Disclaimer: I do my best to provide up-to-date, accurate information on all of these contest listings, but sometimes I make mistakes, and sometimes contest organizers make changes after I have compiled the information I need. In other words, you must do your own research in addition to what I have compiled here.
Morgen Bailey's 50-Word Competition
Contest Entry Period: October 1st to October 31st, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Special Requirements: None found.
Theme: "The new sofa."
Entry Length: 50 words, exactly (excluding title).
Age Category: All ages.
Rights Information: Not listed. Winning stories will be published on Morgen's website.
Prizes: "1st prize: free prose critique up to 1,500 words;
2nd prize: free prose critique up to 1,000 words;
3rd prize: free prose critique up to 500 words."
"Each prize will be valid for six months from the closing date (i.e. the prizes for the top three stories for May are valid until end November) so you can combine your ‘winnings’."
Bennington College Young Writers Awards
Contest Entry Period: September 1st to November 1st, 2024
Entry Fee: FREE
Special Requirements: "All entries must be original work reviewed, approved and sponsored by a high school teacher. We will use your sponsoring teacher as a contact for the competition should we have any questions. For homeschooled students, please contact a mentor to sponsor your writing."
Theme: None found.
Entry Length: Poetry - up to 3 poems; Short Story - up to 1,500 words; personal or nonacademic essay - up to 1,500 words.
Age Category: 9th-12th grade.
Rights Information: Not found.
Prizes: There are three categories (poetry, fiction, and nonfiction). First place for each category is $1,000; second place for each category is $500; and third place for each category is $250.
To read all of the details, please visit this page.
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
Contest Entry Period: August 15th, 2024 to April 1st, 2025.
Entry Fee: FREE.
Special Requirements: "Authors from all countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions)."
Theme: None.
Entry Length: Poem must be no more than 250 lines. "Exclude the title and blank lines from your count."
Age Category: None.
Rights Information: There is a link at the bottom of the contest guidelines on this page. Click it and it will bring up a little box that contains more in-depth information on a few things.
Prizes: "First Prize: $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value), Second Prize: $500, Third Prize: $250, Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each. Top 13 entries published online."
One poem may be submitted by each entrant.
You can find the guidelines page here. See other links on the same page for more information.