{"id":5820,"date":"2018-11-02T07:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2018-11-06T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:13:50","slug":"18-free-writing-contests-with-cash-prizes-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomwithwriting.com\/freedom\/uncategorized\/18-free-writing-contests-with-cash-prizes-50000\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Free Writing Contests With Cash Prizes ($50,000)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
<\/div>\n
\n
\n
Next<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Show All<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
These are contests, awards, fellowships and grants for writers of fiction and non-fiction, poets, translators and playwrights. Prizes range from $100 to above $50,000. — S. Kalekar<\/strong><\/div>\n
The Haven Foundation Grants
\n<\/strong>This foundation, established by Stephen King, gives financial assistance to help established freelance artists and writers who have suffered disabilities or a career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or personal catastrophe.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 10 November 2018
\nOpen for: Legal US residents
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
One Teen Story Contest
\n<\/strong>They want a short story by writers aged 13-19, about the teenage experience — issues of identity, friendship, family, and coming-of-age. Stories should be 2,000-4,500 words and can be in any genre.
\nValue: $500 each for 4 writers
\nDeadline: 15 November 2018
\nOpen for: Teenaged writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and Post-MFA Fellowships<\/strong>This is for US writers from underrepresented populations, who must be PhD or recent MFA graduates. Their guidelines say, \u201cFellows devote the bulk of the first year to the completion of dissertation work \u2014 or in the case of MFA applicants, building their professional portfolios \u2014 while also teaching one course as a faculty member in one of the College\u2019s academic departments or programs. The second year of residency (ideally with degree in hand) is spent on academic career development while again teaching just one course.\u201d
\nValue: Residency at Williams College, $50,000, additional $4,000 for research, other benefits
\nDeadline: 15 November 2018
\nOpen for: US writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
PEN Ukraine translation grants
\n<\/strong>PEN Ukraine is offering three grants for translation of Oleg Sentsov\u2019s book of stories into three foreign languages \u2013 i.e., English, German, and Polish, to attract the attention of the international community on the works of the Ukranian writer sentenced by the Russian court.
\nValue: \u20ac 2,000
\nDeadline: 19 November 2018
\nOpen for: Those who have translated and published at least one book
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Brooklyn Non-Fiction Prize
\n<\/strong>They want an essay which is set in Brooklyn, is about Brooklyn, and\/or Brooklyn people\/characters. They want work from writers all backgrounds and ages, \u201cwho can render Brooklyn\u2019s rich soul and intangible qualities through the writer\u2019s actual experiences in Brooklyn.\u201d
\nValue: $500
\nDeadline: 23 November 2018
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Dappled Things: The J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction
\n<\/strong>Dappled Things is a space for emerging writers to engage the literary world from a Catholic perspective. For this contest, they want stories of up to 8,000 words \u201cwith vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings\u2014we want to see who, in the age we live in, might have one foot in this world and one in the next.\u201d
\nValue: $500, $250
\nDeadline: 30 November 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
ServiceScape Short Story Award
\n<\/strong>They accept any genre or theme of fiction or non-fiction, up to 5,000 words, for this award. Read the terms carefully: they retain the right to modify or terminate the contest at any time, without prior notice.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 30 November 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
The Society of Authors: The Betty Trask Prize and The Betty Trask Awards
\n<\/strong>This is for UK- or Commonwealth-based writers under 35, for a debut novel. Writers can enter a published book or an unpublished manuscript, and the prize money must be used for foreign travel.
\nValue: Total prize money \u201cfrom \u00a320,000\u201d
\nDeadline: 30 November 2018
\nOpen for: UK- or Commonwealth-based writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Everything With Words: Urban YA competition<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>This is for UK-based writers, for a debut YA novel set in today\u2019s multi-cultural Britain. Their guidelines say, \u201cSharp dialogue, a story that\u2019s got the feel of here and now, the street and the city today. Atmosphere is important, both physical and psychological. It can be any city in the UK but it must be a real city. No fantasy.\u201d They want work that is 40,000-70,000 words, and it must be the author\u2019s debut novel for young adults.
