Writing Contests

All past writing contests

  1. Member-Sponsored Carlos Dunning’s Crime Fiction Contest #3

    Deadline: Jan 31, 2017

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

  2. Member-Sponsored Artificial Intelligence: Sci-fi Contest

    Deadline: Jan 1, 2017

    1st prize:$100 cash via PayPal, Selected stories of Philip K. Dick (or equivalent collection), 20 karma points
    2nd prize:$75 cash via PayPal, 15 karma points
    3rd prize:$50 cash via PayPal, 10 karma points

  3. Member-Sponsored Open Season – 2016 Haiku Contest

    Deadline: Dec 31, 2016

    1st prize:$100 cash via PayPal
    2nd prize:$50 cash via PayPal
    3rd prize:$25 cash via PayPal
    4th prize:$25 cash via PayPal

  4. Group-Sponsored Feminist Ars Poetica Contest

    Deadline: Dec 31, 2016

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

  5. Group-Sponsored The Holidays - A Writing Contest

    Deadline: Dec 24, 2016

    1st prize:$25 cash via PayPal, one year Scribophile Premium upgrade, 15 karma points
    2nd prize:$25 cash via PayPal, 15 karma points
    3rd prize:15 karma points
    4th prize:5 karma points
    5th prize:5 karma points

  6. Group-Sponsored Strong Female Characters Contest

    Deadline: Dec 15, 2016

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

  7. Member-Sponsored Liturgical Year Story Contest

    Deadline: Nov 19, 2016

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

  8. Group-Sponsored The Dreaded Selfie: A Close POV Contest

    Deadline: Nov 10, 2016

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

  9. Group-Sponsored Something’s Brewing Contest

    Deadline: Oct 31, 2016

    1st prize:20 karma points
    2nd prize:15 karma points
    3rd prize:10 karma points
    4th prize:1 karma point to three honorable mentions

  10. Group-Sponsored Gothic Steampunk Contest

    Deadline: Oct 31, 2016

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

  11. Group-Sponsored "Disaster!" Contest

    Deadline: Oct 15, 2016

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

  12. Group-Sponsored The Ward Contest

    Deadline: Sep 30, 2016

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

  13. Member-Sponsored Crafting a Villanelle Contest

    Deadline: Sep 15, 2016

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

  14. Member-Sponsored Chronic Pain Contest

    Deadline: Aug 31, 2016

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

  15. Group-Sponsored Second Annual Tasha Mann Award Contest

    Deadline: Aug 20, 2016

    1st prize:20 karma points
    2nd prize:18 karma points
    3rd prize:15 karma points