Writing competitions. Literary competitions - a game for a writer

Do you want to loudly announce yourself to the world? Tired of peeing on your desk? It's time to throw off the shackles of uncertainty and demonstrate all that you are capable of! The online library of author's books website invites all young and beginners, as well as experienced and knowledgeable writers about real books, to take part in unique competitions of masters of the word and pen.

Literary competitions are fertile ground for aspiring writers, providing not only the opportunity to show their work to a wide circle readers, get feedback, hear criticism or earn approval and trust, but also compete for a cash prize! We regularly hold up to five competitions simultaneously, in which absolutely any author who considers himself a worthy competitor to other writers can submit an application to participate.

The most famous competitions for authors

If you love to write, your friends and loved ones read your works, but you believe that no publishing house will undertake to publish your work - cast aside your doubts! Our daily audience reaches several tens of thousands of readers, each of whom can see your novel, story or short story and vote for first place. In addition to cash rewards, we offer best author sign an agreement with publishing houses that publish books by young writers in printed form. Agree that this is a good opportunity to wake up famous. This also applies to stories best works are published as part of collections. Where else can you demonstrate to the public your brilliant talent and ability to deftly juggle words? Our large-scale literary talent competitions are rocking bright stars Every year!

The editors of the site hold competitions not only for book authors, but also for illustrators who are ready to invest a little of their own work into the production of unique works modern literature. If you have a talent for creating deep images that reveal key moments in the plots of your author's books, you love to draw and want to prove that you are worthy of a major award - register in the illustrator competition and become the new winner of the annual ART Breakthrough Award!

There is room for everyone to step forward. Now there are many writers, screenwriters and copywriters who have not yet established their positions in creative environment. What to do if you have no special education and promising acquaintances, but you have already written one or two stories or scripts? Modern technologies help young and adult talents express themselves. You don't have to write on your desk and wait for a belated assessment of your creativity. You can already understand how in demand texts are.

Urban Legend competition for science fiction fans

Participation and victory in the “Urban Legend” competition will ensure the publication of the story in the collection of the “Contact” club, which was created by fantasy lovers. Club publications are sent to large libraries - this way you can get, firstly, official publication, and secondly, fame in the circles of literature lovers. Each winner will receive a copy of the collection by mail. There will be three prizes in the competition. Deadline March 15, prizes: publications and gift publishing.

Literary Award "Electronic Letter"

Receiving a prestigious literary award is important, especially for an aspiring writer. “Electronic Letter” is an award given to contestants who upload their books (printed in a standard Word file) to the portal. The works will be evaluated by an authoritative jury, consisting of Denis Dragunsky, Dmitry Bykov, Andrey Vasilevsky, Natalya Kochetkova, Sergey Chonishvili, Natalya Lomykina.

The Liters: Samizdat platform will help those who have already written a book earn money. Outside of the competition, you can upload your works to the site and track sales. The publisher will pay you a percentage, which can reach impressive amounts. Deadline March 15, prizes: literary prize, publication, percentage of book sales.

Grand for participation in the project “Cross-border journalism”

If you have a bright idea research project, you have the opportunity to fully reimburse the costs and make a beautiful statement. Bloggers, journalists and freelancers who are good with words can participate in the grand competition. While working on the project, participants will form a group and begin creating materials about acute and interesting topics, relating to many countries (Russia, the Baltic countries and Asia), their inhabitants and current events. Thus, participants, with the help of mentors, will be able to create interesting materials and decide on further publication. Deadline March 4, prizes: payment of expenses, free mentoring, publications.

Studying at a summer media school in Prague

Thanks to the Boris Nemtsov Foundation, you can win free training with travel, accommodation and meals in Prague for 3 summer weeks. It is enough to go through two stages of selection: initial and interview via Skype. All those who are interested in correct and interesting coverage of current events are invited to cooperate: bloggers, copywriters, journalists.

To participate, you just need to plan a project, which experienced mentors will help you implement in Prague. Deadline April 1, prizes: free education, transfer, accommodation, meals and assistance in project implementation.

“Russian Reporter” magazine and the “I am a Creator” competition

To participate in the “I am a Creator” competition, it is necessary to prepare material about the heroes of our time who take an active social position, are volunteers, or simply enter into an argument with injustice. There will be 6 winners. Deadline is March 15. Each winner will receive a cash reward and popularity.

