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Current literary competitions for 2019 for experienced and aspiring writers. Placed in accordance with deadlines (dates when the acceptance of works ends). The necessary information is indicated: nominations, age of participants, topics and genres, volume of accepted works.

International competitions 2019

31.01. Annual International Internet competition “Family Glory Page”. Works are accepted dedicated to wars and conflicts, pages from family history, compatriots-internationalists, home front workers. This is a project for people of all ages and professions. Conditions: You must register on the site.

15.03 . Literary competition “History and Legends”. Everyone is welcome to participate. Prizes: diplomas, gifts, publication for the winners. Send work to: [email protected]. There are design requirements. Genres: historical novel or stories, epics, fairy tales, folklore, epics, ballads, odes, poems, visions, fiction, fantasy. Themes:

• "Smeda". The basis should be the legend of a brave Bulgarian woman named Smeda, who in the 16th-17th centuries, together with her 14 sons, founded the village and then the city of Smyadovo.
• "Sofrata". Tell us about the area of ​​​​Sofrat - an energetically charged stone plateau in the forest, on the top of a mountain, where electronic devices stop working and even fail. According to one version, this is an ancient Thracian sanctuary. A Swedish scientist, having examined Sofrata, expressed a fantastic version that Sofrata is a transition (gate) to another dimension.

31.03. Contest short story"From Great to Ridiculous"(3000-5000 characters, weekly, send to [email protected]). Participants: aged 14 years and over. Prizes: winning stories are broadcast on radio “Gomel Plus” on Saturdays and Sundays at 18.15, the names of the winners are announced weekly in the organizer’s social groups. Radio broadcast on the Internet on the website http://radiogomelplus.by. You can familiarize yourself with the rules of the competition.

01.04. International poetry competition. Humorous poetry is accepted. Anyone can participate without restrictions on age, nationality and citizenship - who writes on English language. Prizes: money, publication.

15.04. International literary short story competition in the fantasy genre XXII “Flight of Fantasy”. Requirements for stories: in Russian; only fantasy (but in the broadest sense!); size from 7000 to 40000 characters excluding spaces; previously unpublished (including on the Internet).

15.07. Competition for applicants International Literary Prize them. I. F. Annensky (only manuscripts, poetry and prose). There are no age restrictions. Prizes: publication in magazines, possibly a prize.

Russian competitions 2019

10.01. Literary Prize"Antonovka. 40+" Participants: those who wish, who are 40 years old or older. If your works of art written in the best traditions of Russian literature and humane, just right to send them by e-mail [email protected] marked “Antonovka Prize”. The prize was established in memory of the poet, prose writer, playwright and critic Alexei Antonov. Nominations:

• “Poetry” (a selection of poems or a poem of no more than 350 lines);
• “Prose” (stories or short stories up to 80 thousand characters);
• “Dramaturgy” (plays, including in verse);
• “Literary criticism” (reviews, articles, essays up to 40 thousand characters).

10.01. Literary competition “LithoDrama 2019”" Those who wish can participate. Previously unpublished plays are accepted. Acceptance of work: [email protected]. Eat additional conditions. Nominations:

• “Plays” (on a free topic, up to 140 thousand characters);
• “Free Space” (realistic plays, up to 140 thousand characters);
• “Plays for children and teenagers” (up to 100 thousand characters);
• “Prose Theater” (monologues, up to 20 thousand characters);
• “Plays without action (up to 100 thousand characters);
• “A Play for Nastya” (plays for actress Anastasia Obolenskaya from Belgorod, volume up to 140 thousand characters);
• “Fantastic plays” (up to 100 thousand characters);
• “Kazan History” (plays about Kazan, up to 140 thousand characters).

