Call For Entries Now Open For New York’s Newest Arts Festival reported by FreelanceWriting.com Willifest Inc. today announced the launch of “WILLiFEST™,” a Brooklyn-based arts festival established to provide a creative platform for today’s emerging artists, and issued a Call For Entries to producers of films, screenplays and music ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Arts
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Children's Poetry Competition deadline approaching reported by FreelanceWriting.com The entry deadline
for Kids Express, an international poetry competition for school aged children ages 8-12 and 13-17, is fast approaching on 15 April 2010. All short listed entrants will be given the opportunity to perform their poem on stage this summer at Kids Express ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-March-2010
2010 IABC/Chicago Bronze Quill Awards Competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Bronze Quill
Awards recognize communications professionals for their excellence in developing and executing business communication programs. Winning entries feature clear objectives supporting the organization's goals, creative communication strategies and effective, measurable results ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-March-2010
Teaching Grants and Scholarships Available reported by FreelanceWriting.com Professor Sarah J.
McCarthey, President of the McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation (www.mccartheydressman.org), announced that the Foundation is now accepting applications for 2010/2011 academic year grants and scholarships. Deadline for applications is May 1, 2010 ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Education
Added: 15-March-2010
IABC Detroit Extends Awards Entry Deadline reported by FreelanceWriting.com The deadline for IABC Detroit's
Renaissance Awards program is extended to March 26, 2010. The Awards program recognizes best practices in strategic communication, skills from writing to design ... (more)
Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-March-2010
Kodak Accepting Submissions for Annual Film Student Scholarships reported by FreelanceWriting.com Kodak, in collaboration with the University Film & Video Foundation (UFVF), is accepting entries for the 2010 Kodak Scholarship Program. The deadline for submissions is June 14 ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Film
Added: 15-March-2010
Media Fellowship on Energy and the Environment Available at Vanderbilt University reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Vanderbilt University encourages active journalists to apply to attend its 2010 media fellowship "Securing Our Future: Energy Solutions and the Environment," May 19-21, 2010 in Nashville, Tenn. ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 15-March-2010
The Monkey Bible Project’s Teaching Evolution Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Monkey
Bible Project is sponsoring a Teaching Evolution Contest to promote imaginative and scientifically rigorous teaching of evolution that is specifically designed for a religious audience. Three $500 cash prizes will be awarded along with a total of 30 runner-up prizes ... (more) Added: 15-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 08-March-2010
Heritage magazine launches a new historic travel writing competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com Have you enjoyed an unforgettable historic holiday in Britain that you’re itching to share? Do you want to tell the world about an amazing heritage site that you have found? Have you always wanted to try your hand at writing a feature for a travel magazine? Then here’s your chance!
... (more) Added: 08-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 08-March-2010
Call for Entries Announced for Ohio Interactive Awards reported by FreelanceWriting.com Organizers of the Ohio Interactive Awards are calling for entries to find Ohio's top digital and interactive talents. Entries must be submitted by 5 p.m., Monday, March 22. ... (more) Added: 08-March-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 08-March-2010
International Development Journalism Competition 2010 launched reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Guardian and Marie Stopes International today announced the launch of the third annual International Development Journalism Competition ... (more)
Added: 08-March-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 08-March-2010
WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship Accepting Applications for 2010 reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is now accepting applications for its annual Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship program, which will be held from September 12-18, 2010 ... (more) Added: 08-March-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-March-2010
Scholarships Available for SABEW Annual Conference reported by FreelanceWriting.com Scholarships for 10
professionals will be available at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers annual conference March 19-21 at the Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix. The awards range from $299 to $1,000 ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
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Call for Entries for 10th Annual Excellence in Interactive Marketing Awards reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The DFW Interactive Marketing Association (DFWIMA), one of the largest interactive marketing groups in the nation, is now accepting entries for its 10th annual interactive marketing awards ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Marketing
Added: 01-March-2010
Cash Prizes Awarded in Carl Marks Student Paper Competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com Turnaround Management Association, the premier association for corporate renewal and turnaround management professionals, is accepting entries for the Carl Marks Student Paper Competition until June 1 at 5 p.m. CST ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-March-2010
Pitch Your Script via Facebook to Industry Insiders for Free reported by FreelanceWriting.com Get
discovered! It’s as easy as logging onto your Facebook account! VPYPE’s Screenplay Pitch Contest: Pitch Your Script via Facebook to Industry Insiders for Free ... (more)
Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Screenwriting
Added: 01-March-2010
Fulbright-Creative Pacific writer’s residency award opens reported by FreelanceWriting.com Fulbright New
Zealand and Creative New Zealand invite applications for the 2010 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, an award which offers a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage the opportunity to work for three months …Fulbright-Creative Pacific Writer’s Residency ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-March-2010
HubPages Announces Health-Themed Writing Contest for March reported by FreelanceWriting.com Starting on March
1st, participants, both HubPages veterans and those new to the site, will write topical articles (called 'Hubs'), presenting useful information in the realm of health and wellness ... (more)
Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
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Deadline Extended for Excellence in Journalism Award reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
Genetics Society of America (GSA) is extending the deadline for submissions for its Excellence in Research Journalism Award from March 1, 2010 to March 8, 2010. The GSA encourages journalists or their media organizations to take advantage of this extended deadline ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-March-2010
Book of My Life Contest Seeks Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com A national competition to find a
member of the public whose life experiences are worthy of being turned into a book has been launched today. Book of My Life aims to find an individual whose story would not normally be the subject of a biography and preserve their memories in a specially-written book ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-March-2010
Publishing Company Announces $1000 Cash Prize for the 'Best New Christian Manuscript' Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Deep River Books (www.deepriverbooks.com), a full-service Christian partner publishing company, is looking for the next best-selling Christian book to publish from a new author. The contest ends March 31, 2010 ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-March-2010
The Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer's Residency Prize reported by FreelanceWriting.com Each
spring, Lake Forest College, in conjunction with the &NOW Festival, sponsors emerging writers under forty years old—with no major book publication—to spend two months in residence at our campus in Chicago's northern suburbs on the shore of Lake Michigan ... (more) Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-March-2010
Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships reported by FreelanceWriting.com Five Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships in
the amount of $15,000 will be awarded to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry ... (more)
Added: 01-March-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 22-February-2010
N.C. Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan (PTSL) Program reported by FreelanceWriting.com The N.C.
