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ForthWrite Literary Agency sponsors a contest for aspiring nonfiction writers, who reside west of
the Mississippi. Limit: 90 pages. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: May 28.
http://kellermedia.com/contest.htm
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Daniel Singer Prize
Original essays, in any language, are invited on the theme: "What Is the Soul of
Socialism?" Cash prize: $5,000. Deadline: August 31st. No entry fees.
http://www.danielsinger.org
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Power of Purpose Worldwide Essay Competition
Sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, this contest seeks original essays on the importance of
noble purpose in life and in nature. Cash prizes total US$500,000, including a grand prize of
US$100,000. Word limit: 3,500. No entry fee. Deadline: May 31, 2004.
http://www.powerofpurpose.org
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Writers' Success Essay Contest
Seeks factual essays from writers on their first web-posting or publication as an author,
journalist, poet or even letter-writer, and what that first success achieved. Maximum length: 1,000
words. No entry fees. Cash prizes total: $225. Deadline: January 31.
http://writenews.exactpages.com
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Event Creative Non-Fiction Contest
Annual contest for creative non-fiction offers $1,500 in prize money, plus publication. Maximum
length: 5,000 words. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: April 15, 2004.
http://event.douglas.bc.ca/contest.html
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U.S. Naval Institute: Annual Essay and Photo Contests
Various essay contests are conducted throughout the year. Some are limited to current and former
U.S. naval personnel. Others are open to all servicemen, including an Enlisted Essay, limited to
2,500 words, closing September 1. Other deadlines vary. Generous cash prizes. Free entry.
http://www.usni.org/Membership/CONTESTS.htm#enlisted
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Cup of Comfort Collections
Seeks true stories on various topics. Winning stories are published. Each collection has a grand
prize of $500. All other published contributors receive $100 each. No reading fees. Length: 1,000
to 2,000 words. Deadlines vary.
http://www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm
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Future Thinking Writing Contest
An annual essay contest offers prize money of $65,000 for original prose on a given theme. The
topic for 2003 was "Do We Need Nature?" Next deadline: August, 2004. No entry fees.
http://www.shelleconomistprize.com
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ISCID Essay Contests
ISCID sponsors annual essay contests on complexity, information, and design. Cash prizes are $1000
undergraduate and $2000 graduate. Deadline: June 1.
http://www.iscid.org/essaycontests.php
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Ayn Rand Institute Annual Essay Contests
Annual awards for short, original, unpublished essays on the philosophic themes in Ayn Rand's
novels, "Anthem", "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged", are open
respectively to all US 9th and 10th graders, 11th and 12th graders and college students. Prize
money totals $72,000.
http://www.aynrand.org/contests
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