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Open Writing Contests

  1. Group-Sponsored Unmasking Contest Group-Sponsored Unmasking Contest

    Deadline: July 31 (12 days left)

    1st prize:$100 cash via PayPal
    2nd prize:$75 cash via PayPal
    3rd prize:$50 cash via PayPal
    4th prize:20 karma points
    5th prize:15 karma points
    6th prize:10 karma points
    7th prize:5 karma points

  2. Group-Sponsored Fifth Annual Tasha Mann Contest Group-Sponsored Fifth Annual Tasha Mann Contest

    Deadline: August 20 (32 days left)

    1st prize:$100 cash via PayPal
    2nd prize:$75 cash via PayPal
    3rd prize:$50 cash via PayPal
    4th prize:20 karma points
    5th prize:10 karma points

Past Writing Contests

  1. Member-Sponsored Ancestral Letters Contest Member-Sponsored Ancestral Letters Contest

    Deadline: June 30

    1st prize:$75 cash via PayPal
    2nd prize:$50 cash via PayPal or a Premium membership upgrade
    3rd prize:$25 cash via PayPal

  2. Group-Sponsored It’s a Crime Contest Group-Sponsored It’s a Crime Contest

    Deadline: May 31

    1st prize:20 karma points
    2nd prize:15 karma points
    3rd prize:10 karma points
    4th prize:10 karma points
    5th prize:5 karma points

  3. Group-Sponsored Steampunk Fairy Tales IV Anthology Contest Group-Sponsored Steampunk Fairy Tales IV Anthology Contest

    Deadline: May 31

    1st prize:Publication in the forthcoming Steampunk Fairy Tales Anthology, $75 cash
    2nd prize:Publication in the forthcoming Steampunk Fairy Tales Anthology, $50 cash
    3rd prize:Publication in the forthcoming Steampunk Fairy Tales Anthology, $25 cash