Prospective Teacher Scholarship Loan (PTSL) is a competitive, merit-based scholarship-loan program available to high school seniors and current undergraduate students who have chosen to enter the teaching profession ... (more) Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Academic
Added: 22-February-2010
New Scholarship Unveiled For Community College Graduates reported by FreelanceWriting.com Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis will offer a new scholarship worth up to $3,000 to Indiana community college graduates who earn an associate degree ... (more)
Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Academic
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Gordon Brown Backs Brit Writers' Awards reported by FreelanceWriting.com The awards are open to all
unpublished writers regardless of age or ability. There are poetry and song categories as well as stories. A prize of £10,000 is on offer for the overall winner – the largest prize ever offered to an unpublished writer in Britain ... (more) Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 22-February-2010
"New Cosmetic Surgery" Journalism Prize reported by FreelanceWriting.com The "New Cosmetic
Surgery" Journalism Prize will be awarded by the Clinic DDr. Heinrich for outstanding reporting on New Cosmetic Surgery technique ... (more)
Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 22-February-2010
The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) Awards reported by FreelanceWriting.com All applications must
be post-marked no later than FEBRUARY 28, 2010. The CAJ Awards recognize the best in Canadian investigative journalism in the following media ... (more)
Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 22-February-2010
Publishing Company Announces $1000 Cash Prize for the 'Best New Christian Manuscript' Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com As a grand prize, the company will award $1000 cash to the best non-fiction or fiction manuscript submitted by an unpublished author. Deep River Books is also offering a $500 award for second and third place manuscripts ... (more) Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 22-February-2010
The Patricia Dobler Poetry Award Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com This contest is
open to any woman writer over the age of 40 living in the United States who has not published a full-length book of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction (chapbooks excluded) ... (more)
Added: 22-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-February-2010
2010 Tortoise And Finch Screenplay And Short Play Competitions Now Underway reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Tortoise and Finch Productions, a Boston-based film and theater production company, is now accepting submissions for its 2010 Screenplay and Short Play Competitions. The theme of the 2010 Screenplay Competition is "love." ... (more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 18-February-2010
Call for Entries: The Smalls Street Sounds Filmmaking Competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com Filmmakers, musicians and all artists are invited to make original short films inspired by one of the competition’s four themes and using sounds they discover inside the event’s interactive Sound Map ... (more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 18-February-2010
IABC Detroit Invites Top Communications Work in Awards Program reported by FreelanceWriting.com IABC Detroit
invites communications professionals to submit their best work in its 2010 Renaissance Awards program. Industry peers will recognize best practices in strategic communication, skills from writing to design, and electronic communication including new categories for Social Networking and Media ...
(more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Accomplice Press, Llc Announces A Writing Contest To Launch Their New Plus-Size Romance Book Line reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Accomplice Press, the boutique-style independent publisher, is launching a romance book line called Curvalicious. To kick off this new endeavor the company is hosting a writing competition beginning on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2010 and ending at midnight on
May 14, 2010 ... (more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-February-2010
New Young Adult Fiction Award reported by FreelanceWriting.com LIANZA, the Library and
Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, has introduced a new category to the LIANZA Children’s Book Awards to recognise Young Adult’s literature separately from Junior Fiction ... (more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Illustration Competition Open To Highschool And College Students reported by FreelanceWriting.com Tate Publishing and Enterprises announces the 2nd annual Illustration Competition for aspiring illustrators who are currently in Highschool or College. The winners will be selected by distinguished art directors ... (more) Added: 18-February-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 10-February-2010
Poetry for Motion: Dancing Poetry Contest and Festival reported by FreelanceWriting.com Poets are invited
to join the international search for 51 award-winning poems: with poetry as motivation for movement; poetry for excellence in communication and understanding; and poetry as expressive artistry. This is the aim of the 17th annual Dancing Poetry Contest and Festival, 2010 ... (more) Added: 10-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 10-February-2010
THE CANADIAN JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS 2010-2011 reported by FreelanceWriting.com Massey College and
University of Toronto are now accepting applications for Canadian Journalism Fellowships for the academic year starting September 2010 and ending April 30, 2011. The deadline for applying is March 1 ... (more) Added: 10-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 10-February-2010
Excellence in Research Journalism Award Launched reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Genetics
Society of America (GSA) is pleased to launch an awards program to honor journalists for exceptional coverage of genetics research ... (more)
Added: 10-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 10-February-2010
Call for Entries: Construction Writers Association 2010 Journalism & Photography Awards reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Recognition for hard work, commitment, and dedication can prove invaluable to a journalist. Entries are being accepted for the Construction Writers Association’s (CWA) annual Journalism and Photography Awards programs ... (more) Added: 10-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 10-February-2010
LIBRARY FOUNDATION OPENS NOMINATIONS FOR 2010 EUGENE & MARILYN GLICK INDIANA AUTHORS AWARD reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Award is a program of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Foundation and recognizes the contributions of Indiana authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation; it is funded through the generosity of The Glick Fund, a fund of
Central Indiana Community Foundation ... (more) Added: 10-February-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 01-February-2010
2010 Summit Creative Award Deadline Extension reported by FreelanceWriting.com The SCA
competition, in its 16th year, recognizes and celebrates outstanding creative achievement. The award is open exclusively to marketing and advertising firms and professionals with annual billings below $30 million ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 01-February-2010
Deadline for 2010 Golden Quill Awards Quickly Approaching reported by FreelanceWriting.com Only one week
remains to enter The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania's 46th Golden Quill Awards, the annual competition that recognizes professional excellence in written, photographic, broadcast and online journalism in Western Pennsylvania ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-February-2010
