1. 49th Parallel Award for Poetry
2. Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
3. AWP Award Series - Association of Writers & Writing Programs (poetry, short fiction, novel, creative nonfiction)
4. Ayn Rand - Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest (Open to College Students)
5. Being An American Essay Contest (teacher-only submission of high school student essays)
6. Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest (open to writers in grades 6-12 - entries submitted through English or Creative Writing teachers)
7. Colorado Prize for Poetry (Colorado State University)
8. Creative Nonfiction Competition - The Baltimore Review
9. Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize
10. E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award
11. Golden Heart Award (Romance Writers of America)
12. H.E. Francis Contest
13. Highlights 2010 Fiction Contest
14. Letters About Literature (by the Library of Congress - a reading-writing contest for students in grades 4 through 12)
15. Literal Latte Contests (short stories, poetry, essays, food verse, fiction)
16. OnceWritten Midnight Hour Halloween Fiction Contest
17. Pikes Peak Writers Fiction Contest - The Paul Gillette Awards
18. Poetic Power.com (poetry and essay contest for students in grades K-12)
19. Poetry Card Contest (Blue Mountain Arts)
20. Poets & Writers Guide to Writing Contests
21. Reader's Digest - Jokes, Quotes or Funny Short Stories
22. River of Words Poetry & Art Contest - Library of Congress (open to students ages 5-19)
23. Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (from the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers - for students in grades 7-12)
24. T.S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University Press)
25. Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
26. Writecorner Press Annual Poetry Award
27. Writers of the Future Contest

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