Writers Digest--New Competitions!

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Writer's Digest is proud to announce 6 new short story genre competitions!

Science Fiction/Fantasy | Thriller | Crime | Young Adult | Romance | Horror 

It's as simple as this:  choose your genre. Start writing. 

No prompts, no pressure, no limits. Enter your most imaginative work in 4,000 words or less. Each and every one of the 6 new competitions offers the chance to win $1,000!

Concoct a thriller. Tingle spines with a horror. Melt cold hearts with a tender romance. Whatever genre you prefer, whatever story you want to tell -- we have the competition for you.

	What does the future hold? Colonized planets, maybe. Apocalypse? Perhaps time travel. You decide. Enter by September 15, 2011.
	Whodunnit? Don't keep us in suspense! YOU do it...by September 15, 2011.
	Harry Potter. Twilight. The Hunger Games. The popularity of Young Adult fiction has everlasting life! Sink your teeth into it!Enter by October 1, 2011!
	Please...we ache for your entries. Don't be cold-hearted. Enter by October 15, 2011!
	A bank robbery. A theft. A murder. We'll start you off with this clue: The deadline is October 22, 2011!
	Just like the barely-audible shuffles of a zombie, the deadline's far-off ... but it's coming. The UnDeadline: October 31, 2011

Writers Digest Short Short Contest!

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We're looking for fiction that's bold, brilliant...but brief. Send us your best in 1,500 words or fewer.

But don't be too long about it—the deadline is November 15, 2011.

PRIZES
First Place: $3,000 and a trip to the Writer's Digest Conference
Second Place: $1,500
Third Place: $500
Fourth Through Tenth Place: $100
Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's Digest Books

* The names and story titles of the First-through Tenth-Place winners will be printed in the July/August 2012 Writer's Digest, and winners will receive the 2012 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market and 2012 Guide ti Literary Agents. Plus, all First through 25th place winners will receive a free copy of the 12th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition Collection.

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