TIP: Start Submitting Your Writing

Now that the holiday celebrations are over, it is time to pull our completed and almost completed works and prepare to enter the many creative writing contests happening in 2015.  To get you started, we’ve provided you with a quick list:

• The Roswell Award for Short Fiction
• Genre(s): Fiction
• Prize(s): $1,000
• Deadline: Jan. 15, 2015

• TransitionsAbroad Narrative Travel Writing Contest
• Genre(s): Nonfiction
• Prize(s): $500
• Deadline: Jan.15, 2015

• Highlights for Children Inc.’s Fiction Contest (“kid-friendly” stories)
• Genre(s): Fiction (less than 750 words)
• Prize(s): $1,000 (plus publication)
• Deadline: Jan. 31, 2015

• John Bartlow Martin Journalism Award
• Genre(s): Nonfiction
• Prize(s): $4,000
• Deadline: Jan. 31, 2015

• Nelson Algren Short Story Contest (multiple opportunities to win 2nd & 3rd place)
• Genre(s): Fiction
• Prize(s): $3,500 (1st); $1,000 (2nd); $500 (3rd)
• Deadline: Jan. 31, 2015

• $1,000 for 1,000 Words Contest (young writers, grades 6-12)
• Genre(s): Fiction
• Prizes(s): $1,000
• Deadline: Feb. 1, 2015