Ongoing Contests

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ONGOING CONTESTS

MONTHLY: "Take the Challenge" Essay Contest, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, P.O. Box 421029, Minneapolis MN 55442, 877-937-9357, https://www.wellsfargo.com/jump/mortgage/challengeessay. "Wells Fargo Home Mortgage customers can enter a monthly essay contest. Submit typed, double-spaced entries on one of the following topics (350 words): Why I wanted to be a Homeowner, The Challenges I Overcame to Become a Homeowner; or How Ownership Built My Personal/Family Wealth and Security (350 wordsw max.). Entries can be submitted online or by regular postal mail. Click here for complete details: "Contest Rules" (pdf file). FEE: NONE. MONTHLY FIRST PRIZE: "An amount equal to the first prize winner's monthly home mortgage payment (principal and interest), up to $2,500. All entrants automatically qualify for the GRAND PRIZE also. GRAND PRIZE: Up to $250,000 toward pay-off of a home mortgage. Please read all rules and conditions carefully.

MONTHLY: Southwest Writers International Monthly Writing Competition, 3721 Morris St NE, Ste A, Albuquerque, NM 87111. "Open to any writer in the world. Submit original, unpublished entries only." See website for NEW theme each month! FEE: $5/members, $10/nonmembers. PRIZES: $50, $30, $20 plus certificates.

WEEKLY: FaithWriters' Writing Challenge: "Each week we take a topic and give you the opportunity to hone your talent as a writer by submitting an entry based on that subject. ...Your entry may be chosen as one of the eight EDITOR'S CHOICE winners each week and featured in our quarterly FaithWriters book. All Challenges begin each Monday at 9:00 am EST, with entries closing at 8:59 am EST on the following Monday." Visit website for complete details.

ONGOING: The First Line's "Name That Last Line" Contest: "Sure, most of you could name the book that begins: Call me Ishamel. But can you tell us what the last line of the book is? We're giving away twenty one-year subscriptions to the learned literati who can identify the following first lines. But here's the catch: We don't want the author or book title -- we want the last line of the book." See website for details.

QUARTERLY: Poem Train Writing Challenge, visit http://www.poemtrain.com/. "Poem Train and our patrons sponsor several "member-only" writing contests that are free to enter and award cash and prizes to the winners." Deadlines: March 30, June 30, September 30, December 31. Online registration required to participate.

ONGOING: Park Publications Writing Competitions, various. Visit http://www.ParkPublications.co.uk/. "Quarterly story competitions, winter poetry contest, and more."

ONGOING: The Old Home Schoolhouse™ Contests & Drawings: A list of homeschool and educational products won through drawings and competitions.

ONGOING: Milkweed National Fiction Prize, Fiction Reader, Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Ave. S., Suite 300, Minneapolis MN 55415-1246. For complete details visit www.milkweed.org. "Milkweed Editions is pleased to announce its writing competition for quality children's novels intended for readers in the 8-13 age group. Milkweed Editions will award the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature to the best manuscript for children ages 8-13 that Milkweed accepts for publication during the calendar year by a writer not previously published by Milkweed...all manuscripts submitted to Milkweed will be considered for the prize." FEE: None. Winner receives $7,500 - $10,000 cash advance (see website).

ONGOING: Writer Online, visit http://www.writer-on-line.com/contests/.

WEEKLY: David Letterman "Late Show Top Ten" Contest, visit http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/contest/. A weekly "Top Ten" comedy writing contest. Although CBS takes all rights, it makes for a nice credit on your bio.

Writing-World.com by Moira Allen: Outstanding resource site for writers with many links to additional contests.

MONTHLY: www.AWomansWrite.com: "Send us your story, essay, memoir or book chapter (word limit is 2,500) along with the $7 entry fee payable via PayPal. ALL ENTRIES will receive a thoughtful critique and we'll pick one winner (for the $80 first prize) per contest." See website for new theme each month.

MONTHLY, by the 25th: Writer's Digest CHRONICLE Entries, www.WritersDigest.com. "Submit personal essays on your writing challenges and triumphs and win $100!" Item must be unpublished (in print or online). Submit by e-mail to wdchronicle@fwpubs.com with Chronicle-MONTH as the subject line. Paste your essay in the body of your message (no attachments). No fax or snail mail entries, please. No limit on entries. Maximum 500 words, including title and byline! FEE: NONE. PRIZE: $120 and publication online at WritersDigest.com.

BIMONTHLY: Family Hall of Fame Writing Contest, P.O. Box 771339, Winter Garden FL 34777-1339 (877-434-7323), or visit www.fathershalloffame.com, or www.halloffameformothers.com. Theme: "My Family Story." Send 2 copies of your family story, up to 2,000 words. FEE: $10/entry (limit: 2 entries per person). PRIZES: $100, $50, $30.

QUARTERLY (Jan. 1, Apr. 1, Jul. 1, Oct. 1): L. Ron Hubbard Writers & Illustrators of the Future Contests: Writers visit http://www.writersofthefuture.com/17/rules/wotfrules.html for details. Illustrators visit http://www.writersofthefuture.com/17/rules/ilofrules.html. PRIZES EACH QUARTER: $1,000, $750, $500, and one annual Grand Prize of $4,000.