Accepting Applications for the 2010 Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship at New York University reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Fellowship provides promising journalists from Asia with the opportunity to participate in the three-semester masters program in the Business & Economic Reporting program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-February-2010
USC Annenberg Announces Sixth NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that applications are now being accepted for the sixth annual Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-February-2010
Journalism Awards for Excellence in Women's Health Reporting reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), in collaboration with the Canadian Foundation for Women's Health (CFWH), is calling for submissions for the 2010 SOGC/CFWH Journalism Awards for Excellence in Women's Health Reporting ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-February-2010
American Pain Society Accepting Applications for Foley Journalist Award reported by
FreelanceWriting.com As the leading professional society devoted exclusively to pain, pain management and pain research, the American Pain Society sponsors the Kathleen M. Foley Journalist Award to recognize excellence in reporting pain-related topics ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 01-February-2010
Call for Entries: AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2010 reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
Association of Online Publishers’ (AOP) Digital Publishing Awards, now in its ninth year, opens its call for entries from 26th January 2010. Our Awards specifically showcase publishers who continually push the boundaries of innovation and commercial success ... (more) Added: 01-February-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 25-January-2010
New York Festivals 2010 Radio Programming & Promotion Awards Call for Entries reported by
FreelanceWriting.com New York Festivals Radio Programming & Promotion Awards announced its Call for Entries Monday, January 18th. Established in 1982, the competition honors the most innovative work in radio broadcasting, with entries from radio stations, networks and independent
producers from around the globe ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 25-January-2010
Answers.com Calls for Submissions for its 2nd Annual Scholarship Fund reported by FreelanceWriting.com Answers Corporation will make available a $20,000 Answers.com Scholarship Fund for students planning to enroll in undergraduate college studies during the 2010-2011 academic year ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Academic
Added: 25-January-2010
Society of American Business Editors (SABEW) Accepting Entries for Best in Business Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The contest, which is now entirely online, is the largest competition for business journalists. More than 175 judges will review the entries, with winners to be honored at the Best in Business awards dinner to be held March 20 ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 25-January-2010
Ikal1150 Wine Holds Poetry Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The boutique Argentinean vineyard
that produces Ikal1150 wines www.1150wine.com is tempting wine drinkers to set down their wine glasses and pick up their pens to write a poem about their passion for wine and the ways it adds to their lives ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 25-January-2010
Call for Entries: 2010 RNA Awards for Religion Reporting Excellence reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Religion Newswriters Association invites journalists to enter its 2010 contests recognizing religion reporting excellence in the news media. Nearly $6,500 in prizes and citations is awarded in eight contest categories ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 25-January-2010
European Parliament Prize for Journalism 2010: applications open reported by FreelanceWriting.com In 2010 the European Parliament will award its Prize for Journalism for the third time. It will be awarded to journalists who have covered major European issues or promoted a better understanding of the EU institutions and/or EU policies ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 25-January-2010
2010 Christian Writing Contest Promotes Evangelizing through Story reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Athanatos Christian Ministry's 2010 Christian writing contest is taking applications through February 15th. This is the second of their annual contest and with the addition of a poetry category is set to disburse more than $2,000 in awards ... (more) Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 25-January-2010
Call for 2010 Michael King Fellowship Applications reported by FreelanceWriting.com Creative New
Zealand is calling for applications from established New Zealand writers for the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship, valued at $100,000 ... (more)
Added: 25-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
City of Ottawa 55+ Short Story Contest now underway reported by FreelanceWriting.com The City of
Ottawa’s 13th annual 55 + Short Story Contest invites submissions of original, unpublished short stories or memoirs of 2000 words or less by Ottawa residents 55 years or older ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
Last Call for Entries for Adler, ComEd 'Shoot for the Moon' Essay Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The countdown is underway for the 4th annual Shoot for the Moon contest, sponsored by ComEd and the Adler Planetarium. The contest asks students and teachers to write compelling essays about overcoming an obstacle in their lives ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
Black Journalists Announce Annual Awards Call for Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Journalists spanning race, ethnicities and platforms compete for awards of excellence in coverage of African and African American themes. The contest is open to all journalists and entries will be judged on content, creativity, innovation ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 18-January-2010
Tips for Winning Writing Contests reported by FreelanceWriting.com To help writers get a step
up when entering any writing contest, the long-established Writers-Editors Network has posted 10 Tips for Winning Writing Contests ... (more)
Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
Excellence in Journalism Award Accepting Applicants reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) invites news organizations from across the country to apply for its annual Excellence in Journalism Award. The deadline for submissions is March 5, 2010 ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 18-January-2010
$160,000 In Prize Money for Doorpost Film Project reported by FreelanceWriting.com Due to
overwhelming response to their Film Competition, the Doorpost Film Project HAS EXTENDED THE DEADLINE for the 2010 Film Competition. The deadline to enter is now February 8, 2010. ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 18-January-2010
The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency for 2011 and 2012 reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency is a unique opportunity for a writer or pair of writers seeking a lengthy spell of unparalleled solitude for work and personal refreshment ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
James Jones Fellowship Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The 18th Annual James Jones First
Novel Fellowship will be awarded to an American author of a first novel-in-progress, in 2010, by the James Jones Literary Society. Novellas and collections of closely linked short stories may also be considered for the competition ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fiction and Poetry Fellowships reported by
