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2023 International Essay Contest for Young People
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This annual essay contest is organized by the Goi Peace Foundation based in Japan.

Essays may be submitted by anyone up to 25 years old.

This year's theme is “Youth Creating a Peaceful Future”. Essays are accepted in English, French or Japanese.

The competition is free to enter.

1st prize winners will receive a cash prize of 100,000 Yen.
2023 International Illustration Competition 'Art on Climate'
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The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or above.

Illustrators from around the world are invited to submit original artworks on the theme of CLIMATE CHANGE.

Prizes:
• 1st prize: 2,000 €
• 2nd prize: 1,500 €
• 3rd prize: 1,000 €
• 50 x 150 €
2023 International Poster Competition
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The competition is open to anyone. You may submit a maximum of 8 posters.

The brief is open. Posters may be created specifically for the competition, for a client or as self-promotion.

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st Place: £500
• 2nd Place: £300
• 3rd Place: £100
2023 McLellan Poetry Competition
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Poems should be of no more than 90 lines, in English, on any subject.

The entry fee is £8 for the first poem and £5 for each subsequent poem submitted on the same form. 

• 1st prize: £1,000
• 2nd prize: £300
• 3rd prize: £100
2023 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize
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The competition is organized by Overland, an Australian literary and cultural magazine.

This is a prize for original pieces of short fiction written in English, up to 3000 words in length.

Entry fee: $12 AUD for subscribers and $20 AUD for non-subscribers.

The winner will receive $5,000 AUD. Two runners-up will each receive $750 AUD.

Deadline: 20 October 2023
2023 Posterheroes Contest
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Posterheroes is an international poster competition on social and environmental themes. This year's theme is ''Beautifully Diverse''.

The competition is free to enter.

Prizes:
• Favini Prize: 2,500 €
• Time2 Prize: 1,500 €
2023 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
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Submitted work must be an original, unpublished short story up to 10,000 words.

The entry fee is $18.

• 1st prize: $2,000
• 2nd prize: $500
• 3rd prize: $250
• two editor's choice prizes of $125
2023 Rugby Photographer of the Year with Canterbury
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Rugby Photographer of the Year with Canterbury is a competition that celebrates the very best of rugby photography, both amateur and professional from across the globe.

The competition is free to enter.

The overall will receive a cash prize of ÂŁ1,000.

Deadline: 11 August 2023

2023 ShinHan Postcard Art Contest
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The competition is open to art-lovers aged 4-18 years from all over the world.

This year's theme is "Draw Yourself- Let the World know you."

The competition is free to enter.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive US $ 2,000.
2023 Sports Photography Grants
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The competition is open to emerging and early-career sports photographers.

To enter the competition, you must submit 20 sports photographs (action and portrait both accepted).

Entry is free.

7 photographers will each receive a $5,000 grant, to be spent on career development.