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F(r)iction Fall 2023 Writing Contests
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The competition is open to anyone over the age of thirteen.

There are three catregories:
• Short Story / submission fee: $15 / 1st prize: $1,000
• Poetry / submission fee: $10 / 1st prize: $300
• Flash Fiction / submission fee: $10 / 1st prize: $300

Deadline: 3 November 2023

2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
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The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short fiction.

Entrants must be citizens of a Commonwealth country.

There will be five winners, one from each region (Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean, Pacific). The overall winner will receive ÂŁ5,000 and the remaining four regional winners ÂŁ2,500.

The competition is free to enter.

Deadline: 1 November 2023

International Compost Awareness Week 2024 Poster Contest
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The contest is open to anyone aged 14 years or older.

The winning poster will be used to promote International Compost Awareness Week 2024.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive US$500.

Deadline: 1 November 2023

The National Poetry Competition 2023
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The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over. International entries are welcome.

All poems must have a title and must not exceed 40 lines in length. Entries can be on any subject.

The first poem submitted costs ÂŁ7. Subsequent entries in the same submission cost ÂŁ5 per poem.

• 1st prize: £5,000
• 2nd prize: £2,000
• 3rd prize: £1,000
International Art Exhibition NordArt 2024
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The NordArt is an annual international exhibition of visual arts (painting, sculpture, installation, photo, etc.) in BĂźdelsdorf, Germany.
Artists from all over the world can apply to take part in the exhibition.

There are no registration fees.

The NordArt-Prize is worth €10,000. Each year one artist is awarded.

Deadline: 31 October 2023
Xposure International Photography & Film Awards 2023
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The competition is open to anyone aged 18 and over.

Categories:
• Architectural Photography
• Drone Photography
• Mobile Photography
• Nature & Landscape
• Night Photography
• Photojournalism
• Portraiture
• Short Film & Moving Image
• Street Photography

Entry is free.

• Overall winner: 6,000 USD
• Category winners: 3,000 USD
• Category runner-up: 1,500 USD
International Poster Competition for the 31st San Diego Latino Film Festival
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The Media Arts Center San Diego invites photographers, artists and graphic designers to design a poster for the 31st San Diego Latino Film Festival.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive $1,500.

Deadline: 27 October 2023

Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2024
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Loewe Foundation Craft Prize is an international award for contemporary craft.

All participants must be professional artisans 18 years or older.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive a cash prize of € 50,000.
Luis ValtueĂąa International Humanitarian Photography Award 2023
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The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and / or migrant populations.

The winner will receive a cash prize of € 6,000 €.

Entry is free.
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