\nValue: \u00a31,000
\nDeadline: 30 November 2018
\nOpen for: UK-based writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
From LGBTQ+ With Love: The Writers\u2019 HQ Fight Back Flash Fiction Competition
\n<\/strong>They want a flash fiction (up to 500 words) which have the following: an LGBTQ+ theme, swearing and\/or profanity, and which are stories about love, acceptance, charity and grace. The rules and the contest are fighting back another fiction contest where the rules were \u201cNot just exclusionary, but implying members of the LGBTQ+ community are somehow comparable to scenes of graphic violence or torture.\u201d
\nValue: \u00a3100, \u00a350, two prizes of \u00a325 each; winners also get free retreats and other prizes \u2013 see guidelines
\nDeadline: 30 November 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon
\n<\/strong>Writers have to submit a 50-paragraph story, of which the 1st<\/sup> and 25th<\/sup> paragraphs are provided — writers have to log into their Submittable account from the contest site to access these paragraphs. Each paragraph needs to be at least 40 words.Value: $3,000, $2,000, $1,000
\nDeadline: 1 December 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Thomas Jefferson University: 2100 — A Health Odyssey: Science Fiction Writing Competition
\n<\/strong>They want a 3,000 word science fiction story on this theme: on how health and health care could impact lives in the year 2100. They want stories that challenge today\u2019s assumptions about the future of healthcare in the US. Their guidelines say, \u201cWith Jefferson\u2019s passion for creative expression through writing, we will use your science fiction contribution as the lens through which we explore creativity in health and health care — in novel and impactful ways — to propel innovation and inform future perspectives.\u201d There are further details in the guidelines, including a video on how science fiction offers a unique perspective for the future of healthcare. It may be co-authored with a maximum of two authors.
\nValue: $10,000, $5,000, other prizes for runners-up
\nDeadline: 1 December 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
\n<\/strong>This is a poetry contest for African writers (see guidelines). Manuscripts must be at least 50 pages long.
\nValue: $1,000
\nDeadline: 1 December 2018
\nOpen for: African writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Headway Quarterly Writing Contest
\n<\/strong>For their inaugural writing contest, they want writing on the theme of \u201cmutants and mutation\u201d.
\nValue: $100
\nDeadline: 1 December 2018
\nOpen for: All writers
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Better than Starbucks Sonnet Contest
\n<\/strong>This contest accepts metrical sonnets. Their guidelines say, \u201cYour sonnet can be shakespearean, petrarchan, spenserian, rhymed, or slant-rhymed. Blank verse is fine, as long as the sonnet form is clearly identifiable. We’ll consider tetrameter, hexameter, etc. as well as pentameter. Some metrical variation is fine, but don’t forget the volta!\u201d
\nValue: $100
\nDeadline: 1 December 2018
\nOpen for: All poets
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
National Endowment for the Arts: Translation Project Fellowship
\n<\/strong>These are for published translators. The fellowship is for the translation of works of prose, poetry,<\/strong> or drama<\/strong> from other languages into English. They encourage translations of writers and of work that are not well represented in English translation. The proposed projects must be for creative translations of literary material into English.
\nValue:<\/strong> $12,500 or $25,000
\nDeadline: 5 <\/strong>December 2018
\nOpen for: Published translators who are citizens or permanent residents of the US
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n
Royal Society of Literature: Literature Matters Awards
\n<\/strong>These are grants for UK-based writers. They are open to submissions of proposals for writing, literary events or projects. \u201cAn RSL Literature Matters Award must result in new, original writing or other literary activity of an excellent artistic standard, which will reach a substantial readership or audience.\u201d This could be a piece or pieces of writing, a publication, an event, a production on any subject or form, including prose fiction or non-fiction, short stories, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, graphic fiction, biography or travel writing. They welcome collaborations between disciplines. The award may be used to fund all or part of the activity, but cannot be used for writing or any other activity which has already been completed.
\nValue: Unspecified
\nDeadline: 5 December 2018
\nOpen for: UK-based writers
\nDetails here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Awards<\/strong>Two awards are given for non-fiction works in progress which deal with a topic of American political or social concern, to aid their completion. Writers must already have a contract with a US publisher.
\nValue: $25,000
\nDeadline: 10 December 2018
\nOpen for: Unspecified
\nDetails here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
\n

Free Book:<\/h4>\n

How to Write and Get Paid:<\/a>
\n11 Case Studies of Freelance Writing Success<\/h3>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n