Contest! | Cathy C. Hall Writes

How can you not write something funny for a contest with Chicken House in the title?

Anyway, you’ve got plenty of time to write something, funny or not, for this fiction competition. Submissions are open now until October 29th. The only really tricky bit is that you can’t have already published a book, fiction or non. So, if you’re pre-published, and have a fine manuscript geared to ages 9 through 16, here’s an opportunity for you to win a publishing contract. As long as you send your manuscript in a cardboard wallet (which I suppose is one of those Brit terms that means, um…I don’t know what that means. You’ll have to look it up.)

You can also look up all the other tricky details for this competition here. And while you’re there, you might as well check out the Chicken House contest for Post-graduate students. Assuming you’re a post-grad.

And good cluck to you!

Bless my little wooden head, I almost forgot the writing contest that the Alabama Writers Conclave sponsors each year!

And not a moment too soon, either. Deadline is April 20th! So if you have a juvenile story for ages 4 through 12, now would be a very good time to polish it up and send it out. You’ll have to note the age group on your entry, and you’ll need to pay the fee (depending on whether you’re a member or not). But each category has a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th monetary prizes (I like those oddds, don’t you?) and a couple of Honorable Mentions.

Of course, it’s not just a children’s writing competition. There are other categories, too. Let’s see…poetry is one, short fiction is another, and there are several more. Why don’t you check out all the details for the Alabama Writers’ Conclave Writing Contests here?

Know what else? It’s the oldest writers’ organization in continuous existence in the United States. That’s kinda impressive, isn’t it? I mean, take a look at this seal. (I have no idea what that seal means. But I’m going to go with “Good luck in our writing contests!”)