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The Masters Review Chapbook Open 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to emerging writers.

Entries can be collections of flash fiction, creative nonfiction essays, short stories, and anything in-between. Manuscripts should be between 25-45 pages.

The entry fee is $25.

The winning writer will receive $3000, manuscript publication, and 75 contributor copies.

Deadline: 17 December 2023

Animayo 2024 – International Poster Contest
DescriptionArtists from all over the world are invited to submit their original artwork to Animayo Festival POSTER CONTEST. The winning poster will be used to promote Animayo 2024.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive 500 €.

Deadline: 10 February 2024

2024 International Wildbird Photo Competition
DescriptionThis 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

Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or less.

Entry fee: €7 per poem.

• 1st Prize: 2,000 €
• 2nd Prize: 500 €
• 3rd Prize: 250 €

Deadline: 30 November 2023

Bird Photographer of the Year 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone.

You can submit photos of birds taken anywhere in the world.

Entry fees:
1 image - £10
5 images - £15
10 images - £25

The Grand Prize Winner will receive a cash prize of £3,000.

Deadline: 10 December 2023

BCBF Illustrators Exhibition 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to illustrators of any nationality – professionals and beginners – provided they were born prior to 31 December 2006.

To enter the competition you must submit 5 illustrations based on the same theme.

An international jury will select the winners whose illustrations will be presented at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy.

Deadline: 17 October 2023

Greenstorm Global Photography Award 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone.

The theme for this year’s contest is “Beautiful Landscapes”.

There are two categories:
• Category 1: Images taken using DSLR/Mirrorless cameras (1st place: USD 10,000)
• Category 2: Images taken using mobile/smartphone cameras (1st place: 3,000 USD)

Entry is free.

Deadline: 15 October 2023

Mslexia Women's Poetry Competition 2023
DescriptionThe competition is open to women of any nationality from any country.

Poems may be in any style, of any length, on any subject.

Entry fee: £10 for three poems.

The winner will receive £2,000.

Deadline: 4 December 2023

2024 Rattle Chapbook Prize
DescriptionThe 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

Apila's First Printing Award 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18 who have not yet published a book with an ISBN number. 

Entrants may submit a project of an illustrated picture book for children, written in Spanish or English.

The competition is free to enter.

The winning book will be published by the Apila Ediciones. The winner will receive € 4.000.

Deadline: 9 February 2024