Summertime, and the writing is easy,
Verbs are jumping, and the word count is high
Your agent is quick, and editor forgiving
So, hush, little writer, don’t you cry.
Yes, Darcy and I have been busy writing. Will anything come of that? You’ll have to stay tuned … it’s kind of like a cliffhanger, isn’t it?
Winner will receive $150 and the opportunity to participate in a public reading at River Styx’s Annual Literary Feast and Fundraiser on May 3 at Duff’s in the Central West End.
Submissions should be mailed to:
River Styx Founders Award
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis MO 63103
Deadline to receive submissions is April 23, 2010.
Entrants may include up to five original poems on separate pieces of paper. Poems should be titled and should not include the student’s name on the poem itself. On a separate cover sheet, please include student poet’s name and title(s) of submissions, the poet’s age, grade, school, address, phone number, and e-mail.
Winners will be announced in the last week of April.
As always, see the website for all the submission details. Read the fine print and good luck!
This competition is open to juniors and seniors currently enrolled in high school. Three prizes of $250 each will be awarded both in fiction and in poetry. Students may send a single entry in each genre (one poem and/or one short story or novel chapter).
All entries must be typed, with the student’s name, home address, telephone number, high school name and address, and the genre (poetry or fiction) of the work on the first page.
Entries must be postmarked by March 15, 2010. Awards will be announced May 15, 2010. Please keep a copy, as entries cannot be returned.
This competition will be judged by faculty in the Writing Program at Washington University, including fiction writers Kathryn Davis, Marshall Klimasewiski and Kellie Wells, and poets Mary Jo Bang and Carl Phillips.
See the website for complete rules and mailing address. Good luck!
The Hunger Mountain Prize for Young Writers is an annual contest for high school students. A chance for your fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to be read by Hunger Mountain editors and guest judges!
Three first place winners receives $250 and publication!
Three runners-up receive $100 each.
There will be a first place winner and runner up in each category: fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
Any high school student with a piece of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction may enter.
The 2010 judge is M.T. Anderson, National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation; Burger Wuss; and Feed.
The postmark deadline is April 30.
See the website for all the details on entering the contest.
From the Alpha website, the science fiction, fantasy and horror workshop for young writers:
The ALPHA SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers (ages 14 – 19) will be held at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg Campus July 14 – 23, 2010 in conjunction with Pittsburgh’s science fiction convention, Confluence, July 23 – 25th.
We’re looking for enthusiastic, talented young writers who have a strong interest in science fiction, fantasy and/or horror and a passion for writing.
Come spend ten days working with professional authors, each of whom will spend two days at the workshop: Holly Black, Timothy Zahn, Tamora Pierce, and Mike Arnzen.
Wow! That’s quite the lineup. If you’re interested, check out the website for all the details. Application deadline is March 1st.
No, really. These opportunities are geographically specific. But if you meet the requirements, give it a go!
Keep in mind that a lot of opportunities are annual events, whether it’s a call for submissions, a contest, a grant, or workshop. So if you miss this year’s deadline, think of it as getting a jump start on next year. I’ve done this and it can work out very well.
Good luck!
For high school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis:
2010 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students
First prize, $50. Second prize, $35.
First, second, third prize and honorable mention winners will be invited to perform their poems at The Annual Poetry Concert, May 16, 2010. Winning poems will be published in a chapbook available at the concert.
No entry fee. Eligible poets must be high school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis.
Pegasus, the literary journal at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, invites submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork for the upcoming spring 2010 issue. The submission deadline is January 31, 2010.
Pegasus is a regional journal, focused only on Georgia writers who are of high school age or who are freshman or sophomores in Georgia colleges. All other writers should query the editor, Jeff Newberry <jnewberry(at)abac.edu> (replace (at) with @), before sending any submissions. Past issues have included invited features by Mark Leidner, Janisee Ray, Patrick Phillips, and Amy Blackmarr.
Pegasus accepts electronic submissions only.
Please see the Pegasus site for full submission guidelines.
If you write poetry, this might be for you. They even have two categories, one for those outside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and one for students who live in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Geek Girl reminder: Always read the submission guidelines and fine print carefully.
Sponsored by Gannon University and the Erie County Poet Laureate Initiative.
Two contests: one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live outside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Rules
Each student may enter up to 3 poems, totaling no more than 6 pages.
Poems may be about any topic and in any form and must be the original work of the student.
Poems must be typed.
The student’s name, address (including county), phone number, and grade in school must appear in the top left corner of each poem.
The student’s school, school’s address, school’s phone number, and teacher’s name must appear in the top right corner.
Poems will not be returned; students should not send their only copies.
Poems must be postmarked by February 1, 2010.
See the website for mailing address and any additional information.
A writing opportunity for all of you in wintry Wisconsin:
The Council for Wisconsin Writers sponsors an Essay Award for Young Writers (1500 word maximum) for Wisconsin high school student writers; there is no entry fee, and the award is $250 (for this year only, thanks to an anonymous donor).
Members of the board will judge. Deadline for the student essay contest is January 31, 2009. Specific guidelines, an entry form, and important additional information are available on the website, or by writing contest co-chair Marilyn L. Taylor, 2825 E. Newport Ave., Milwaukee 53211.
Award: $500 and a year’s subscription to The Writer
The Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors.
As always, see the website for requirements and submission guidelines, and anything else that pertains to the entry.
Have you read Another Faust by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri Viergutz? Even if you haven’t, you might be interested in the writing contest they’re sponsoring.
Or, you might want to check out the book before you check out the contest. Read Prodhi’s terrific review. I read the book a few weeks back and enjoyed it very much and recommend it. Take it from me, you’ll never look at moths the same way again.
Need more encouragement? Check out the prizes: A signed copy of Another Faust, a handwritten deleted scene, a featured article and interview on their website–and more.
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