short story competitions and the annual article competition. These competitions are in addition to those in each issue of the magazines..
Essay, Global warming, clean water, species preservation, air quality, the rain forest, alternative power, depletion of resources and more!
Eligibility
International, Open to all teens. Essays should be between 150 and 1,000 words.
Prizes
In June at least one teen will be honored for the best environment article published in Teen Ink in the past 10 months. In addition to being published in Teen Ink and receiving a copy of the magazine (and pen and pad) featuring his or her environment piece, the winner will have the opportunity to choose from an exciting selection of Teen Ink merchandise - apparel and other items - available exclusively from Teen Ink.
Entry Fee
Free
Description
Hybrid cars? Organic food? Solar and wind energy? Pay-as-you-throw trash programs? Required recycling? If you have a plan to save the world, we sure do want to hear about it.
Nonfiction pieces are published in Teen Ink magazine and contest winners receive a copy of the magazine (as well as a pad and pen) featuring their work.
Entry Fee
Free
Description
Make us laugh, move us to tears ... write a fabulous, memorable piece and not only will you be published in Teen Ink, you may be one of our two monthly winners for outstanding work.
International, 19 years and less, Submission can be up to 2,500 words.
Prizes
Pieces are published in Teen Ink magazine and receive a copy of the magazine (as well as a pad and pen) featuring their work. Plus, the two annual winners will have the opportunity to choose from an exciting selection of Teen Ink merchandise - apparel and other items - available exclusively from Teen Ink.
Varying; usually $50 gift card
for 1st place, $25 gift card for 2nd place.
Entry Fee
Free
Description
Scribophile hosts a new writing
contest each month. Themes and requirements vary, but
we always want to see your best work! Entry is free
to all members, so sign up, get great feedback on your
work, and win some prizes!
Encourage other writers, break
your writing block, enter our writing contests, win
great prizes, make a few new friends and have a great
time doing it!
Through the sharing of the everyday
details of life around the globe, Our Common Experience
fosters a better understanding of the interconnectedness
we all share as citizens of our planet.
Send us your story at ourcommonexperience@gmail.com.
The only criteria is that the article further the
understanding of your culture and your life.
50% of all site revenue (advertising,
donations, and publication sales) are devoted to prize
amounts every month.
Entry Fee
Free
Description
Notes & Grace Notes hosts
monthly competitions in three categories (poetry, fiction,
CNF) with fluctuating cash prizes based on revenue,
professional judging, publication opportunities through
our own anthology and through out affiliate organizations,
and professional feedback provided to all finalists.
Memoirs Inks free mini-memoir
competition was inspired by some great lines weve seen
on Gmail status, Facebook status, Twitter and others.
Please email us your status. 150 characters max. You
may enter as many times as you like. Enter here: www.memoirsink.com.
Each month we choose the
best true funny story submitted and pay $500 to the
writer.
Entry Fee
Free
Description
Gigglegig.com has hundreds of
stories to keep you laughing for hours and you can submit
yours for a chance to be our monthly $500 prize winner.
There is no limitation to the number of stories you
can submit nor the amount you could win! Come check
us out and have a laugh!
Disclaimer: Proof Positive does not run the contests that are listed above. Ultimately, it is up to YOU to check out each contest you enter including the rules and the company or organization running the contest.
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