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Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest
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You may submit stories and essays on any theme, up to 6,000 words each. For this contest, a story is any short work of fiction, and an essay is any short work of nonfiction.

The entry fee is $22.

The winning story and essay will each receive $3,000.
Ten Honorable Mentions will receive $300 each.
TIPA Photo Contest 2023
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The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) awards the best photos of photographic equipment. There are three categories:
• My camera and I
• My camera in action
• What's in my camera bag

The competition is free to enter.

The overall winner will receive 1,500 €.
Each of the category winners will receive 500 €.

Deadline: 15 January 2024

Three Minutes Video Competition 2023
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The competition is open to anyone.

The video should be between 3:00 to 3:59 in length. All themes are welcomed.

Entry is free.

Prizes:
• Golden Award: 10,000 USD
• Silver Award: 8,000 USD
• Bronze Award: 7,000 USD
The Yale Drama Series 2024
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The Yale Drama Series is an annual competition for emerging playwrights.

Submissions must be original, unpublished full-length plays written in English.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000 and publication of their manuscript by Yale University Press.
The World Press Photo – 2024 Contest
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The World Press Photo contest is open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.

The competition is free to enter.

Each of the 24 regional winners will receive €1,000 and the four global winners will receive an additional €5,000.

Submissions are open from 1 December 2023 until 10 January 2024.

The Tampa Review Prize for Poetry 2023
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The competition is organized by Tampa Review, a literary magazine produced at The University of Tampa in Tampa, United States.

Entrants should submit a collection of poems. Manuscripts must be at least 48 typed pages.

The entry fee is US$25.

The winner receives a cash prize of US$2,000 and book publication.

Deadline: 31 December 2023

The Sunny Art Prize 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to all artists from around the world. Entrants must be 18 years or over.

Accepted media: sculpture, painting, drawing, original print, photography, ceramic, mixed media, installation, video art and/or moving image, digital art.

Entry fees: from ÂŁ25 (1 entry) to ÂŁ45 (4 entries).

• 1st prize: £3,000
• 2nd prize: £2,000
• 3rd prize: £1,000

Deadline: 30 June 2024

The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone over the age of 18.

Flash fictions must be in English. Your entry must be 1000 words or fewer, excluding the title.

Entry fees: from $16 to $32.

The grand prize winner will receive $2,500.

Deadline: 30 April 2024

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Competition 2023
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The competition is open to anyone over the age of 18.

Fiction, non-fiction, and hybrid narratives are considered. Word count: 400 words or fewer for each micro.

Entry fees:
• up to 2 micros: $13,
• up to 4 micros: $19.

The grand prize winner will receive $1,500.

Deadline: 10 November 2023
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition 2023
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The competition is for original, unpublished and unbroadcast short stories in the English language of 3,000 words or fewer. The story can be on any subject, in any style.

Entry fee: 19 € per story.

Prizes:
• 1st prize: 2,000 €
• 2nd prize: 500 €
• Four Runners-Up: 250 €