I just wanted to share some more writing contest information I received from Writer’s Market. 

THREE JUNE WRITING CONTESTS

WritersMarket.com lists more than 600 contests & awards. Here are three with June deadlines:

Annual Dream Grant is not a reward for past accomplishment, but rather an investment in potential; it is a “no-strings attached” award in support of writers’ dreams. Deadline is June 1. There’s a $20 processing fee, and the winner receives up to $800.

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is offered quarterly—with the next deadline as June 30—for unpublished speculative fiction. There is no entry fee, and the winners receive prizes of $1,000, $750, and $500 quarterly with a grand prize for the year of $5,000.

Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse seeks poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Deadline is June 30. There is a $7 reading fee for every 25 lines of poetry, and 1st through 4th place prizes of $3,000, $1,000, $400, $250.

For more information follow the links or visit www.writersmarket.com

I wanted to pass along this information about the Writer’s Digest Contest.  For writers who are seeking to be published, winning a contest is great ways to get noticed.  

According to their email, here are the categories:

The deadline for entry is June 1, 2009.   Depending on your genre costs range from $15 to $20.  First place prize is $3,000 and the chance to meet with editors and agents in New York. 

For more information on this contest, please visit the following link: http://www.writersdigest.com/annual