Daily updated database of writing contests, including competitions for poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and scripts - many free to enter.http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions For poetry manuscripts 50-70 pages long. Prizes include $2,000 for first place. Also book publication. Deadline for entries is 1st May 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6191 For short stories up to 3,000 words. Prizes include GBP 200 for first place. Also magazine publication and 10 x GBP 20 / $30 subscription voucher. Deadline for entries is 1st April 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6190 We will publish all submissions, please make sure they are edited! See terms and conditions on our web site for details. Prizes include GBP 0 for first place. Publishing contract. Deadline for entries is 31st March 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6189 Pay us as little as GBP 50 and get published. Your work should be more than 30 000 words and also edited. We will offer you a contract to publish your work for as little as GBP 50. This contest will end by the end of the month. All entries will be accepted subject to terms and conditions. Prizes include GBP 0 for first place. Get published Deadline for entries is 31st March 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6188 The theme is Strangers. Interpretation is wide open, but maximum line count is 12. Prizes include GBP 20 for first place. Deadline for entries is 10th April 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6187 For the first 5,000 words of a novella 8,000 words or more. Enter by email. Prizes include $500 for first place. Deadline for entries is 15th May 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6186 For poetry by people with Parkinsons. Prizes include GBP 0 for first place. Cash prizes. Deadline for entries is 16th April 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6185 Submit three unpublished poems, up to 10 pages total. Prizes include $1,000 for first place. $100 x 2. Deadline for entries is 1st May 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6184 For short stories up to 4,000 words in English, Scots (including Doric) or a mixture, concerned with some aspect of life in North-East Scotland. Prizes include GBP 500 for first place. Deadline for entries is 31st March 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6183 We are looking for original poems that celebrate anniversaries, the poems can be any length. Prizes include $100 for first place. Deadline for entries is 1st May 2010. http://www.firstwriter.com/competitions/search/specific.cgi?RecordNumber=6182