Playwriting Contest Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009

Pioneer Drama Service
Shubert Fendrich Memorial Playwriting Contest

Submission Period: ongoing contest with a deadline of 12/31 each year

Eligible Entry: plays for educational and community theatre purposes

Open to: those not previously published by Pioneer Drama

Entry Fee: none

Prize: $1,000 plus publication

Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction Contest Deadline: Dec. 01, 2009

The Brad Schreiber Home Page
Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction

Submission Period: Deadline: 12/01/09

Eligible Entry: unpublished works up to 750 words

Open to: No restrictions indicated

Entry Fee: $5

Prize: 1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $100

Playwriting Contest Deadline: Oct. 31, 2009

Forest Roberts Theatre - Northern Michigan University
Playwriting Competition

Submission Period: Entries must be received by 10/31/09

Eligible Entry: full-length play; no musicals, one-act plays, or previously submitted work

Open to: No restrictions indicated.

Entry Fee: None mentioned in rules

Prize: $2,000 and transportation to act as artist-in-residence during production week

Ohio Book Awards Deadline: Dec. 31, 2009

Ohioana Library Association
Ohioana Annual Book Award

Submission Period: Deadline: 12/31/09

Eligible Entry: published books by Ohio authors or editors by a recognized publisher

Open to: writers born in Ohio or lived in Ohio for at least 5 years are strongly preferred; books about Ohio by non-native writers may be considered

Entry Fee:

Prize:

Screenwriting Contest Final Deadline: April 30, 2010

Flat Shoe Entertainment & Hollywood Scriptwriter Magazine
American Screenwriting Competition

Submission Period: Final Deadline: 04/30/2010

Eligible Entry: complete screenplay 70 - 150 pages

Open to: No restrictions indicated.

Entry Fee: $40 (by 11/15/2009) early
$50 (by 01/15/2010) regular
$60 (by 03/15/2010) late
$65 (by 04/30/2010) final

Prize: 1st Prize: $7,000 cash, $4,000 option towards purchase, screenwriting software
2nd Prize: $2,000 cash and screenwriting software
3rd Prize: $1,000 cash and writing software
4th Prize: $400 cash and writing software
5th Prize: $200 cash and writing software

Fiction Contest Deadline: Oct. 31, 2009

OnceWritten.com
Fall Fiction Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 10/31/09

Eligible Entry: short story unpublished (including online), 5,000 words or less

Open to: No restrictions indicated except winners must be able to receive winnings by American bank check or PayPal

Entry Fee: $20; $15 for Daily Sparks subscribers

Prize: $1,000 plus publication
$100 plus publication

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Short Story Contest Deadline: Nov. 16, 2009

24th Annual Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Festival
Fiction Writing Contest

Submission Period: Deadline: 11/16/09

Eligible Entry: short story up to 7,000 words

Open to: writers who have not published a book of fiction

Entry Fee: $25

Prize: $1,500, publication in New Orleans Review, domestic airfare and accommodations to attend the 2010 festival in New Orleans, VIP pass and
public reading at the 2010 Festival