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2024 HG Wells Short Story Competition
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone.

This year’s theme is ''The Fool''. Your story can be set anywhere, feature any characters, and be written in any style.

There are two categories:
• Authors 21 years of age and under with a prize of £1,000. Entry is free.
• Authors aged 22 years and above with a prize of £500 (entry £10 or £5 with student id).

Deadline: 8 July 2024

2024 International Essay Contest for Young People
DescriptionThis annual essay contest is organized by the Goi Peace Foundation based in Japan.

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

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.

Deadline: 15 June 2024

2024 International Wildbird Photo Competition
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This competition is open to everyone, both amateurs and professional photographers, regardless of nationality.

Entry fee:
• photographers over 18 years: €2 per photo
• young photographers aged 15 to 17: free

Prizes:
• Grand Prix: €1,500
• 1st prize in each category: €800
• 1st prize in the category «Young Photographers»: 500 €

Deadline: 4 December 2023

2024 Leica Women Foto Project Award
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The competition is open to residents of the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, and Canada who are at least 21 years of age.

Entrans may submit a series of 10 images. The series must tell a single story through a woman’s perspective.

One winner in each region will receive:
•  $10,000 USD
• Leica SL2-S camera and Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70 f/2.8 ASPH lens.

Deadline: 7 November 2023

2024 McLellan Poetry Competition
DescriptionPoems should be of no more than 90 lines, in English, on any subject.

The entry fee is £7 for the first poem and £5 for each subsequent poem submitted on the same form. 

• 1st prize: £1,000
• 2nd prize: £250

Deadline: 2 June 2024

2024 Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition
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You may submit only one manuscript written in the English language. Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story.

The competition is free to enter.

The winning manuscript will be published by Minotaur Books. The winner will receive an advance against future royalties of $10,000.
2024 Perkoff Prize
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The competition is organized by The Missouri Review, a literary magazine published at the University of Missouri.

All submissions must engage with health and medicine in some way.

The entry fee is $15.

Prizes:
• Poetry: $1,000
• Fiction: $1,000
• Nonfiction: $1,000

Deadline: 15 March 2024

2024 Peter Porter Poetry Prize
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All poets writing in English are eligible to enter.

Entries must be a single poem of no more than 70 lines.

Each entry must be accompanied by an entry fee of AU$30.

The winner will receive AU$6,000. The other four shortlisted poets will each receive AU$1,000.
2024 Rattle Chapbook Prize
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The competition is organized by the Rattle, an American poetry magazine.

Each poet may submit 15 – 30 pages of poems.

The $25 entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle magazine.

The three winners will each receive $5,000 and 500 author copies of their chapbook.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

2024 ShinHan Postcard Art Contest
DescriptionThe competition is open to art-lovers aged 4-18 years from all over the world.

This year's theme is "My Future with AI: Building a Brighter Tomorrow."

The competition is free to enter.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive US $ 2,000.

Deadline: 31 May 2024