If you're looking for competitions, don't sweat it. You have arrived at the right place wherein you'll be updated on the latest competitions which require participation on the Internet. These competitions don't charge any fee, and what's more, they accept individuals from any part of the world. You can click the name of each listed contest, which is a link. It will direct you to a web page where you will get more detailed information on how to register or participate.
Writer Contest
Genre (类型): Sci-fi and fantasy. They don't accept poetry or children's stories.
Length: About 17,000 words
Prize: $5,000 for the grand prize winner at the end of the year
Deadline: The quarterly contest ends on September 30
Creative Writing Ink Competition
Submission (提交) of poems only. You can submit multiple entries.
Theme: Open
Length: Up to 40 lines
Prizes: Publication on the website and a voucher worth £10
Deadline: Last day of every month
12th Casa Africa Essay Contest
Theme: Climate Change in Africa
"Casa Africa gives the focus of the 12th essay contest to climate change, its effects, future trends and, especially, the way in which this threat is being fought."
Length: 15,000—20,000 words
Prize: €2,000
Deadline: September 17 each year
Yale Drama Series
Prizes: $10,000, a staged reading at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater and publication of the entry by Yale University Press
Length: Full-length plays of over 65 pages
Submissions must be original and not professionally produced. Translations, musicals and children's plays aren't accepted.
Deadline: August 15 each year
