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  1. Best Essay Writing Contests in 2024

    African Diaspora Awards 2024. Genres: Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Short Story. The African Diaspora Awards invite submissions of original, unpublished works in various genres. Winners will receive cash prizes and publication opportunities.

  2. The Ultimate List of Writing Contests in 2024 • Win Cash Prizes!

    Biopage is hosting a writing contest to remind people the benefits of writing. Each story (or once chapter of your stories) is limited to 5,000 characters or roughly 1,000 words. You can write about good life experience, or bad, embarrassing, frightening ones. You can win $300, and five runners-up can win $100 each.

  3. Writing Contests 2024: Cash Prizes & Free Entries!

    Here is a month-wise list of the best writing contests in 2024: January 2024; February 2024; March 2024; April 2024; May 2024; June 2024; July 2024; August 2024; September 2024; Other Writing Contests; January 2024. The new year opens with plenty of poetry competitions but few essay contests and almost no free writing contests.

  4. 40 Free Writing Contests: Competitions With Cash Prizes

    The 2023 Brandon Langhjelm Memorial Essay Contest. Each year, this Canadian organization offers three prizes, ranging from $500 to $1,500, to the essay with the most thoughtful, well-reasoned arguments around a specific human-rights theme. ... This writing competition is looking for the best piece of unpublished, themed writing. For example ...

  5. Essay Writing Contests

    Essay writing competitions in 2024 offer you a chance to do just that and win some great prizes in the process. We've put together a list of contests specially designed for students like you. ... Best Peer Review: $50; National Essay Contest by U.S. Institute of Peace. This year, AFSA is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the United States ...

  6. 10 Best Personal Essay Competitions of 2024

    Swamp Pink. Submit nonfiction personal essays of up to 25 pages to this annual competition, formerly known as the Crazyhorse Prizes; the winners receive a $2,000 prize and publication in the literary magazine swamp pink. Deadline: January 1st to January 31st , 2024. First-place prize: $2,000.

  7. 25 Best Writing Competitions for High School Students

    19) American Foreign Service Association Essay Contest. With this writing competition for high school students, entrants may submit essays ranging from 1,000-1,500 words about diplomacy, history, and international politics (specific prompts vary by year). Eligibility: Students in grades nine through twelve may apply.

  8. Your Ultimate Guide to Writing Contests Through 2024

    Prize: 1st: $1,000, publication in The Saturday Evening Post. Runners-up (5): $200. Entry Fee: $10. Deadline: TBD 2024 (Annual Contest) Sponsor: The Saturday Evening Post. From Website: "Unpublished short stories of 1,500 to 5,000 words in any genre touching on the publication's mission, "Celebrating America—past, present, and future.".

  9. The Best Writing Contests for Writers

    The Roswell Award is an annual science fiction contest with a $500 prize, co-presented by Sci-Fest L.A. and the Light Bringer Project. This is a great option if you like using your writing to unite the worlds of science and art. Prize: $500 for first place, $250 for second place, and $100 for third place.

  10. 7 Essay Writing Contests to Look Out For in 2023

    Deadline: Mid-February 2023-June 1, 2023. Who may enter: High school (including homeschooled), college, and graduate students worldwide. Contest description: The 2023 essay contest topic is marriages and proposals. High school students may focus on Pride and Prejudice only or bring in other Austen works.

  11. Writing Contests, Grants & Awards

    The Writing Contests, Grants & Awards database includes details about the creative writing contests—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, and more—that we've published in Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it.

  12. The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition

    The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition provides a platform for young, ambitious high school students to exercise their writing skills and compete with students from all over the world! This competition encourages students to challenge themselves and explore different writing styles to ultimately strengthen their writing skills.

  13. How to Win Essay Writing Competitions: Top Tips and Strategies

    Tip 1: Utilize library resources to access scholarly articles and books that delve into your topic. Tip 2: Take notes and organize your research findings to structure your essay effectively. Tip 3: Consider different perspectives and sources to develop a well-rounded argument.

  14. The 17 Best Writing Contests for High School Students

    YoungArts Competition. Award Amount: Up to $10,000 cash awards. Deadline: October 15, 2022; application for 2024 opens June 2023. Fee: $35. Open to students in a variety of disciplines, including visual arts, writing, and music, the YoungArts competition asks students to submit a portfolio of work.

  15. The Best Student Writing Contests for 2023-2024

    4. American Foreign Service National High School Essay Contest. If you're looking to help students take a deep dive into international relations, history, and writing, look no further than this essay contest. Winners receive a voyage with the Semester at Sea program and a trip to Washington, DC.

  16. 23 Writing Competitions for High School Students

    Prize: $100-$10,000. Deadline: Passed, but the contest will reopen in 2024. Eligibility: The contest is open to United States high school students in grades 9-12, U.S. students under the age of twenty enrolled in a high school correspondence/GED program, and U.S. citizens attending schools overseas. Guidelines:

  17. Best Non Fiction Writing Contests in 2024

    The Emerging Writer's Contest, held by Ploughshares since 1971, recognizes outstanding work by emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Winners are announced in the fall and their works are published in the Winter 2024-25 issue of Ploughshares. Top Prize: $2,000.

  18. Writing Contests 2023: Cash Prizes, Free Entries, & More!

    Here are the best international writing competitions 2023: May 2023 Poetry competitions 2023 1. ... Essay writing contests 7. The International Peace Essay Contest for Ukraine War . This essay contest has been organized to encourage writers to share their ideas on peacebuilding. Answer one of the three provided questions in your essay and send ...

  19. Oxford and Cambridge Essay Competitions

    This essay competition is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and showcase their independent study and writing skills. Unfortunately, for external reasons, the essay won't be running in 2023, but may well be running in 2024 so do keep an eye out so you don't miss it! Sample Essay Questions from 2020.

  20. The Big List of International Writing Competitions

    There is a total of £1,500 available in prizes (£1,000 for first place, £300 for second, £200 for third) and the three winners will be published on the newwriters.org.uk website and in a future anthology. The head judge is the award-winning writer of eight novels, Cassandra Parkin. Deadline: 30th April, 2024. Entry: £10.

  21. 2024 Essay Competition

    Academic conference: 20 - 22 September, 2024. Awards dinner: 21 September, 2024. Contact. Any queries regarding the essay competition should be sent to [email protected]. Please be aware that, due to the large volume of correspondence we receive, we cannot guarantee to answer every query.

  22. $25,000 for the best essays on global problems

    We will award prizes worth a total of $25,000 for the top three entrants, along with access to the Pivotal Library for the top 50 finalists. $15,000 — 1st place$7,000 — 2nd place$3,000 — 3rd place. $25,000 in prizes for the best essays. Top 5%.

  23. Best Essay Writing Topics

    6 Best Topics for Essay Writing Competitions. When trying to win an essay writing competition, you'll need to choose the best topics for the job. This ensures that you can dig deep into a topic that's interesting and can showcase your writing skills. In this section, we'll present examples of the best topics for essay writing competitions

  24. National Argumentative Essay Writing Competition for Young Scholars

    Only one entry per participant may be submitted for the National Essay Writing Competition. Co-authored entries will not be allowed. The deadline for submission is 8 October 2024. No queries regarding the prizes will be entertained by the ICSSR secretariat until the final declaration of results, which will be placed on the ICSSR website.