Take part in a short story contest

Writing contests provide a great way to showcase your talents to clients and publishers. If you are a fiction writer then you may wish to take part in some short story contests. When applying for a short story contest make sure you know the guidelines. Many short story contests require that you pay an entry fee. It is this entry fee that is paid out to the winners of the short story contest.

Here are some of the best short story contests on offer at the minute:-

Free short story contest and poetry contest - entry here is free and gives you an opportunity to showcase your talents. If you are one of the top 20 writers then your works will be selected and published in a book. There is no cash prize here.

If you want to win some cash for your short story entries then it is necessary to pay a small fee. Generally the higher the fee the higher the cash prize for the writing contest.

100 word short story contest- Entry fee is $15, and the winner of this short story contest will receive $500, second place gets $200 and third place gets $100. They are accepting 'whimsy, allegory, mystery, romance, fable, humor, love, fantasy, even horror'. They dont even mind if you write in different tenses. Entry, closing date is the 14th May 2009.

Poetry, short story, essay writing contest - Entry fee is $10, and the winner walks away with $300, with second place taking home $150 and third gaining $50. This contest is entitled For the love on nature, and the closing date is 14th May 2009.

Try your luck at a short story contest, what have you got to lose. You never know you may win one of the short story contests on offer.

Latest writing contests

Freelance writers fancy trying your luck at a writing contest. Winning writing contests can help a freelance writer's income as well as improve their reputation. Have you taken the plunge and taken part in a writing contest, or maybe you dont know where to look for writing contests??

I can provide you some details on writing contests which pay the winner $60, second place gets $40 and third place makes $30. The good thing about this site is that even if you do not win your articles will still earn you an upfront payment and daily revenue payment.

There are currently 9 writing contests running at Helium.com which expire on the 28th April, so if you get started now you will have one week left to write some entries for the writing contests. Writing contests available are on a wide selection of writing niches including astronauts, american idol, natural disasters, weddings,swimming and diving, basketball and several more. There should be a writing contest to suit everyone. Why not write to several and increase your chance of winning a writing contest?

Get on over to Helium and take part in their latest writing contests and win yourself some dollars