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A selection of writing contests and grant opportunities that charge no entry fees along with submission tips and advice from contest administrators and editors.
Organizers of writing contests are, perhaps not suprisingly, wary of publicizing details of their budgets, but the organizers of three contest programs offered to share the numbers behind their 2011 contests as part of contributing editor Michael Bourne's “The Economics of Competition,” which serves as the centerpiece of the current issue’s special section on the risks and rewards of writing contests.
A comparative analysis of the last three years of the magazine’s Deadlines section.
An investigation into a common, and complicated, practice.
Assess the sponsor, know the rules, judge the judge, and seven other reminders before you submit.
Free contests, grants, and fellowships for poets and writers at any level.
A breakdown of the numbers behind the Deadlines listings in our March/April 2018 issue.
As part of a continuing series, we offer a breakdown of the numbers behind our Grants & Awards listings in our July/August 2017 issue.
As part of a continuing series, we offer a breakdown of the numbers behind our Grants & Awards listings in our November/December 2017 issue.
As part of a continuing series, we offer a breakdown of the numbers behind our Grants & Awards listings in our September/October 2017 issue.