FreelanceWriting.com For over twenty years, the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing has welcomed poets and fiction writers to Madison, where they spend an academic year working on a first creative book and teaching one creative writing class each semester. The Institute now
sponsors up to six fiction and poetry fellows every year ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 18-January-2010
2010 SLS Unified Literary Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com Summer Literary Seminars is
announcing its annual unified (Montreal, Lithuania and Kenya) literary contest, held this year in affiliation with Fence Magazine. Contest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence ... (more) Added: 18-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 11-January-2010
Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism reported by FreelanceWriting.com UCLA Anderson School of Management and the G. and R. Loeb Foundation invite business, financial and economic journalists from print, online and broadcast media to submit entries and nominations for the 2010 Gerald Loeb Awards for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 11-January-2010
The Florida Literacy Coalition Announces Photo Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Florida
Literacy Coalition wants you to capture the love of reading through photography. Join in FLC’s first annual photo contest, capturing how words and literacy are experienced in our everyday lives through photography ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 11-January-2010
AWP Award Series Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The competition is open to all
authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence. The Donald Hall Prize for Poetry is an award of $4,000 and publication for the best book-length manuscript of poetry ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 11-January-2010
SABEW's Best in Business Contest Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The completely
paperless contest -- a first for SABEW, although a percentage of entries were received online in recent years -- will honor the best of business journalism published, broadcast or posted in 2009 ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 11-January-2010
Contest for Songwriters Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Sandra James Music
Foundation is pleased to announce the Sandra James Songwriting Contest 2010, now in its 3rd consecutive year! Grand Prize is a $1000 award. This contest provides an opportunity to promote the music and message of Sandra James ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 11-January-2010
Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing reported by FreelanceWriting.com Named for the Pulitzer
Prize-winning Bucknell graduate and initiated in the fall of 1993, the Philip Roth Residence in Creative Writing offers an emerging writer four months of unfettered writing time during Bucknell's fall semester ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 11-January-2010
Stadler Fellowship Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Initiated in 2007 and modeled on
the Stadler Fellowship, the Emerging Writer Fellowship program offers poets who have recently completed their graduate work the chance to contribute to a thriving poetry center while providing time for the completion of a first book of poems ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 11-January-2010
John Woods Scholarships Available reported by FreelanceWriting.com John Woods was one of the
finest poets of his generation and one of the most underrated. For many years a professor at Western Michigan University, John Woods was the author of numerous critically acclaimed volumes of verse. These scholarships in his name are meant to honor him as an artist and teacher ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 11-January-2010
Photo Contest to Award Winner a Travel Guide Cover reported by FreelanceWriting.com Frommer's is
awarding the winner of its first Cover Photo Contest the photo credit of a lifetime—placement of the winning photo on the cover of a forthcoming travel guide—and $5,000 ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 11-January-2010
AJAs Deadline Approaching reported by FreelanceWriting.com Atlantic Canadian journalists are reminded to
submit their print, radio, television and online stories and images to the 29th Atlantic Journalism Awards ... (more) Added: 11-January-2010 ~
Category: Journalism
Added: 04-January-2010
Media for Liberty Award 2010 Extends Call for Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Liberty Media
Corporation has extended the deadline to submit published works for the "Media for Liberty Award" from January 7, 2010 to January 14, 2010. This award is open to entrants worldwide whose creative and original works explore the relationship between economic and political liberty ... (more) Added: 04-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 04-January-2010
The Brown University IWP Fellowship reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Brown International Writers
Project is currently seeking nominations and applications for its one-year fellowship with residency. The Fellowship, supported by a grant from the William H. Donner Foundation, is designed to provide sanctuary and support for established creative writers ... (more) Added: 04-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 04-January-2010
The Art Institutes/ Americans For The Arts Poster Design Competition reported by
FreelanceWriting.com For high school seniors interested in pursuing a creative education, The Art Institute of New York City is sponsoring the Poster Design Competition, a program which awards up to a full-tuition scholarship to study at a participating Art Institutes school ... (more) Added: 04-January-2010 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 04-January-2010
Library of Virginia Literary Awards Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Books
eligible for the Library of Virginia Literary Awards must have been written by a Virginia author or, for nonfiction books, have a Virginia-related theme. The deadline for entries is February 5, 2010 ... (more) Added: 04-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 04-January-2010
2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Stanford
University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation jointly award the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing, a competition for newly-published books. A prize of $5,000 will be awarded ... (more) Added: 04-January-2010 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 28-December-2009
The Atlantic Journalism Awards Adds New Categories reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
Atlantic Journalism Awards has added three magazine categories to its lineup for 2009 journalism awards. The three awards are for Best Magazine Article; Best Magazine Profile Article and Best Magazine Cover ... (more) Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-December-2009
Entries for 33rd Annual National Marketing Communications Awards Program reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Society for Marketing Professional Services is accepting entries for its National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA) program -- the longest-standing, most prestigious awards competition recognizing excellence in marketing communications ... (more) Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-December-2009
2010 Kyoto Prize Symposium Journalism Fellowship reported by FreelanceWriting.com Point Loma Nazarene
University is now accepting applications for its Kyoto Prize Symposium Journalism Fellowship, a unique learning experience taking place in San Diego, Calif., April 19-23, 2010 ... (more)
Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-December-2009
AGU Journalism Award Entries Due 8 January 2010 reported by FreelanceWriting.com Submit nominations
for the American Geophysical Union's 2010 journalism awards by Friday, 8 January 2010. Award entries must be received at AGU headquarters in Washington, D.C. by that date ... (more)
Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
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Individual Artist Fellowships Available reported by FreelanceWriting.com Individual Artist
Fellowships are available from the Tennessee Arts Commission. The award provides fellowships to outstanding artists who live and work in Tennessee ... (more)
Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 28-December-2009
The 2010 Artist Fellowships reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Artist Fellowships provide
direct, unrestricted support to artists in recognition of exceptional original work, to foster the creation of new art in Massachusetts Applications are now being accepted in: Choreography, Fiction/Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. ... (more) Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 28-December-2009
BRIO Seeking Applicants reported by FreelanceWriting.com BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) continues to provide
support for artistic development of individuals creating works of literary, media, performing, and visual arts in the Bronx. A minimum of 25 BRIO grants of $3,000 each will be awarded ... (more) Added: 28-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 21-December-2009
SMPS Announces Call for Entries for 33rd Annual National Marketing Communications Awards Program reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Society for Marketing Professional Services is accepting entries for its National Marketing Communications Awards (MCA) program — the longest-standing, most prestigious awards competition recognizing excellence in marketing
communications ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 21-December-2009
"Celebrate America" Deadline Extended reported by FreelanceWriting.com Any fifth grader enrolled in
either a public or a private school (home-schooled students are included in the private school category, and are strongly encouraged to enter) is invited to share his or her creative writing and research skills by writing a poem, essay, or short story ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 21-December-2009
Competition Launched For The Best Business Continuity Writing reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Continuity Central and the Business Continuity Journal are inviting entries for a new competition which seeks to discover the best new business continuity articles and papers. A $800 prize is offered for the winner ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 21-December-2009
Call for Entries Issued for NAREE's 60th Journalism Competition and Real Estate Book Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) has issued a Call for Entries for its two prestigious writing competitions - NAREE's 60th Annual Journalism Competition and the 3rd Annual Bruss Real Estate Book Awards ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 21-December-2009
Deadline Nears for Investigative Journalism Awards Entries reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The deadline for entries into the 2010 Daniel Pearl Awards competition is 15 January 2010. The awards honour the world's best cross-border investigative journalism and are given by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 21-December-2009
Amazon.com and Penguin Group Ready Novel Competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com Amazon.com
and Penguin Group announced the third annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, the international competition seeking the next popular novel. For the first time, the competition will award two grand prizes: one for general fiction and one for best young adult novel ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 21-December-2009
NZSA Pindar Publishing Prize Seeks Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com This competition
offers budding New Zealand authors the opportunity to be professionally edited, produced, marketed and distributed throughout New Zealand. The total package is worth around $35,000 to a talented new author ... (more) Added: 21-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 14-December-2009
Nominations Open for Second Annual Izzy Award for Independent Media reported by FreelanceWriting.com This
year’s Izzy Award will be given for work published, broadcast or posted in 2009 by an independent media outlet, journalist or producer. The award may relate to a single piece or a body of work ... (more) Added: 14-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 14-December-2009
Sonic Foundry Seeking Nominations for Sixth Annual Rich Media Impact Awards reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Sonic Foundry, Inc. is seeking nominations for the sixth annual Rich Media Impact Awards, an annual honor to recognize excellence in the practical and creative integration of Mediasite in business ... (more) Added: 14-December-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 07-December-2009
University Canada West Launches Video Scholarship Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com UCAN
is giving high school students a chance to earn $5,000 towards their education by creating a video response to the university’s latest YouTube video. The video scholarship is just one of more than 500 awards available to 2010 graduates ... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 07-December-2009
Second Annual Federated Search Blog Contest Offers Bigger Cash Prizes reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The 2010 contest challenges participants to creatively describe the most impressive federated search application they've ever seen or imagined. Submissions can be in the form of poetry (any style), essay, video, web-site mockup or other creative expression ... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 07-December-2009
CALL FOR ENTRIES - Canadian Dermatology Association's 2010 Public Education Awards reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Canadian Dermatology Association's Media and Public Education Award publicly acknowledges the role played by the media and not-for-profit organizations in furthering the understanding of dermatologic issues ... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 07-December-2009
Essay Writers Sought for LegiSchool Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The LegiSchool Project
invites 11th- and 12th-graders from around the state to compete in its annual essay contest. This year's topic is "The Future of Education in California." ... (more)
Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 07-December-2009
PEN New England Awards reported by FreelanceWriting.com Each year, PEN New England presents two
awards to writers whose work has made an outstanding contribution to fiction, non-fiction or poetry in the previous year. The Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award includes an $8,000 cash prize ... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 07-December-2009
Call for ADDY Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com AAF-Coastal Carolinas (AAF-CC) announces its Call for
ADDY® Entries for all interested advertising or marketing professionals. The local ADDY® Awards Competition recognizes and showcases the area’s best advertising creative talent... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 07-December-2009
California Book Awards Accepting Submissions reported by FreelanceWriting.com Since 1931, the California Book
Awards have honored the exceptional literary merit of California writers and publishers ... (more) Added: 07-December-2009 ~ Category:
Writing
