Writing CONTESTS !~ [ earliest deadlines are Dec. 11 ]

So ladies and gents -
I have recently been getting a ton of emails for writers since i have started up my new business and while i am still not getting any funds ; i am still connecting people together hopefully someone will eventually see the value in this .
With that being said -
i have just recently opened up a BitCoin wallet, and im trying to find a way to get .01 into it ; so that i can put a deposit on a mining site ive been using to fund a few projects ; so perhaps i can use SBD to earn myself like $100 in BitCoin .

I hope you find this helpful -

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The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest
This contest is for registered undergraduate full - time Juniors or Seniors at accredited four - year colleges or universities in the US in the fall 2017 semester . Students are invited to write an essay about an ethical issue they have encountered, and analyze what it has taught them about ethics, and themselves . See guidelines for potential topics and issues here -
http://eliewieselfoundation.org/prize-ethics/contest/

https://center.uoregon.edu/EWF/FORMS/CFP/cfp_login.php?formid=2607664

Value: $5,000, $2,500, $1,500, two prizes of $500 each
Deadline: 11 December 2017
Open for: US Students

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J Anthony Lucas Work-in-progress Award

This award is for writers already under contract by a publisher for a nonfiction work, on a topic of American political or social concern .
You can find more details here -
https://journalism.columbia.edu/lukas

Value: $25,000
Deadline: 11 December 2017
Open for: Contracted writers of a nonfiction work

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2018 Spring-Summer Emergency Residency for Artists from Puerto Rico

The Studios at MASS MoCA invites artists in Puerto Rico who have been affected by Hurricane Maria, including artists displaced from the island by the hurricane, to apply for residencies up to 6 weeks . They expect to select at least 2 artists from Puerto Rico . The normal residency fee will be waived for these artists, and additional support will be provided for travel and meals.
https://assetsforartists.submittable.com/submit/99798/2018-spring-summer-emergency-residency-for-artists-from-puerto-rico

Value: Travel reimbursement up to $800 ; stipend of $100 per week
Deadline: December 18th, 2017
Open for : Artists in Puerto Rico at all career stages, income levels, and disciplines (including writers) whose practice has been made more difficult by the impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, including artists who have been displaced from the island by the disaster .

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Ron Hubbard’s Writers & Illustrators of the Future

This contest is for new and amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or fantasy . Send stories of up to 17,000 words in length . This is a quarterly contest .
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/Contest-Rules-Writers/

Value: $1,000, $750, $500 quarterly; one annual prize of $5,000
Deadline: 31 December 2017
Open for: Those who have not professionally published a novel or short novel, or more than one novelette, or more than three short stories, in any medium .

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The Society of Classical Poets Competition

Send 3 - 5 poems on any of these themes : The Issues of Our Age (at least one poem has to be on this theme – see guidelines for specific issues), Beautiful & Sublime, Great Culture, Humor & Riddles .
http://classicalpoets.org/2018-poetry-competition-announced/

Value: $500; three prizes of $100 each – for High School poets, translators, and poets of Hudson Valley, New York
Deadline: 31 December 2017
Open for: All poets

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The Womaninc Sakhi Awards

This is a poetry award for feminist voices . Their website says, “ The award shall be the meeting ground between oppression and expression – an isthmus defining the very real struggles of women across the globe for identity and dignity . ” Submit one unpublished poem .
https://thewomaninc.com/2017/08/23/the-womaninc-sakhi-awards-2017/

Value: $300, $150, $50
Deadline: 31 December 2017
Open for: All poets

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Steinbeck Fellowship

The Steinbeck Fellows Program of San José State University (SJSU) offers emerging writers of any age and background the opportunity to pursue a significant writing project – of fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, and biography – while in residence at SJSU . The emphasis of the program is on helping writers who have had some success, but not published extensively, and whose promising work would be aided by the financial support and sponsorship of the Center and the University’s creative writing program . See guidelines for writing sample and other requirements .

http://www.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/fellows/steinbeckfellows_apply/index.html

https://steinbeck.submittable.com/submit

Value: $10,000
Deadline: 2 January 2017
Open for: All writers

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U.S. Naval Institute General Prize Essay Contest

The organizers invite you to “ dare to write in order to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to national defense . ” Authors must discuss the most compelling issues, ideas, and solutions . There is no restriction on topic . All essays are judged in the blind by the Naval Institutes Editorial Board composed of serving Sea Service professionals .
https://www.usni.org/essay-contest/general-prize-essay-contest

Value: $6,000, $3,000, $2,000
Deadline: 31 December 2017
Open for: Unspecified

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St Martin’s Minotaur/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition

This is for unpublished manuscripts . Murder or a serious crime or crimes has to be at the heart of the story. The manuscript must be at least 220 typewritten pages or 60,000 words .

http://mysterywriters.org/about-mwa/st-martins/

Value: $10,000 as advance against royalties
Deadline: 12 January 2018
Open for: All writers who have never published a novel in any genre

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I hope all my readers find this helpful ; and start hitting those letters - let me know if anyone wins any contests !
I would love to read their work .