14.01. Competition in memory of St. Cyril– in honor of his 1150th anniversary of his Dormition (February 14, 2019), one of the brothers who created modern Slavic alphabet. Those who wish can participate. Stories and poems are accepted. Topics: “Creators of the ABC”; "Slavic alphabet"; “The significance of the creation of the Slavic alphabet”; "We and the Word"; “We write in Cyrillic,” as well as other related topics related to Slavic literature. Up to 5 works are accepted from one participant. Registration on the site is required. Prizes: diplomas, gifts.

31.01 . Non-fiction literature competition from the publishing house Animedia Company. Texts in Russian with a volume of at least 5 author's pages are allowed. These can be either individual completed works or part of a series. Works proposed by the author for participation in the competition should not be posted in in electronic format on any of the online trading platforms. You must send to the competition: full text works, annotations and brief information about the author at email [email protected]. The subject line of the letter must begin with the word “Competition”. The results of the competition will be announced on March 1, 2019. The main prize for 3 winners: a contract for the publication of a book by a publishing house, providing for the placement of the work in all leading online stores in the world, high percentages of royalties and other pleasant little things.

11.02. Competition "New Start" from Animedia Company. Nomination: novel ( modern prose, romance novel, thriller, detective story, etc.). Prizes: a publishing contract, high percentages of royalties and many other pleasant little things. Conditions: the volume of the work is from 5 author's sheets, the novel should not be posted on trading platforms in the Internet.

28.02. "Big Book" Award. Nominations: novels, novellas, collections of novellas and/or short stories, documentary prose, memoirs, author's translations. Conditions: manuscripts are also included. Prizes: up to RUB 3,000,000.

01.03. National Agency for Press and Media "Russian Literary Center" on a competitive basis accepts works in the regular literary and artistic almanac “NISERMI”. Participants: willing, but undoubtedly talented. Participation is without paying the registration fee, but the selection will be tough. P We accept works in the following genres: short story; story; poems; feature article; essay; haiku; flash fiction and fan fiction; fairy tale or parable; other genres of small prose or poetic form. Text requirements: prose - from 800 to 25,000 characters; poetry - from 8 to 120 lines. The author can send one or more works corresponding to the specified volume in a single doc file, to the address: [email protected]. Prizes: publication.

31.03. Poetry competition“Bereshchenye-2019”: an open, non-profit project aimed at supporting poetic creativity participants, popularization universal human values. The theme of the competition is “Life is the most valuable thing in the world.” Poetic works on the topic of value are considered human life, the uniqueness of every human life. Competition prizes. “Grand Prix”: the winner will receive a summer VIP picnic set and a certificate for publishing an interview in the magazine “Showbiz’24” (Moscow). The winners of the competition will receive Diplomas and project souvenirs. Also, the winners in the “Grand Prix” and “Sympathy of Bereshchenya” nominations will receive certificates for free audio recording of their works in a professional recording studio in the city of their residence.

31.03 . Literary competition "Popadanets". Those who wish can participate. Previously unpublished novels with a volume of 400 thousand characters or more, without the 18+ mark, are accepted. Genres: adventure, fantasy, where main character- a hit man, brave and decisive. Love line may be absent or minor. Registration on the site is required. Prizes: royalty-free book publication.

05.04, until 19.00.New Children's Book Competition from the publishing house "ROSMEN". Register. Prizes: Grand Prize– a contract with the publishing house “ROSMEN”, the best works of the competition participants are published in an illustrated collection. Nominations:

• "Stories for the little ones"
• "Young Adult: Thriller. Mystic. Horror",
• "New children's illustration."

10.04. Short story competition “Love Story”. Age of participants: 18+. Story length: 8000-32000 characters. Participating texts are written specifically for the competition and have not been published anywhere before. Condition: unlimited publication on the website of the competition organizer. Criteria for evaluating stories: literacy, artistry, plot. Prizes: diplomas, money.

15.04. Literary competition “Your Fantasy on Amazon”. Those who wish to participate are those who write in Russian. Only new novels with a volume of 90-120 thousand words are accepted. Genres: epic, action or adventure fantasy. Registration on the site is required. Prize fund– 2500 dollars.

30.04. “Cyberpunk” from LitNet. Nominations: cyberpunk novel, fantasy, LitRPG, realRPG. I: the volume of the novel is from 10 author's sheets. Prizes: paid publication in the publishing house “Litnet Publishing” with a circulation of at least 3000 copies, there are other goodies.

30.04 . Competition “New Writers”. Nominations: prose (up to 30,000 characters), poetry (no more than 200 lines). Conditions: participation is paid. Prizes: up to 10,000 rubles. + publication in the almanac.

10.05. Open literary competition "Heroes of the Great Victory-2019" for the best literary story, essay, poem, song (text) of epic, historical and military-patriotic content. Organizers: Union of Writers of Russia, Russian Military Historical Society, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, etc.
Any citizen can participate in the competition, regardless of citizenship and nationality. Age restrictions: no. The competition is held in order to preserve and perpetuate the memory of what was demonstrated during the Great Patriotic War the heroism of Soviet soldiers and the courage of Russian soldiers who defended the borders of the Motherland, as well as military personnel who participated in local wars and military conflicts.

15.05. All-Russian competition for teenage writers "Teenager N". Nominations: “Dystopia”; "Fantasy"; "Young adult"; "Non-fiction"; "A Tale for high school" Prizes: discounts in the Labyrinth, laptops, publication of the winner's book in the Compass Guide publishing house and 10 author's copies.

20.05. The non-profit partnership "Wikimedia RU" and the Russian Union of Writers launched the first literary futurological competition "WikiFuture". Topic: the future of Wikipedia and similar resources, global knowledge bases and the impact of wiki technologies on tomorrow. Nominations: “Science fiction story” and “Futurological article.” Only 1 work from 1000 to 20,000 characters with spaces is accepted from one author.

Venues for the competition: “Samizdat” and “Proza.ru”. Prizes: the laureates in each category will receive prizes with Wikipedia symbols; their works will be published in a special collection “WikiFuture”; finalists receive diplomas from Wikipedia and Russian Union writers.

31.05. Competition "Electronic letter". Nominations: stories, novellas, novels of 4000 characters or more. Award nominations:

• "Best Writer"
• “Bestseller” (special category).
• Experts' Choice" (special category).
• “Readers' Choice” (special category).

Prizes: promotion of winning books on all resources of the liters group of companies. Condition: only works published electronically on liters can participate.

31.12. Prizes newspapers "Literature and Mastatstva":

• Prize named after B. Mikulich - for the best publication of creative prose on the old pages of the newspaper “LIM”;
• Prize named after A. Bachyly - for the most impressive and pathetic publication on the old pages of the newspaper “LIM”;
• Prize named after R. Byarozkin - for the most brilliant literary and covert publication.

Creations in the competition are directly related to the electronic look of the editorial office of the newspaper “Literature and Arts” ( [email protected]) from the 1st student of 2019 with the signs “Prose”, “Paesia”, “Krytyka”. Information on the results of the competition will be published in the newspaper “Literature and Arts” for the 31st day of 2020.

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Have you discovered a grain of writing talent in yourself and want it to be appreciated? In this case, there are at least two options for the development of events. The first is that you gain patience and start bombarding publishing houses with a synopsis of your work and the text itself from morning until late at night for days on end in the hope that someone will want to publish it young talent at your own expense. At the same time, get ready for long months of waiting - in most cases, publishers take from a month to three to review one manuscript.

Or the second option - you submit your work to a prestigious competition. If everything goes well, you win and gain popularity, and now you are no longer chasing publishers, but vice versa. However, even if the victory goes to someone else, any large-scale competition is good opportunity light up. So go for it! And we have compiled a list especially for you best competitions for young and promising!

