Before you choose a competition to enter, you may want to read the blog post immediately before this one.
Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth
Categories: Poetry junior (grades 7-9) and senior (grades
10-12).
Fee: Free
Prizes: First: $350 Second Place: $300 Third Place: $250
All winning poems will be published in the LCP’s e-zine, Re:verse at www.youngpoets.ca. All winners
will receive Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Contest for Canadian Youth certificates and student membership in the LCP for one year.
Deadline: January 15, 2013.
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
Fee: Free
Prize: First prize: a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers’
Workshop (value $US2,275).
All winners will be published in The Kenyon Review.
Details: open to American and Canadian young writers in sophomore (grade 10) and junior (grade 11) years in high school.
Deadline: November 30, 2012
The Writing Conference, Inc Contest
Topic: Courage
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Fee: Free
Prize: First-place winners in each category receive a plaque; second- and third-place winners receive certificates. In addition, these winners may choose to have their writing published in The Writers' Slate.
Details: Writing submitted must be relevant to the topic selected for each
category. Open to international and American young writers.
Deadline: January 8, 2013
Fire Escape Writing Contests
Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Fee: Free
Prize: Winning poems and stories will be published on the Fire Escape. Winner in
each category: $50
Details: Submit an original, unpublished poem or piece of prose (fiction or
non-fiction) that reflects some of the joys and struggles of growing up between two cultures in America. You must be an immigrant or internationally adopted teen (or a teen with one immigrant parent) currently living in the United States or Canada.
Deadline: June 1, 2013
Figment Contests
Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Fee: Free
Prize: Varies
Details: Figment is a community where you can share your writing, connect with other readers, and discover new stories and authors.
Deadline: Ongoing