Crime Writing Competition, Crime Writing Contest

Attention crime writers! Take a stab at crime writing and enter your best crime fiction story into the Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards Crime Writing Category. You could win a cash prize and get national exposure for your work! All you have to do is enter today

Wondering what's in it for you?

A chance to win the Popular Fiction Awards Grand Prize including $2,500 and a trip to the 2014 Writer's Digest Conference in New York City.
A chance to win the $500 Category First Prize
Get your crime story promoted in Writer's Digest and on WritersDigest.com
Win $100 off a purchase at www.writersdigestshop.com
Receive a copy of the 2014 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market

Submission Guidelines:

Fiction Manuscript
4,000 words or less
Acceptable file types: doc, docx, rtf, pdf
8.5x11 page size | Double-spaced throughout
1-inch margins on top and bottom | 1.25-inch margins on left and right sides
Arial, Courier or Times font | 12 point font size

How to enter: register and pay online or download a printable entry form. (Early-Bird Entry fees are $20 per entry. Regular entry fees are $25 per entry.)

Deadline: September 16, 2013

Deadline: October 15, 2013- CLOSED

One First Place Category Winner will receive: