Young Adult Fiction Competition
Get your creative juices flowing and enter your best story for young adult readers into the Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards Young Adult Fiction Category. This young adult contest spotlights…
Get your creative juices flowing and enter your best story for young adult readers into the Writer’s Digest Popular Fiction Awards Young Adult Fiction Category. This young adult contest spotlights some of today's best young adult fiction writers. Plus, one first place winner will receive $500 in cash.
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 young adult fiction 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.)
Early-Bird Deadline: September 16, 2013
Deadline:October 15, 2013-CLOSED
One First Place Category Winner will receive:
- A $500 cash prize
- Win $100 off a purchase at www.writersdigestshop.com
- A copy of the 2014 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market
- Be listed in Writer's Digest's May/June issue and on WritersDigest.com
Honorable Mentions will:
- Have their young adult fiction stories promoted on WritersDigest.com
- Receive a copy of the 2014 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market
Early-BirdDeadline: September 16, 2013
Deadline: October 15, 2013
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