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The Warren Adler Short Story Contest Submit Your Stories Now! The Warren Adler Short Story Contest is fast becoming the most prestigious online short story contest thanks to the extraordinary literary quality of our submissions. We are pleased to announce our next contest. The theme is simply short fiction in all of its varied genres. We are looking for original, imaginative pieces featuring compelling characters and creative plots. Whether you specialize in mainstream fiction, romance, horror, fantasy, science-fiction, satire, mystery, or any of their subcategories, we want to read your work.
Entries must not exceed 2,500 words. Stories from all the points of the globe will be considered provided that they are written in English. Mr. Adler will select which story will be awarded the Grand Prize of $1,000.
Although Mr. Adler will have already chosen the winner, the five finalists' stories will be posted on the Warren Adler website in July. The People's Choice winner will be determined by public voting.
Submissions will be accepted from April 13, 2009 to July 13, 2009. The entry fee is $15. Five cash prizes will be awarded.
Authors retain worldwide publishing rights.
Contest Rules:
To submit your story please visit www.warrenadler.com
Amy Writing Awards The Amy Foundation Writing Awards program is designed to recognize creative, skillful writing that presents in a sensitive, thought-provoking manner the biblical position on issues affecting the world today.
Bad Writing Awards The Bad Writing Contest celebrates the most stylistically lamentable passages found in scholarly books and articles published in recent years. Ordinary journalism, fiction, departmental memos, etc. are not eligible, nor are parodies. Deliberate parody cannot be allowed in a field where unintended self-parody is so widespread.
Canadian Authors Association Literary Awards These awards are presented at the CAA Awards Banquet at our Annual Conference each year. The 2001 Awards will be presented in Halifax in June 2001.
Children's Book Awards Includes the Jane Addams Book Award, presented annually to the children's book that most effectively promotes the cause of peace, social justice and world community, and The Caldecott Medal, given to the artist who has created the most distinguished picture book of the year.
Dishonourable Writing Awards Here are some of the winning entries announced in the 17th annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, organized by San Jose State University's English department, honoring dishonorable writing.
eBook Awards Includes the Alan Kay Award for eBook Innovation, which recognizes the organization that has contributed the most towards acceptance and the popularization of electronic books in the past year; and the Electronic Literature Awards, with prizes that are the monetary equivalent of a National Book Award.
James Beard and Julia Child Literary Food Writing Awards A list of award-winning cookbooks straight from the kitchen of Julia Child.
Myers Outstanding Book Awards Winners Each year a diverse panel of reviewers reads a slew of books addressing bigotry and human rights issues. On the occasion of Human Rights Day, the Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights and Bigotry announces the twelve books published in a given year deemed truly outstanding, different in theme, style and approach.
New Century Writer Awards Our competition is based in the United States, but its influence is international and reaches out to writers across the globe. Storytelling, after all, like art and music, is universal.
The Official Nobel Prize Site Browse the Literature award winners from 1901 to today.
The Official Pulitzer Site Winners, archives and history of the famous Pulitzer Prize.
OscarWorld Writing Awards A full list of the Academy Awards for Writing.
Poetry Contests Awards and Prizes Includes The Academy Fellowship, a fellowship offered by the Academy of American Poets with a stipend of $20,000; The Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English; and the Annual Love Poem Award.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have provided an avenue for young artists and writers to receive recognition and rewards for their creative achievements. The Awards have helped nurture eight decades of promising talent by providing recognition, cash awards and college scholarships.
State Library of Australia Children's Writing Awards The Nestle Write Around Australia Program is a unique program for students, designed by the State Library of NSW and coordinated by the public library system across Australia. The program draws on the talents of established children's authors to encourage the next generation of writers through practical writing workshops.
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