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LOCAL CONTESTS
Bethesda Urban Partnership Essay/Short Story/Poetry Contest
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival Short Story Contest
Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest
Terps Young Scholars Creative Writing Workshop
NATIONAL CONTESTS
Auroras & Blossoms Anthology (PoArtMo--Positive Actions Rally Thoughts & Momentum)
(technically, not a contest but accepting submissions for possible inclusion in anthology)
Bennington Young Writers Awards
Doug Weller Incredible Six Word Wonder Contest
Fitzgerald Literary Contest (go to website menu for latest contest)
International Essay Contest for Youth
Jack L. Chalker Young Writers Contest (Baltimore Science Fiction Society)
JFK Library Profile in Courage Essay Contest
Joseph Warren McPherson Memorial Poetry Contest
Literary Legacies Poetry Contest: More Than What They See
New York Times Tiny Memoir Contest
Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers
Ruth Weiss Foundation Poetry Awards
Young Arts Teen Writing Contests
Additional Resources/Clearinghouses for Writing Contests:
YOUNG WRITERS GUIDE TO CONTESTS (large list - check deadlines)
WRITING WORLD.COM (LIST OF WRITING COMPETITIONS – Includes International Contests)
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