Contests

Deadline: 5th of every month
Writers' Forum Ongoing Short Story Competition
Prizes range from a minimum 1st prize £300, 2nd prize £150 and 3rd prize £100 with an annual trophy and a cheque for £1,000 for the best story of the year. The competition is open to all nationalities but entries must be in English.

Deadline: 15th of every month
Writers' Forum Ongoing Poetry Competition
Poets are invited to enter their unpublished poems for a competition to be held in each issue of Writers' Forum. There will be a first prize of £100 and three runner-up prizes all published in the magazine.

Deadline: November 25, 2009
The 2009 London Book Festival 
The London Book Awards has issued a call for entries for the 2009 competition. Winners recieve a$1,500 and a flight to either London or Los Angeles. There are 13 entry categories for books published after January 1, 2001. Submissions can be in English, Spanish, French, Portugese or Italian. A panel will judge based on the story-telling ability of the author and the potential of the work to win wider recognition.

Deadline: November 25, 2009
The 2009 DIY Book Festival 
The DIY Book Festival has issued a call for entries for self-published books for the 2009 competition. The grand prize includes $1,500 and a flight to the awards ceremony. A panel will judge on the general excellence and passion an author has for telling a good story and the use of guerilla marketing tactics to reach a wider audience. Books must have been published on or after January 1, 2006. All entries myst be in English.

Deadline: November 30, 2009
Creative Arts Council 2010 Annual Self-Published Fiction Book Awards
The Santa Fe Trail Creative Arts Guild, dba Creative Arts Council, is accepting applications for the 2010 Annual Self-Published Fiction Book Awards. The competition is open to self-published fictional books that were published or revised and reprinted between 2000 and 2009. All book submissions must be published in English.

Deadline: November 30, 2009
The William E. Colby Award 
The Tiwani Foundation is now accepting author nominee submissions for the 2010 Colby Award, which is open to first works published between January 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009. The Colby Award recognizes fiction and nonfiction works that have made a major contribution to the understanding of military history, intelligence operations or international affairs.

Deadline: January 4, 2010
The Flodia Book Awards 
The annual Florida Book Awards competition is now accepting applications for fourth year of the contest. Coordinated by the Florida University Library will accept nominations from seven categories; including general fiction, young adult literature, children's literature, florida nonfiction, poetry, populat fiction and spanish language. Book must have been published between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009.

Deadline: January 29, 2010
Midwest Book Awards 
The 20th annual Midwest Book Awards is accepting applications for books published in 2009. Winners will be invited to a ceremony in St. Paul, Minn. on May 12, 2010. Applicants must pay a $75 nonmember application fee.

Deadline: March 20, 2010
IPPY Book Awards 
The 2010 IPPU Book Awards are accepting entries for books with 2009 and 2010 copyrights or release dates. Categories include 67 subject national awards and regional awards for 8 U.S. and 2 Canadian regions.

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