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Best writing contests in 2020 competitions with cash. Our semiannual poetry contests award a multitude of prizes to deserving poets. The naomi long madgett poetry award welcomes african american poets to submit a booklength manuscript for consideration. Entries compete for book awards at the following levels. Viewing 8 posts 1 through 8 of 8 total january 26, 2017. There is no fee to enter our contests, so you have nothing to lose. The 20 best writing contests for high school students. The rubery prize is a prestigious international book award seeking the best books by indie writers, self published authors and books published by independent presses, judged by reputable judges. While youre here, check out our online vacation sweepstakes for an opportunity to win luxury vacation packages. A flash fiction contest and a creative nonfiction essay contest. Prism international offers free entries for selfidentifying indigenous writers for all our contests. We do not post contests where the prize money is really a certificate or credit toward products or services that will cost the writer additional money in order to accept the prize. The competition is open to all englishlanguage selfpublished books for which the authors have paid the full cost of publication, or the cost of printing has been paid for by a grant or as part of a prize. To get you started on the write track, we found six writing contests currently accepting submissions with no entry fees.
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