Added: 30-November-2009
The Atlantic Journalism Awards Call For Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Atlantic
Journalism Awards is inviting journalists from across the region to enter their best stories and images in the 2009 AJAs competition. The postmarked deadline for entries will be Friday, January 28, 2010 ... (more) Added: 30-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 30-November-2009
Call for Entries: Public Asked to Submit Videos to 2010 Neuro Film Festival reported by
FreelanceWriting.com People who have compelling stories to share regarding how they or a loved one has been affected by a brain disorder are invited to submit a short video to the 2010 Neuro Film Festival, an event by the American Academy of Neurology Foundation ... (more) Added: 30-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 30-November-2009
Deadline Approaching For Olive Garden's Essay Writing Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
deadline is quickly approaching for Olive Garden's 14th-annual Pasta Tales essay writing contest, which asks students to "Describe a teacher who has inspired you in school and how they have impacted your life." ... (more) Added: 30-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 30-November-2009
New $5,000 Christian Literary Award Established reported by FreelanceWriting.com A new
literary prize for Canadian Christian writers will be the largest of its kind. The $5,000 award, established to honour the late author Grace Irwin, will celebrate the best book ... (more) Added: 30-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 23-November-2009
Museum's Annual Student Essay Contest for Undergraduate and Graduate Students reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The N.C. Museum of History is accepting entries for the 2010 Fourth Annual Student Essay Contest for undergraduate and graduate students. A prize of $200 will be awarded ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 23-November-2009
Writing and Art Contest for Children Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Smart Poodle Publishing
released its final announcement today inviting children from 5K through 5th Grade to submit original stories and artwork to the "I Love Costa Rica's Rain Forest!" contest ... (more)
Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 23-November-2009
Accepting Nominations for Lifetime Achievement Silver Medal Award reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Nominations for the 2010 Silver Medal Award of the American Advertising Federation-Coastal Carolinas (AAF-CC) are currently being accepted. Deadline for submission is December 20, 2009 ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 23-November-2009
Call for Entries in min's Best of the Web Awards reported by FreelanceWriting.com min has issued its call
for entries in the annual Best of the Web Awards program, the industry's most-coveted awards competition in the digital space, recognizing outstanding Web sites, digital initiatives and magazine excellence online ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 23-November-2009
Deadline for 2010 International Dan David Prize Nominations reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Dan
David Prize, which annually awards three prizes of US$1 million each for outstanding achievement, will close its nomination proceedings on November 30, 2009 ... (more)
Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 23-November-2009
Women on Their Way Announces Travel Writing Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Local
Nation contest by Wyndham Worldwide invites participants to enter their essays of 350 words or less, plus a photo or video on why they should be selected. All winners will be announced by February 15, 2010 and posted on the Women on Their Way website ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 23-November-2009
Wallace Stegner Fellowship Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Stanford offers
ten two-year fellowships each year, five in fiction and five in poetry. All the fellows in each genre convene weekly in a 3-hour workshop with faculty. Fellows are regarded as working artists, intent upon practicing and perfecting their craft ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 23-November-2009
Pushcart Prize Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Little magazine and small book press
editors (print or online) may make up to six nominations from their year’s publications by our December 1, (postmark) deadline. The nominations may be any combination of poetry, short fiction, essays or literary ... (more) Added: 23-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-November-2009
SPJ's annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards in Journalism reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Society of
Professional Journalists today opened entry to their Sigma Delta Chi Awards, the contest that recognizes the best in journalism. The awards program dates back to 1932 when the Society first honored six individuals for their contributions to journalism ... (more) Added: 15-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 15-November-2009
New Contest for Wannabe Travel Writers reported by FreelanceWriting.com Write your way around
Tokyo, all-expenses paid, and get published to boot. The travel writing scholarship 2010 from WorldNomads.com offers chance to explore and cover Tokyo for Rough Guides ... (more) Added: 15-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-November-2009
American History Essay Contest for Minority and Disadvantaged Student reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Mary and Patty Bowden Foundation is sponsoring a Essay Contest for Minority and Disadvantaged Students. The first place winner will receive a scholarship for $1000.00 to the College of their Choice ... (more) Added: 15-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 15-November-2009
Internet Advertising Competition Awards is Now Looking For The Best Online Advertising reported by
FreelanceWriting.com For the 8th year in a row, the Web Marketing Association will name the best online advertising of 2010. Banner ads, email ads, online video, mobile apps, online newsletters and websites can be entered in 86 industry categories ... (more) Added: 15-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 09-November-2009
Call for Entries: Public Asked to Submit Videos to 2010 Neuro Film Festival reported by
FreelanceWriting.com People who have compelling stories to share regarding how they or a loved one has been affected by a brain disorder are invited to submit a short video to the 2010 Neuro Film Festival, an event by the American Academy of Neurology Foundation to help raise
awareness about brain disorders ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 09-November-2009
Deadline approaching for the 6th Annual Johnson & Johnson Beauty Journalism Awards reported by
FreelanceWriting.com There’s just a week left until the final entry deadline for the 6th Annual Johnson & Johnson Beauty Journalism Awards. The Awards celebrate the work UK beauty journalists do to educate, inform and advise their readers through coherent, well-researched and
intelligent articles ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 09-November-2009
USA Boat Writing Contest opens for entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Boating Writers
International is accepting entries to its 17th Annual Writing Contest that recognizes excellence in boating, fishing and travel journalism. There are 17 categories that each will award $500 for first place, $300 for second and $200 for third place winners ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 09-November-2009
A Call for Entries: The 2009 Daniel P. Lenehan Trophy for Overall Media Excellence reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The United States Equestrian Federation is now accepting applications from the media and at large for the Daniel P. Lenehan Trophy for Overall Media Excellence. The coveted honor will be presented during the 2010 USEF Annual Meeting at the Media Awards Luncheon on
