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Contest Listing

Contests shown in bold offer cash prizes.

Book of the Month Each month one book chapter is selected to be the Book of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All books posted during the month are automatically considered for this contest. Deadline: Today!
Writing Prompt Contest Breed All About It! Write a poem of any form or meter about your favorite dog breed. Deadline: Today!
Writing Prompt Contest A Guy, A Dog, And ....... A guy and his dog. Clearly they are well connected. What is their story and what are they doing today. Deadline: Today!
Movies of 2010 Write what you think of the movies of this year 2010. State why you think the way you do about the films in a poem. Deadline: Tomorrow!
Quirks veryone has quirks or knows someone who is just a little left of norm in some small way. Remember great aunt Helen or whomever had a strange habit? Write a story about that unique personality. Deadline: In 2 Days
The child's experiment This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the announcement without using the words "child" and "experiment." Deadline: In 3 Days
Get Experience Creating Blank Verse This is a topic based contest. Write a poem based on the topic provided in the announcement. Deadline: In 3 Days
Book of the Month Each month one book chapter is selected to be the Book of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All books posted during the month are automatically considered for this contest. Deadline: In 3 Days
Write a Traditional Sonnet For serious writers only. Write a traditional sonnet of 14 lines with a specific rhyme and meter scheme. See announcement for more details. Deadline: In 4 Days
Book of the Month Each month one book chapter is selected to be the Book of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All books posted during the month are automatically considered for this contest. Deadline: In 5 Days
This Sentence Starts The Story Write a story that starts with this sentence: "Have we met before?" This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: In 6 Days
Free form fill in the blank. Think of the other possible combustables in the shop setting, what you don't like about 3200 deg. f. or what you may have lost due to the error. Deadline: In 6 Days
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews. The winner of this contest will take away a $100 prize. Deadline: Jul 29th

Senryu Write a Senryu poem. It is a form of poetry that only uses three lines. Senryu poems often refer to emotions or some other aspect of the human condition. $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Aug 1st
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews. The winner of this contest will take away a $100 prize. Deadline: Aug 1st
Tall Tales & Campfire Stories Write a Tall Tale or Campfire Story. See announcement for details. Deadline: Aug 5th
Short Love Poem Write a short love poem with fifteen words or less. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Aug 7th
Write a parody of a Beatles song Write a concise parody of a beatles song that is funny, innovative and in the style of the beatles. Have fun don't stress to much about it. Like the beatles songs they must have an AB rhyme scheme. Deadline: Aug 9th
Deadly Thoughts This is a topic based contest. Write a poem based on the topic provided in the announcement. Deadline: Aug 10th
Satirical Essay Take an idea that you consider to be ridiculously wrong and write an essay taking the side opposite to your own view. Deadline: Aug 12th
Free Verse Poetry Write a free verse poem. This is a method of writing poetry that does not follow any structure or style. See an example and details in the announcement. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Aug 13th
Poem of the Month Each month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All poems posted during the month are automatically considered. Deadline: Aug 16th
Write About This Picture Write a story based on the artwork shown in the announcement. Deadline: Aug 17th
The Words Are The Same Write a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Aug 20th
You Got Me Going This contest challenged writers to start a story with a specific sentence. View the announcement and create a story that uses this sentence. Deadline: Aug 22nd
Explain It To Me You're a young woman who is a secret agent and need to tell her parents their lives are in danger. This is without giving them the information you are a secret agent. Deadline: Aug 24th
Acrostic Poetry Write an acrostic poem. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Aug 27th
And how was your day? This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the the announcement. Deadline: Aug 30th
Blank Verse III This contest is for blank verse. All lines must be in iambic pentameter with no rhymes unless they are interior in consecutive lines. Please submit your entry early enough that if work is needed, it can be corrected. Deadline: Aug 31st

Tetractys Write a Tetractys poem. This is a poem, with only five lines. Each line adds one syllable until the last stanza which has ten syllables. See an example and details in the announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Sep 2nd
Strong Character A strong character can make a story. Write a story that based on the scene pictured in this announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this writing contest. Deadline: Sep 12th
Cinquain Poetry Write an "Cinquain" poem for this contest. A cinquain poem is a poem that follows a specific format. Read the announcement for a sample poem. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Sep 22nd
Flash Fiction In this flash fiction contest we are challenging writers to write a flash fiction piece that is between 500 and 800 words on the topic provided. The topic is "Lost" This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Sep 28th

New Arrival Poetry Write an acrostic poem for this contest for new members to the site. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Oct 1st
Haiku For this contest you are challenged to write a Haiku poem. Haiku is a form of poetry that only uses three lines. Can you paint a mental image using only three lines? $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Oct 6th
New Arrival Story For our New Arrival "This Sentence Starts The Story" contest we challenge you to write a story that starts with this sentence: "Hell found me." $100 prize for the winner of this writing contest. Deadline: Oct 8th
Horror Story Put your readers on edge or terrorize them for this horror writing contest. This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Oct 10th
Quatrain Poetry Write a quatrain poem for this contest. A quatrain poem is a poem with a clear rhyme scheme and four lines per stanza. Read the announcement for a sample poem. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Oct 18th
Faith The theme for this poetry contest is "faith". We are looking for poems that in some way pertain to this theme. It doesn't matter if it's spiritual, political, intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly represented. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Oct 28th

Tanka Poetry For this contest you are challenged to write a Tanka poem. Tanka is a form of poetry with a specific syllable count. See the announcement for an example. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Nov 1st
Share A Story In A Poem In this contest you are challenged to write a poem that tells a story and also rhymes. We've included examples of this type of poetry storytelling in the announcement. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Nov 8th

Anagrammic Story Write a story or poem at least sixty words in length, each line of which is an anagram of 'Anagrammic Story'. Deadline: Dec 1st

For our This Sentence Starts The Story contest you are challenged to write a story that starts with the sentence we provide.

Write a love poem with 15 words or less for our Short Love Poem contest.

Write a poem for our Free Verse Poetry contest.

For our The Words Are The Same contest we challenge you to write a poem that uses the words specified in the announcement.

Write an acrostic poem for this contest. Read the announcement for an example of this type of poem.

Write a poem that follows this traditional poetry format for our Tetractys contest.

Write a story that uses this image for our Strong Character contest.

Write a poem that uses a specific format for our Cinquain Poetry contest.

The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. Write a story with a specific word count for our Flash Fiction contest.

Write a poem that follows the format specified in the announcement for our New Arrival Poetry contest. A contest specifically for new writers to the site.