Provides a $25,000 award, plus a 3-month residency at Stanford University. Applicants must be 40 years of age or younger and have published no more than one book at the time of application. This award is for fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. Deadline: November 15.

Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Writing contests open to all types of entries including essays, short stories, and poetry. Maximum length: 700 words. Entries are published in a book and readers determine the winners.

Sponsors quarterly poetry contests (closing February 15, et seq) and an annual fiction contest (closing February 15). A $10 subscription to the quarterly magazine offers one free entry to both contests.

Seeks entries in four categories: short stories (limit: 3,000 words); poetry (limit: 2 pages); children's stories (limit: 2,000 words); humor or personal essay (2,000 words). Entry fee: $12. Total prize money: $1,500. Deadline: December 31.

Annual awards are granted to qualifying small-press and self-published books in eleven categories. $100 cash prize in each category. Entry fee: $40 per book. Deadline: January 15, 2005.

The Society for Technical Communication sponsors annual competitions to recognise achievements in the technical communications field.

Annual writing awards for fiction and nonfiction by the free resource tool and Writers Notes Magazine

An annual prize of $12,500, this award is intended to encourage new writers who have recently published a work of fiction or memoirs.