Legitimate writing and literary contests, competitions, awards and prizes of all kinds. Contests do NOT have to have monetary awards, but that is what is most likely to be found in this category.
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- Write-Way Writers' Essay Contest Seeks short essays on the theme, "Cinema Hits and Movie Misses". This theme is open to a wide number of acceptable interpretations. Maximum length: 1,000 words. No entry fees. Cash prizes total: $225. Winning entries will be published in a "Film Index" book.
- Daniel Singer Prize Original essays, in any language, are invited on the theme: "What Is the Soul of Socialism?" Cash prize: $5,000. Deadline: August 31st. No entry fees.
- Conversely Antidote Essay Contest Annual contest for essays about female-male romantic relationships. Word limits: 750 (minimum), 2,000 (maximum). Cash prizes total $375. Entry fee: $7.50. Deadline: June 30.
- Ayn Rand Institute Annual Essay Contests Annual cash awards for short, original, unpublished essays on the philosophic themes in Ayn Rand's novels, "Anthem", "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged", are open respectively to all US 9th and 10th graders, 11th and 12th graders and college students.
- Scholarship Essay Contest - EssayPro.com Entries should be previously unpublished.