Contests and Where to Find Them

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I have a hard time motivating myself to write sometimes (all the time), but I find that I do much better when some type of contest is involved so that there is at least some potential for being paid albeit a slim one. Deadlines help too.

The most recent contest that I entered is here:

There are a few other contests that I know of that I’d be happy to share when I have more time (10 minutes until one of my online classes).

Although this contest allows for 55 hours, I had about 5 in all. I was just happy to have put my name in the hat.

Here’s a link to my story. I did even try to use a very basic application of Dramatica by using a quad.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14Pu1LtJt5hW1egDb2yl5DHkOF6EG0nSx

This particular contest happens once a month, I believe. Anyone else have some recommended contests?

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Here’s a second contest that I’ve entered a few times (no luck so far). The prize is a free class with Gotham Writer’s Workshop, and the best part is the fact that your story is 25 words or less and in the form of a tweet:

https://writingclasses.com/contest/stories-everywhere

I should add, they have more than just the twitter sized contest:

https://www.writingclasses.com/contests

There’s a pretty interesting 18 word story contest that I just entered (see my story here):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Yq2RMSPRCzt1riMwPrBPD_fRi0SzB3WM

Thanks.

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