Receiving money from writing contests that you enter and win is a way to grow your income and gain increased exposure in literary circles. By winning writing contests you can also catch the attention of media outlets, thereby increasing your book sales and speaking engagement requests.
Making Money by Winning Writing Contests
Poets & Writers, Writer’s Market, The Writer and The Book Lover’s Haven are a few of the print and electronic literary periodicals that list writing contests. If you’re a creative business leader who loves writing poetry, you’re in good fortune as a large number of writing contests are designed for poets. In addition to searching for writing contests in magazines, journals, newsletters and at literary websites, you can enter contests that are solely affiliated with one or more writing conferences. Several of these contests (and conferences) are operated by accredited colleges and universities. Check with local colleges and universities in the city where you live to see if they host writer conferences that judge writing contests, keeping in mind that operating a writing contest is an effective way to peak interest in conferences and literary websites.
Additional places (and URLs to the above periodicals) where you can find lists of writing contests are:
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Posted By: Denise Turney
Tuesday, September 13th 2011 at 10:43AM
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