Hello, Elaine Morrison here. The blogs on world-building have been outstanding. I have nothing to add to them. So I thought I'd share some links to contests and conferences. I don't know about these personally so can't offer an endorsement, but many seem to be legitimate. The list is a tiny sampling of what's available on the web. Just trying to whet appetites because the more we write, the better we write. There also seems to be a general consensus that entering contests is overall a positive thing for writers to do. If you are interested in any of these, please note the deadlines.
First, a link on how to enter and win contests:
http://publishingcentral.com/articles/20040219-87-2e24.html?si=1
CONTESTS:
Various contests by Writers Digest:
http://www.writersdigest.com/annual
What would you do if you only had 72 hours to live?
The Last 72 Contest:
http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/
Have an interesting story about a past love?
http://ourpastloves.com/contest
Non-fiction humorous story:
http://www.gigglegig.com/index.php/submit-your-story
Info for writing for different magazines:
http://webupon.com/money-making/attention-writers-earn-500-or-more-per-article-with-these-magazine-writing-services/
A chart listing several contests. Great in-depth information. Offered by Stephie Smith:
http://www.stephiesmith.com/contests.html
Contest by the Kansas Authors Club:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/contest.html
A list of contests AND conferences:
http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/post/Anthologies-Contests.aspx
CONFERENCES:
Various contests by Writers Digest:
http://www.writersdigest.com/annual
What would you do if you only had 72 hours to live?
The Last 72 Contest:
http://writingcontests.wordpress.com/
Have an interesting story about a past love?
http://ourpastloves.com/contest
Non-fiction humorous story:
http://www.gigglegig.com/index.php/submit-your-story
Info for writing for different magazines:
http://webupon.com/money-making/attention-writers-earn-500-or-more-per-article-with-these-magazine-writing-services/
A chart listing several contests. Great in-depth information. Offered by Stephie Smith:
http://www.stephiesmith.com/contests.html
Contest by the Kansas Authors Club:
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/contest.html
A list of contests AND conferences:
http://www.writersrelief.com/blog/post/Anthologies-Contests.aspx
CONFERENCES:
Writing Convention in Lawrence, KS, October
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/convention.html
Nebraska Summer Writer's Conference, June:
http://nebraskawriters.unl.edu/
Must be the year for writer's conferences in Lawrence, lol. This one is science fiction, July:
http://www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/campbell-conference.htm
And, finally, one last link about how to make money writing online:
http://writinghood.com/writing/writing-online-the-best-way-to-earn-online/
4 comments:
You've compiled a nice list of contests, Elaine. I would love to enter more, but that can get expensive. It does get your name out there though--if you place or win. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks for the links, Elaine! Early in my career I entered quite a few contests, mostly for the feedback. I found it invaluable. Since so many publishers require authors to have agents, entering contests can be an excellent way for those of us without agents to get our work in front of editors and agents.
The Last 72 contest sounds really intriguing.
Reese, the last 72, past love, and gigglegig are all free to enter. The KAC contest is $6 per entry (unless you're a memeber - then it's $4). The other links that have groups of contests have some that have an entry fee and some that are free. I saw several others that I'd like to enter, but, as you said, it could get very expensive.
Penny, thanks for the information. Everything that I read says contests are a good idea - I guess more for unpublished writers. I thought the last 72 one sounded interesting also.
This is a very nice list of contests and conferences. Thanks
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