Saturday, January 16 ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 09-November-2009
Scamraiders Announces New Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com Scamraiders is looking for new
writers with fresh voices to help expose scams and corruption. Authors whose works are chosen to be features on Scamraiders will also be entered into a drawing for $200 ... (more)
Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 09-November-2009
PBS KIDS GO! Launches Its First Writers Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Contest
encourages children in grades K-3 in communities across the country, to celebrate the power of creating stories and illustrations by submitting their own original pieces ... (more)
Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 09-November-2009
Call for Applications: The Amgen Award for Science Teaching reported by FreelanceWriting.com This award is
designed to recognize and honor extraordinary science teachers at the K-12 level who significantly impact their students through exemplary science teaching and who achieve demonstrated results in student learning in communities where Amgen operates ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Academic
Added: 09-November-2009
The Inaugural 2009 Virginia Prize for Fiction reported by FreelanceWriting.com The new
literary award is being set up by Twickenham publishing company, Aurora Metro Press, now in its twentieth year, and aims to encourage and promote new writing by women ... (more)
Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 09-November-2009
Hugh Haugland Award Launched reported by FreelanceWriting.com RTNDA Canada launched its annual award
for news videography will now be known as the Hugh Haugland Award in memory of the veteran CTV cameraman who died earlier this year. Haugland was killed in August when the helicopter he was in crashed while he was videotaping the aftermath of a tornado ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 09-November-2009
Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award Seeking Applications reported by FreelanceWriting.com Applications
for the Tom Hanson Photojournalism Award are now being accepted online. They will be accepted from any Canadian photojournalist who has been in the business less than five years - from students to freelancers to photographers working at regional publications ... (more) Added: 09-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 02-November-2009
ICIMOD competition for journalists on climate change in the Himalayas reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) is organising a competition for journalists with a thematic focus on climate change in the Himalayas. The aim is to capture published media reports and to encourage journalists to write on
mountain ... (more) Added: 02-November-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 02-November-2009
Contest for Filmmakers to Win Free Production Gear reported by FreelanceWriting.com Online
broadband network Zoom In Online is hosting a contest giving video editors a chance to win thousands of dollars in production gear ... (more)
Added: 02-November-2009 ~ Category: Screenwriting
Added: 02-November-2009
2009 AJAs Competition Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Atlantic
Journalism Awards is inviting journalists from across the region to enter their best stories and images in the 2009 AJAs competition. The postmarked deadline for entries will be Friday, January 28, 2010 ... (more) Added: 02-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 02-November-2009
Voices of Disability writing contest welcomes submissions by Dec. 1 reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The University of Iowa Council on Disability Awareness is sponsoring a writing contest, "Voices of Disability," to encourage creative writing that explores and illuminates topics around the word "disability" ... (more) Added: 02-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 02-November-2009
Writing Scholarship to 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Survivors of domestic violence—and the advocates and professionals who support them—can all apply for a full scholarship to the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference (February 12th-14th, 2010) where they will have their non-fiction writing ... (more) Added: 02-November-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 26-October-2009
ScriptPimp.com 2010 International Screenwriting Contest Open reported by FreelanceWriting.com Besides
competing for over $100,000 in cash and prizes collectively, each entrant will have their work read by a qualified judging panel composed of literary agents, development executives, managers, and producers ... (more) Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Screenwriting
Added: 26-October-2009
Taranaki Journalism Scholarship reported by FreelanceWriting.com A family relationship
with the Taranaki Daily News spanning more than 100 years has resulted in the establishment of a scholarship for aspiring journalists ... (more)
Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 26-October-2009
ASC Calls for TV Entries in Annual Awards Competition reported by FreelanceWriting.com The American
Society of Cinematographers (ASC) has issued a call for television entries in the annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards competition. Cinematographers can submit programs which have a U.S. premiere broadcast date of December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009 ... (more) Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Screenwriting
Added: 26-October-2009
McKnight/ARAC Individual Artist Support Grant reported by FreelanceWriting.com McKnight/ARAC
Individual Artist Support Grant support and assist regional artists from all cultural backgrounds at various stages in their careers. This program encourages artistic development by assisting artists to take advantage of an impending ... (more) Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 26-October-2009
The Yale Series of Younger Poets reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Yale Series of Younger
Poets champions the most promising new American poets. Awarded since 1919, the Yale Younger Poets prize is the oldest annual literary award in the United States ... (more)
Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 26-October-2009
The Sixth Annual Writing Contest for Study Abroad reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
contest is open to anyone writing in English who has not yet published a book of 45 pages or more in the genre of application, except faculty and administrators employed by the University of New Orleans ... (more) Added: 26-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 19-October-2009
Mason-Dixon Seeking Entries for Anthology reported by FreelanceWriting.com Every entry must
be a first hand account of personal experiences at the events surrounding Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20th, 2009. At least 10 winning entries will be gathered in an anthology entitled, I was there, Stories from Barack Obama's Inauguration. Winners will receive either
$100 or the grand prize of $500 ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 19-October-2009
National Magazine Awards Foundation Announces 7 new awards for Online Magazine content reported by
FreelanceWriting.com For the 2009 National Magazine Awards the NMAF will be recognizing excellence in Canadian web-based magazine content and online-only magazines. In addition to our awards for Visual, Written and Integrated print-magazine content, this year we are inaugurating
awards specifically for achievements in digital magazine media, with seven new Online Categories ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009