Publishing house "Fiction" is looking for authors

For those writers who have finished working on a manuscript and don’t know where to go with it, applications to the publishing house “Chchivo” are open. Just make sure your manuscript meets the requirements and send it to the address provided on the site. Deadline: within a year. If successful, you will receive an official publication and earnings.

Literary competition "Red Nose"

All those who appreciate humor and are ready to submit their works in prose or poetry to the jury - act right now. There is still time to select works or write them with clean slate. Deadline March 25, 2018, prizes: diplomas, bonus and cash reward.

By decision of the leadership of the MGO SPR, the following COMPETITIONS will be held in 2017:

Competition of songs, anthems, romances, ballads dedicated to Russia, small homeland, favorite city, significant event, loved one, anniversary, etc. The competition is held under the auspices of music and concert organizations, the MGO SPR, and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Only texts are accepted for publication. The collection is to be distributed among composers, concert organizations, and musical events, in order to attract the interest of composers and musicians to the work of the authors of the collection.

2. Competition “BEST POETS AND WRITERS OF RUSSIA” 2017 in English.

Bilingual collection-encyclopedia with portrait photographs authors. The texts will be published in Russian with translation into English.

Hardcover. A5 format, circulation 3000 copies.
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3. Competition “FAMILY ALBUM”

The competition accepts works about family tree, sort of, interesting stories related to relatives different generations. All are considered literary genres

Soft cover. A5 format, circulation 3000 copies.
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4. “LITERARY DAILY” 2018

Hard cover. A5 format, circulation 3000 copies.
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5. Competition ACADEMY. "CHILDREN'S LITERATURE". Domestic and foreign

The competition accepts works by children and youth, as well as adult authors writing for children. Both original works and translations from the languages ​​of the world into Russian and from Russian into other languages ​​are considered. All literary genres are welcome. The topic is not limited.

Soft cover. A5 format. Circulation 2000 copies.
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6. Almanac competition “LITERARY REPUBLIC” No. 2/2017

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7. Preferential competition “NEW YEAR’S CARNIVAL”.

New Year's riddles, aphorisms, poems, prose sketches, plays, songs, jokes in verse and prose are accepted... New Year's themes.

Soft cover. A5 format. Circulation 3000 copies.
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8. Competition “SEASONS”

The competition is dedicated to the anniversary of K.G. Paustovsky. We accept works about nature, lyrics of the seasons in different genres and directions of literature.

Soft cover. A5 format. Circulation 3000 copies.
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9. Preferential competition named after. VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY “I live in the Best of Worlds”

Competition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Vysotsky. Poems and prose dedicated to the poet, related to his life and work are accepted. Poems and prose written in the spirit of V. Vysotsky. Reflections in poetry and prose about the fate of poets.

Soft cover. A5 format. Circulation 3000 copies.
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10. Competition “FATE 100th Anniversary”

A competition dedicated to significant events in world history over the past 100 years. For example: Space exploration, discovery of television, anniversary October revolution, invention of the Internet, sports, literary, scientific, artistic achievements. Works about events and discoveries, as well as about people who left a mark on history, are accepted. Works of all genres and trends in literature are considered.

Applications are accepted until January 25, 2018
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PUBLISHING HOUSE at MGO SPR

Dear friends! In addition to competitions, MGO SPR publishes author's books of any complexity: landscape, color (with high definition color transfer), mini (gift), in “super”, gold and silver embossing, fabric covers, holographic pictures, etc. We provide services: editor, proofreader, designer, artist, layout designer. Each author receives a free presentation, and his book is in electronic format placed by us in Online bookstores. DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS OF IGO SPR!!! We also have all this in our organization on the 2nd floor, in the 4th conference room.

IN CONSTANT MODE:

On a regular basis, we conduct PRESENTATIONS of collective and individual collections, the work of our authors and free competitions in a free microphone in the art cafe "GALLERY".

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The team of the Moscow city organization of the Union of Writers of Russia,
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April 5, 2019 Museum-Reserve F.I. Tyutchev "Ovstug" announces the beginning of accepting applications for participation in the VII International Tyutchev Literary Competition "Thinking Reed".

The purpose of the competition is to preserve and continue the philosophical traditions of Tyutchev’s poetry in the modern literary process.

The organizers of the competition invite participants from Russia, near and far abroad countries - authors writing in Russian.

Traditionally, the competition is held in two categories: “Best Philosophical Poem” and “Best Philosophical Essay.”

