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Do you have a story about your child or children that you would love to share with the world? Is there an extraordinary event that needs to be written down? Here's your moment to shine with that tale. Fiction and non-fiction are welcomed.
Do bodily functions amuse you?
Do you have what it takes to write your own music lyric, if so, come on and have some fun writing it. This will start in the summer every year.
Cross Timbers is dedicated to the art and craft of fiction. Winning story earns an awardicon, the author earns a merit badge and 50K GPS. Second and third place finishers earn GPS, badges, and awrds. Contest closes when we get ten entries, so enter now!
Just Talking to the Birds & Bees
this is a new poetry contest for the Fantasy and science fiction society. I wanna see youse guys' best poetry. Can you knock my socks off? bring it. it is open to everybody whether you are a member of the Fantasy and Science Fiction Society. I DARE YOU!
Check us out this month, For May all Gift Points are double and you can pick from a hundred prompts. Carol has done more than a great job to offer a contest that should satisfy all Registered Members of WDC.
May Contest open 1st until the 30th. Drop by, see changes Awardicon or points or both if you choose. Item old or new as ever up to you. Stories 1000 words or poetry 40 lines.
Weird Tales
April 2021 - April 5 - 9 Five days of mysterious things and places to inspire your creativity and imaginations!
A new round starts on April 1st (no foolin' here!) with a cornucopia of prompts! Will award all prizes with at least five participants who complete all 8 entries.
10,000 gps will be given away every 24 hours! New writing prompt each day around 12pm NOON WDC time. Entries must not exceed 1,000 words for stories or 40 lines for poetry. All genres, all types of writing, and all portfolio colors are welcome.
A new prompt will be posted every day at approx. 11:00 pm WDC time. Story must be 300 words or fewer. Poetry is not accepted. Entries at or below 18+. First Place: 1500 GPs
A fantasy short story contest. ~ Entries must be newly written stories for the contest between 2000 and 5000 words. ~ Fantastic Prizes. ~ Open from March 15th. Closes April 30th. ~ PLEASE READ THE RULES.
The recently renamed Better-Than-Real Sci-Fi Contest (Spring Edition!) is open for business and awaiting your short story.
Remember, it has to be a story, one with exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, said with no dialogue.
Take a walk on the wild side.
This ever-changing contest offers 25k per prompt this month, 2 prompts available for a total possible 50k just for entering, plus 25k GPs prize and awardicon for winners. Great entries may also be nominated for Best Short Story (2) in The Quill Awards.
Calling all poets! Envision your poetry as a song? Come on in!
Something new to try.
Write a Dungeons and Dragons inspired story to win a prize.
Can you write quick? The flash fiction romance/erotica contest is open and back for some fun.
Thank you very much!
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Here's a contest that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Do you have what it takes to write a scary story? if so, come on in and post it in the forum. All Donations are welcome.
Do you enjoy writing for children? Or perhaps would like to give it a try? This is the place! Come on in and check it out!
Test your skill and talent in writing traditional rhyming poetry in this monthly contest.
Do you have what it takes to write a thriller short story? If so, enter your best story and post it.
One month of weekly prompt entries (GPs awarded weekly/MB awarded monthly), and one month of story/poetry entries based on the winning MB prompt from the previous month. New exclusive Prompt Me MB awarded each month!.
A daily horror contest and three times Quill winner as stated in the SCREAMS
Challenge your imagination with this contest favorite
Try something new! Write a story using lesser-known genre combinations - all ratings accepted. Check it out!
Items with a higher content rating do not often get the chance to enter contests. For that reason I decided to run a contest just for those 18+, GC and XGC pieces.
Do you ever sit and wonder what’s outside the universe? Whether or not there is such a thing as free will? What makes nature beautiful... if anything does? If so, this contest is the place for you.
Current Prompt: Write an essay about YOU!
Come on in, join the fun and enter a contest to benefit the Children of God group here on WDC. We will have new prompts every month!
Open to people of all faiths or none. Come on in!
Monthly contest with challenging prompts and some exciting prizes!
The trick to this contest is to not use the obvious descriptive words. Poems and short fiction accepted.
A contest to give a second chance to those pieces you thought should have placed but didn’t.
Looking to sharpen your religious beliefs and express your love for our Heavenly Father. Enter this monthly contest and earn gp's, MB's and Awardicon's.
Poetic Traditions Poetry Contest
Spirits At Lighthouses This is a New Poetry Contest, So if you all are interested, Please come by and Check it out.
This is a nature-based poetry contest. There are always great prompts to work from, and the prizes are fantastic!
Oriental Poetry Contest Do you love to write Than-Bauk, haiku, senryu, tanka, and other Asian forms of poetry? If yes the Oriental Poetry contest is for you! This contest is a weekly contest featuring different genres of Oriental poetry.
Do you love writing free verse poetry? Do you enjoy this form of poetic expression? Have you mastered this art? Or do you just want to see if you are on the right track? This contest will put thos
Enter your best story with a surprise twist!
Easiest weekly contest ever! Post a 1-3 sentence prompt directly in the message window. No items or bitems needed! Winner receives 500 gps unless otherwise stated (sometimes I offer specials!). Deadline is always on Tuesday evenings at 11:59pm.
Got a nasty little mind for stories or poems? Get rewarded for it here!!
Parabalistics is a simple contest involving the writer's creativity in three sentences or less. The rounds start and begin on the 1st and the 15th of each month. Awards range from 500 to 3,500 gift points. There could be many winners in one round.
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