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Added: 19-October-2009
Children's Poetry Competition open for submissions reported by FreelanceWriting.com Kids
Express 2010 poetry competition for school aged children 8-12 and 13-17 is now open for submissions. Kids Express is part of Poets Express, a celebration of performance poetry, and for 2010 a special night is planned ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 19-October-2009
Contest Challenges Users to Tell "Scariest Freaking Story Ever" reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The contest asks users to tell their most frightening story, factual or fictional. Entries will be evaluated based on the number of votes they receive. The story that receives the most votes will win a brand-new Amazon Kindle. A randomly chosen runner-up will win
a $50 gift card to Amazon.com ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 19-October-2009
New Photojournalism Award Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Donner Canadian
Foundation is once again looking for the best books on Canadian public policy. Last year's shortlisted books certainly generated a great deal of discussion on a number of topical, provocative and controversial subjects ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 19-October-2009
Call For Submissions announced for $35,000 Donner Prize reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Donner Canadian
Foundation is once again looking for the best books on Canadian public policy. Last year's shortlisted books certainly generated a great deal of discussion on a number of topical, provocative and controversial subjects ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 19-October-2009
More Scholarship Opportunities for Canada's Broadcast Journalism Students reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The 660 News Diversity Scholarship is awarded to a student enrolled in any year of aqualified Broadcast Journalism program, who submits a story, feature or series, whichbest explores the issue of diversity ... (more) Added: 19-October-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 12-October-2009
The Sacramento Press Announces Citizen Journalist Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Participants of all skill levels, backgrounds and points of view can write about any local topic related to their community. The contest runs through Oct. 31, 2009. The first place winner will receive $500 ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 12-October-2009
New Purdue scholarship to help urban students from Indiana, Illinois reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Purdue will reward student leaders from urban areas in Indiana and Illinois with a new scholarship announced by the university. The Emerging Urban Leaders Scholarship program is made possible by a $6 million anonymous gift Purdue received in April 2009 ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Academic
Added: 12-October-2009
Media for Liberty Award Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The 2010 Media for
Liberty Award seeks to acknowledge and encourage media contributions that explore the relationship between economic and political liberty. The winner receives a $50,000 prize ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Media
Added: 12-October-2009
Playwrights Theatre Accepting Submissions for 27th Annual NJ Young Playwrights Contest reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Playwrights Theatre is currently accepting submissions for the 27th Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Contest. Plays are accepted in the following divisions: Elementary (grades 4-6), Junior High (grades 7-9), High School (grades 10-12), Rewrites (grades 10-12)
and Podstages (Grades 10-12) ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 12-October-2009
Travel Bloggers Compete for $1,000 Tripbase Prize reported by FreelanceWriting.com Tripbase, the online
market leader for personalized vacation ideas, has this week launched a competition testing the creativity of travel writers across the Net. Top prize is $1,000 ... (more)
Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 12-October-2009
Call for Submissions to the Schramm Science Journalism Award reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The High Energy Astrophysics Division of the American Astronomical Society (HEAD/AAS) is soliciting nominations and submissions for the 7th David N. Schramm Award. The award consists of a prize of $1,500 ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 12-October-2009
FSU Creative Writing Center Offers Spooky Story Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com The
Creative Writing Center of Frostburg State University is calling all writers, students and community members to submit their versions of goons and goblins, spiders and creepy crawlers to its Spooky stories contest ... (more) Added: 12-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 05-October-2009
The WHERE Challenge Contest Seeking Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com Students are
encouraged to use their imaginations in their response and create an educational story about non-renewable Earth resources found in an everyday item ... (more)
Added: 05-October-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Added: 05-October-2009
The application for NYFA's 2010 Artists' Fellowships is now open reported by
FreelanceWriting.com Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating artists living and working in the state of New York for unrestricted use ... (more) Added: 05-October-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 05-October-2009
Fellowships Offered for January Business Journalism Seminars in Phoenix reported by
FreelanceWriting.com The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering fellowships worth $2,000 for four days of study in business journalism Jan. 5-8 in Phoenix ... (more) Added: 05-October-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-September-2009
X-Life Games "Who Am I?" Poetry Contest reported by FreelanceWriting.com MetroStar Systems(TM), a
leader in full-service IT solutions and Social Media strategies, has announced a Poetry Contest dubbed, "Who Am I?" in support of their already popular and renowned X-Life Games project. The grand prize winner, chosen in late October, will receive an Apple iTouch and $1,000.00 ... (more) Added: 28-September-2009 ~ Category: Writing
Canadian Living journalism prize launched reported by FreelanceWriting.com If you're a
full-time journalism student, don't miss this excellent opportunity to get exposure and experience at the highest level of the Canadian magazine industry. The two grand prize winners will each be awarded $1,500 ... (more) Added: 28-September-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-September-2009
Peabody Awards Issues Call for Entries reported by FreelanceWriting.com The Peabody Awards, established in
1940 and administered by UGA's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, are the oldest honor in electronic media. The awards recognize distinguished achievement and meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals ... (more) Added: 28-September-2009 ~ Category: Creative Arts
Added: 28-September-2009
New Bruce Jesson emerging journalism prize reported by FreelanceWriting.com The new Bruce
Jesson Emerging Journalism Prize is being introduced this year specifically to reward “outstanding recent work by New Zealand print journalism students ... (more)
Added: 28-September-2009 ~ Category: Journalism
Added: 28-September-2009
Dominion Seeks Writing Contest Entries for 'Strong Men & Women' Series reported by
FreelanceWriting.com High school juniors and seniors are invited to participate in an essay-writing contest focused on the achievements of outstanding African-Americans as part of Dominion's 2009 "Strong Men & Women: Excellence in Leadership" series ... (more) Added: 28-September-2009 ~ Category: Writing