Summarizing the competition will take place in Ovstug in the house-museum of F.I. Tyutchev August 16-18, 2019, on these days the winners and laureates of the 2019 competition will gather at the Tyutchev estate. The program has a large creative meeting in Ovstug - introducing guests to the exhibition of the house-museum, an award ceremony for the winners of the competition, poetry master classes.

Let's try to roughly divide the competitions into three groups:
- prestigious literary awards: " Big Book", "Booker", " National bestseller", genre awards such as "The Wanderer", etc.
- competitions held by publishing houses, such as “Manuscript of the Year”;
- network competitions.

Prestigious literary awards

Prestigious literary awards are for published authors, have substantial prize pools, nice prizes to put on the shelf, and attract widespread media attention. Even being included in the longlist is already happiness and a reason to proudly announce it on the cover of the book. However, no award guarantees success with the reader.

It is very difficult to nominate yourself for such a competition, even if you published a book at your own expense - publishers, thick magazines or a panel of judges most often have the right to nominate.

Therefore, you can forget about these bonuses and calm down. It’s one of two things: either it will happen or it won’t, nothing depends on our efforts.

The exception is "Debut". But it has drawbacks - this is a prize for authors under 25-35 years of age.

Competitions held by publishing houses

These competitions are mainly aimed at aspiring authors and give them a great chance to get started writing career, get some initial push.

There are no prizes in them or they are purely symbolic, but they have one big, simply huge plus.

These are, by definition, fair competitions. The organizer, who is also the publisher, is vitally interested in finding new talented authors, so attention is paid to each text. As far as I understand, such awards have two main tasks. Firstly, promotion of the author - attracting the attention of the media and attracting the attention of readers with the inscription on the cover “Award winner so-and-so.” Therefore, only the text determines everything. There is no point in giving a push to a mediocre text - it will be a waste of time and money. No matter how much you kick a hedgehog, it will not fly like a bird. Secondly, the fee of a beginning author in our time cannot serve as any significant incentive to write new works. But this recognition and moral support - they play their role.

Finally, this is one of the few chances to publish a non-format work.

My personal experience very positive. Winning the Blogbuster competition allowed me to meet some amazing editors. Thanks to these acquaintances, my story was published, and the novel did not lie idle for months, but was read immediately, out of sequence. But you must understand that the victory of one text in the competition does not guarantee the publication of another; the only thing you can count on is attention to your application.

Then the novel became the winner of another publishing competition - “Manuscript of the Year”, thanks to which I already have something to fill the “Media about the novel” page on the book’s website.

Network competitions

Online competitions are exactly the case when participation is more important than victory. This will allow the novice author to save some time, since it will not allow him to step on the well-known rake.

Of course, not a single editor will take your comment seriously that the text took first place in the “Afftor, write escho” competition held by the portal " Young star literature".

The prize most often becomes Nice picture, on which is written “Winner of such and such a competition.” You can hang it on your blog or website.

The main thing a novice author needs from an online competition is reviews, feedback and reviews. The chance of getting a review or at least a detailed review from the editor of the publishing house who rejected you is close to zero. The majority of blog readers will either write “Thank you,” or “Drink yada,” or remain silent.

If you're lucky enough to make it to the finals of an online competition, you can sometimes get a review from a pro. If not, you will get feedback from people who are interested literary theory, read a lot and share their impressions in detail. This can be very useful to pay attention to your mistakes, shortcomings and advantages. At a minimum, someone will read your worst story to the end and rub your nose into at least one of the reasons for your failure. It's a kind of school.

You need to understand that online competitions are often won by strong “middle-of-the-road” stories - stories that are understandable and interesting to most judges, and also equally satisfying male and female tastes. In addition, long-existing competitions have their own established concepts about good story. Those. we must understand that the judges of any competition are a certain the target audience, slice

There is some risk of running into a not entirely friendly public and getting bogged down in an angry skirmish or some other holivar. But it is only your choice whether to react to such things or not.

Finally, it is very interesting to be a judge of the competition. Therefore, do not be afraid of lynching competitions. Of course, it takes time, but what practice it gives! Firstly, you will partly feel in the shoes of an editor reviewing gravity and understand how to interest him. Secondly, you will easily notice a dozen logs that you could not see in your own eye. Thirdly, you will become familiar with a huge number of cliches, and you will know how to avoid them.

Where to find out about competitions