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Poets are invited to enter their unpublished poems for a competition to be held in each issue of Writers' Forum.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 of submissions in each category: April 10, 2012
National Indie Excellence Book Awards Calls for Self-Published Entries
The National Indie Excellence Book Awards is now open for entries. The 2012 competition has expanded its award categories and is open to all English language books published from 2009 to 2012 (except e-books published in 2012). Authors may send one entry per category.
To know more about the 2012 book awards, visit the website today.
Deadline of submissions in each category: April 25, 2012
2012 San Francisco Book Festival
The San Francisco Book Festival will consider nonfiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, compilations/anthologies, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, history, wild card, gay, photography/art, poetry, unpublished, travel and spiritual works. There is no date of publication deadline. To register, visit their website today.
Deadline of submissions in each category: April 25, 2012
2012 Green Book Festival
The 2012 Green Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher works in the following categories: non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/graphic novels, poetry, science fiction/horror, biography/autobiography, gardening, cookbooks, animals, photography/art, e-books, wild card (anything goes!), scientific, white paper, legal, business, mystery and spiritual. Entries can be in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, or Italian.
Deadline: April 30, 2012
International Book Awards
The 3rd annual International Book Awards (IBA 2012) is open to all books in English with an ISBN number that was published in 2010 to 2012 and is currently available to global consumers. The contest has over 150 categories, including the First-Time Author and Design categories. To learn more, please visit their website.
Deadline of submissions in each category: April 30, 2012
2012 International Book Awards Now Open for Entries
The 3rd Annual International Book Awards (IBA 2012) is now open for entries. Submissions should be published in the English language, released from 2009 to 2012, and must have an ISBN number.
To know more about IBA, check the competition website today.
Deadline: May 1, 2012
Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
There are 10 categories to choose from with an entry fee of $25 for the first manuscript and $15 for each additional entry and poetry entries. The grand prize is a trip to the Writer’s Digest Conference in NYC and a chance to have an audience with 4 editors or agents, plus $3,000 cash. For more information, please visit their website.
Deadline: May 1, 2012
William Faulkner- William Wisdom Short Story Prize
The Faulkner-Wisdom Competition accepts entries from authors who write in the English language regardless of location of residence. The contest is accepting entries in 7 categories. The Novel category has the highest grand prize of $7, 500. To learn more, please visit their website.
Deadline of submissions in each category: May 25, 2012
The 2012 New York Book Festival
Entries can be in English, Spanish, French, or Italian and must be published on or after January 1, 2006. The 2012 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/'zines, e-books, poetry, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, science fiction, horror, photography/art, romance and biography/autobiography works.
Deadline of submissions in each category: June 25, 2012
2012 Hollywood Book Festival
The 2012 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, genre-based and biography/autobiography works.
The grand prize for the 2012 Hollywood Book Festival Author of the Year is $1,500 and a flight to Los Angeles for our gala awards ceremony in July 2012. Get more information by checking their website.
Please note that these contests are not affiliated with, sponsored, or supported by AuthorHouse.
Deadlines: June 30, 2012 and August 31, 2012
Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards
The contest honors authors and illustrators of the best children’s books written in English and Spanish with 2011 and 2012 copyrights. Submission of entries for the first leg starts on April 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012, and the following leg starts on July 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012. To learn more, please visit their website.