1. International literary competition “Russian Prize” (RUB 150,000)

"Russian Prize" is the only Russian prize, which is awarded to a Russian-speaking writer living outside of Russia. The goal of the competition is to preserve and develop the Russian language and support Russian-speaking writers around the world. The prize is awarded in three categories: “Large Prose”, “Small Prose” and “Poetry”. The winners are awarded prizes in the amount of 150 thousand rubles. There are no age restrictions for award applicants. It is important that both published and previously unpublished works can participate in this competition.

2. International literary competition “Coronation of the Word”

The competition is held in the categories “Novels”, “Film Scripts”, “Plays” and “Song Lyrics”, as well as “Coronation of the Word for Children”. Manuscripts of previously unpublished works are accepted for participation. The jury decides on the results of the competition. The winners receive cash prizes. Last year, the 1st prize in the nomination “Novels” amounted to 20 thousand hryvnia, in the nomination “Film Scripts” - 15 thousand, “Plays” - 10 thousand, “Song Poetry” - 8 thousand. A number of special awards. Today, the “Coronation of the Word” competition is one of the most prestigious in Ukraine.

3. Competition “Writer of the Year 2016”

The competition is held with the aim of “discovering new talented names and contribute to their promotion to the literary Olympus,” as stated on the publishing house’s website. Authors over 18 years of age are allowed to participate. Place of residence does not matter. To participate, the author must submit an application on the page. At the end of the year, eminent representatives literary world choose one or more of the most interesting authors, who will be offered special conditions for cooperation with the publishing house and given a personal award.

4. Competition “Poet of the Year 2016”

5. International literary competition for one story at LITER-RM.RU

The purpose of the competition is to popularize literary creativity, find talented youth, and also determine the geography of authors who create in Russian. Participants can be Russian-speaking prose writers over 14 years old from anywhere in the world. The competition budget is 15 thousand rubles.

The competition is held in three categories: “Realistic story”, “ Fantastic story" and "Fantasy story, fairy tale." The winners in each category receive a cash reward in the amount of 3 thousand rubles, as well as a diploma. You can find out the details of the competition.

6. International competition of one poem on LITER-RM.RU

The competition is held in two age groups: from 12 to 27 years inclusive and from 28 years. The winner will get money prize in the amount of at least 2 thousand rubles (from 12 to 27 years old) or 3 thousand rubles (from 28 years old). The subject, form and content of competition works can be anything. Details of the competition can be found.

7. International literary and pedagogical competition “Good Lyre” (Pedagogical Recognition Award)

The purpose of the competition is to increase the significance of modern Russian literature in the field of education younger generation, as well as attract interest in the book as a source of morality. There are no restrictions for authors regarding age, citizenship, or place of residence. The prize is awarded in the following categories: “ Fiction- Jr school age" and "Fiction - no age limit." Competition works must be written in prose in Russian, are not limited in topic and cannot be published previously. The winners will receive diplomas, and the best works will be included in the final collection. Competition details: on the website.

8. International competition for the best work for children “Korneychukov Prize-2016”

The Korneychukov Prize is a competition for the best works for children that have not been published before, and a real chance for beginning children's authors. The works of the competition laureates attract the attention of major publishers in the country, which means that your story, tale, fairy tale or poem may soon find its reader. At the end of the competition, the organizers create a collection best works. The most striking works are also included in literary almanacs.

The competition is one of the main events of the IV Odessa International Korneychukov Festival of Children's Literature, which is held as part of the XX International Book Fair "Green Wave". The winners in each category will receive diplomas, commemorative statuettes and cash prizes in the amount of 10 thousand UAH.
Competition page.

9. Literary competition L’Officiel Online

Recently, the Ukrainian editorial office of the world-famous magazine L’Officiel launched a literary competition in the short story genre. The volume of competition works is up to 2 thousand characters. Weekly best novella will be published on the L’officiel Online website. There are no prizes, winners or losers. However, if the quality of the text is high, the editors promise to note best author.
All details on the website.

10. Science fiction novel competition “100% fiction”

11. Literary competition of the publishing house "Smoloskip"

We wish you good luck, writers!