Fiction writing contest

There's still time to enter the 2013 Central PA Magazine Writing Contest. Entries must be original, unpublished, works of fiction and cannot exceed 1,500 words. Entry deadline is Jan. 31, 2013. There is no fee. First-place winner receives $500 and runner=up, $200. Good luck to all who enter. 

Contest alert

Here's an early heads-up on November's Secret Agent Contest.  This month's contest is for adult fiction, all genres (including SFF) and Literary YA. The contest will open Nov. 8. Details here.

Contest alert: YA

Here's a great opportunity for those of you who write YA. Serendipity Literary Agency, along with Sourcebooks and Gotham Writers' Workshop, is holding its second Young Adult Novel Discovery Competition. Get the skinny here. And good luck to all who enter.

Contest alert

The seventh Dear Lucky Agent contest of the Guide to Literary Agents blog is for young adult. Woo-hoo! Here are the details and good luck to all who enter. Contest ends Nov. 3.

Contest alert

The QueryTracker Blog is hosting another Agent-Judged Contest! http://tinyurl.com/2cexrre
Who: Chris Richman of Upstart Crow Literary wants to read your one-sentence pitch.
When: The contest will open this coming Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 6:00
a.m. EST and will remain open for 24 hrs -- the brave Mr. Richman is
not capping entries!
Genres: Mr. Richman is looking for Middle Grade and Young Adult ONLY.
What to submit: 25 word (or less) one-sentence pitch.
* You must be a follower of the QTblog to enter.
* You must be a member of QueryTracker.net (membership is free)

Contest alert

Cheerios® New Author Contest
Just enter your original children's book story by July 15. See link for details: Spoonsfuls of stories contest

Contest alert

Great news for those who write middle grade and young adult. This month's contest from Authoress is for you. Good luck to everyone who enters. Details:April Secret Agent Contest

Contest alert

Kathleen Temean talks about this contest for picture book writers on her blog today: Picture book contest
Make sure you check it out and good luck to all who enter.

Contest alert

New Dear Luck Agent Contest. This time it's for Young Adult and Middle Grade. Good luck everyone!

WHAT TO SUBMIT
The first 150-200 words of your unpublished, book-length work of middle grade or young adult fiction. You must include a contact e-mail address with your entry and use your real name. Also, submit the title of the work and a logline (one-sentence description of the work) with your entry.

 Contest details

Contest alert

Upcoming Query Tracker Blog Agent Pitch Contest
Jason Yarn of Paradigm Literary Agency will be the judge. Contest opens at noon March 29. Entrants will submit a one-line pitch and the first paragraph of a completed manuscript. The contest is open to all genres except short stories and
romance. Yarn is accepting 100 entries.Good luck to all who enter.

 Details here

Short fiction writing contest

E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest under way. Check here for details.
Short fiction writing contest

New contest

Check out this month's Secret Agent Contest under contest tab above. A great opportunity. Good luck everyone!

Writing contest

Another contest from Mary Kole, associate agent at Andrea Brown Literary Agency on the West Coast. This  contest is for a novel beginning (up to 500 words) of your YA or MG novel. For details, check here: http://kidlit.com/kidlit-contest/

Erma Bombeck Writing Competition

"Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy."

--Erma Bombeck

Gotta love Erma Bombeck. Check out this writing competition and see if you have what it takes.

http://www.wclibrary.info/erma/index.asp#enter

YA writing contests

Amazon.com, Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace will hold the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. There will be two grand prizes: one for general fiction and one for young adult fiction.  The 2010 competition will also now be open to novels that have previously been self-published. Each winner will receive a publishing contract with Penguin, which includes a $15,000 advance. Here's post for details.
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=332264011

Also, there's still time to enter Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers Delacorte Press Contest
for a First Young Adult Novel. Manuscripts must be postmarked no later than Dec. 31, 2009. Here are the details:
http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/

Good luck to all who enter.