MIDDLE GRADE FREE CONTESTS
Free “Dear Lucky Agent” Contest (Middle Grade Fiction)
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/guide-to-literary-agents/11th-free-dear-lucky-agent-contest-middle-grade-fiction
Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
http://www.hungermtn.org/katherine-paterson-prize-for-young-adult-and-childrens-writing/
Leapfrog contest (Not free. $30 entry fee) http://www.leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm
The Yummy but brainy Writing Contest
http://cbaybooks.com/info/?tag=yummy-but-brainy-writing-contest
Highlights Fiction Contest Guidelines http://www.highlights.com/highlights-fiction-contest
In Places Between short story Contest
http://www.inplacesbetween.com/Home_Page.php
Hay House Insights
http://www.balboapress.com/NFpublishingcontest/Rules.aspx
Cybil
http://www.cybils.com/basic-contest-info.html
Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature
http://milkweed.org/about-us/editorial/milkweed-prize-for-childrens-literature
Nation Book Award (for published novels)
http://www.nationalbook.org/
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PITCH CONTESTS MG & YA
Baker's Dozen (November 2013)
http://misssnarksfirstvictim.blogspot.com/
Pitch Wars (October 2013)
http://brenleedrake.blogspot.com/
Literary Agent Contest (July 2013)
http://michellekrys.com/category/literary-agent-contest/
PitchMas (December 2013)
http://pitchmas.blogspot.com/
Pitch contest and first 5 pages workshop
http://childrenspublishing.blogspot.com/p/contests-workshops.html
Nanowrimo pitchapalooza (February 2013)
http://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/41951858121/the-third-annual-nanowrimo-pitchapalooza
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YOUNG ADULTS FREE CONTESTS
Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
http://www.hungermtn.org/katherine-paterson-prize-for-young-adult-and-childrens-writing/
Leapfrog contest
http://www.leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm
The Yummy but brainy Writing Contest
http://cbaybooks.com/info/?tag=yummy-but-brainy-writing-contest
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011
Writers of the Future Contest
http://www.writersofthefuture.com/contest
Nation Book Award (for published novels)
http://www.nationalbook.org/
Cybil
http://www.cybils.com/basic-contest-info.html
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OTHER CONTESTS:
In Places Between short story Contest
http://www.inplacesbetween.com/Home_Page.php
What happens after you win a Newbery or Caldecott? http://www.dystel.com/2013/01/what-happens-after-you-win-a-newbery-or-caldecott/
The Call That Changes Everything – or Not
(What happens after you win a Newbery or Caldecoot?)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/55472-the-call-that-changes-everything-or-not.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Children%27s+Bookshelf&utm_campaign=299b0d1416-UA-15906914-1&utm_medium=email
Speculative fiction contests
http://www.davidbarrkirtley.com/teenwriter/Contests.html
Chanticleer Book Reviews’ Blue Ribbon Writing Contests
http://chantireviews.com/store/#!/~/category/id=5193080&offset=0&sort=normal
Best free literary contests
http://winningwriters.com/contests/free/log/frl_welcome_new.php#.Uj5_gFP8LAJ
Writing Competitions and Awards http://www.iuniverse.com/Community/WritersWorld/CompetitionsAwards.aspx
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Resources:
The Writer: contests list
http://www.writermag.com/writing-resources/contests/
Write Success: Contests list
http://writesuccess.com/tag/writing-contests/