# Contests and Where to Find Them
**URL:** https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/contests-and-where-to-find-them/2296
**Category:** Writing
**Created:** [February 3, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/contests-and-where-to-find-them/2296 "2019-02-03T00:31:24Z")
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### Author:  [@museful](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/museful)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/contests-and-where-to-find-them/2296/1 "2019-02-03T00:31:24Z")
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:
[https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/](https://www.writerscentre.com.au/furious-fiction/)
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.
> **[Not a chance.docx](https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Pu1LtJt5hW1egDb2yl5DHkOF6EG0nSx/view?usp=drive_open)**
>
> Google Drive file.
This particular contest happens once a month, I believe. Anyone else have some recommended contests?
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### Author:  [@museful](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/museful)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/contests-and-where-to-find-them/2296/2 "2019-02-04T14:44:38Z")
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](https://writingclasses.com/contest/stories-everywhere)
I should add, they have more than just the twitter sized contest:
[https://www.writingclasses.com/contests](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](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Yq2RMSPRCzt1riMwPrBPD_fRi0SzB3WM)
Thanks.