Essay contest heroes

TBD (previous year’s deadline was December 1, 2020) $5,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement. Writers who have published a novel of war-related fiction. “Calling all short story writers: Are you a short story writer interested in gaining more exposure and a bigger audience for your creative work?

Donated by William Young Boyd II.” Novelists who have been published in the year prior to the contest. Young adult and adult novels only. TBD (previous year’s deadline was December 1, 2020) $5,000 and a 24k gold-framed citation of achievement. Writers who have published a novel of war-related fiction.

Updated for 2021, this roundup post includes both writing contests that are free to enter and writing contests with nominal entry fees. Let’s begin! Free Writing Contests with No Entry Fee (i.e. Free to Enter!)

First-time novelists only. You can have previously published poems or short stories, but this must be your first published novel. Novels distributed via self-publishing aren’t eligible. Novelists who have published a book in the year previous to the contest date, and feel that they have achieved something “notable and enduring.”