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F(r)iction Fall 2024 Writing Contests
DescriptionThe 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: 1 November 2024

Silent Manga Audition 2025
DescriptionSilent Manga is a story told entirely through illustration, without the use of dialogue. The theme of this edition is "Seized with rage".

The competition is free to enter.

• Grand Prix: 500,000 JPY
• Grand Prix Runner-Up: 300,000 JPY
• Excellence Award: 100,000 JPY
• Exellence Runner-Up: 30,000 JPY
• Honourable Mention: 10,000 JPY

Deadline: 2 February 2025

2025 International Wildbird Photo Competition
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over.

Entry fee: 2 € per photo

Prizes:
• Grand Prix: 1,500 €
• 1st prize in each category: 800 €
• Public prize: 500 €

Deadline: 2 December 2024

Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to original, unpublished poems in the English language of 40 lines or less.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 2024

2025 Fumetto International Comic Competition
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone.

This year's theme is "Rich". You may submit only one comic (story in picture form, 4 pages maximum).

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st prize – 1,111 CHF
• 2nd prize – 888 CHF
• 3rd prize – 666 CHF

Deadline: 31 December 2024

XXXV Memorial Maria Luisa Photo and Video Contest
DescriptionThe Maria Luisa Memorial is an annual mountain, nature and adventure photo and video contest.

Entry fees:
• 22 € for adult photographers (You may submit one photo for free);
• free for the novice photographers (under 19).

The overall winner will receive 4,000 €.
Each category winner will receive 300 €.

Deadline: 1 December 2024

The Moth Nature Writing Prize 2024
DescriptionThe competition is open to anyone over the age of 16.

You can submit both poetry and prose. There is a word limit of 4,000.

The entry fee is 15 € per entry.

Prizes:
• 1st prize: 1,000 € and a week at Circle of Misse in France
• 2nd prize: 500 €
• 3rd prize: 250 €

Deadline: 30 September 2024

Apila's First Printing Award 2025
DescriptionThe competition is open to illustrators over the age of 18 who have not yet published children’s 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: 16 February 2025

2025 Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
DescriptionYou may submit one humor poem, in English. Your poem should not exceed 250 lines in length.

The competition is free to enter.

• 1st prize: $2,000
• 2nd prize: $500
• 3rd Prize: $250
• 10 honorable mentions, $100 each

Deadline: 1 April 2025

International Compost Awareness Week 2025 Poster Contest
DescriptionThe contest is open to anyone aged 14 years or older.

The winning poster will be used to promote International Compost Awareness Week 2025.

The competition is free to enter.

The winner will receive US$500.

Deadline: 1 November 2024