i need a site that has really good writing contests?

Question

and if possible be able to get feedback from people on that site

not poems i mean like journalism or just writing

Answer 1

Writopia - writersvillage.com - has writing classes and contests too.
They offer pay for pieces they accept for their magazine.
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Gather.com is another writers site.
Gather also has a nice little contest going on right now:
Gather.com writing competition in which unpublished authors can compete for the opportunity to have their work featured and sold on Amazon.com through the Amazon Shorts program.
Introduced last summer, Amazon Shorts offers an entirely new way for customers to enjoy their favorite authors and to sample the work of new authors through exclusive short-form literature, sold on Amazon for $0.49 each. Amazon Shorts have no printed editions and are delivered digitally.
Starting today, Gather.com will offer a first of its kind opportunity for non-published authors to participate in Amazon Shorts alongside bestselling authors like James Lee Burke and Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Today through Saturday, September 30, Gather members can submit 2,000- to 10,000-word original entries. Each month, the three highest-rated entries, along with a fourth entry selected by the Gather Editorial Team, will have the opportunity to be sold on Amazon.com!
Email your previously unpublished fiction/nonfiction short (2,000 - 10,000 words) to [e-mail]. Articles previously published on Gather are eligible for the contest, but please remove your article from Gather.com prior to submission.
You'll receive a confirmation email and link to your entry when it's published by Gather into Gather's Amazon Shorts group. To complete the submission process, click the link in the email to join the Amazon Shorts group on Gather.
Each contest submission will be "live" on the Gather site within the Amazon Shorts Group for a period of 14 days, regardless of the date it is published. During this two-week period, Gather members will read and rate the story. At the end of this 14-day voting period, each entry will be removed from the site.
At the end of each month, all entries that were "live" on the site for 14 days will be eligible for the 3 members' choice winners and 1 editors' pick. The winning selections will then be submitted to the Amazon Shorts Team for final approval.
Entries submitted after the cutoff period for each month will be automatically carried over into the next month's contest. For example, July submissions will be accepted today - July 31, August submissions accepted August 1 - August 31, and September submissions accepted September 1 - September 30.
Approved winners will be announced on Gather.com and their winning shorts published and sold on Amazon Shorts.
Please note: submissions received between June 27 and July 5 will be posted for voting on Gather.com within two business days of July 5.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Your best chance of finding a contest will NOT be through a single website. Often these sites are scams, or are otherwise visited by too many people to allow you to stand a chance. A google search for "essay contest" will produce much better results for you.

If you really want all things within reach on a single site, you can try subscribing to a college scholarship search site like FastWeb. Granted, you won't win cash or prizes other than a college scholarship, so that won't do you much good if that's what you're interested in, but those contests WILL get your writing out there, and oftentimes winning essays are published in the group's publication, so there's bragging rights (And a helpful bit to put on a resume for a journalism job) right there for you.

Answer 3

If you think you are a good writer, try looking at a few issues of The Sun. (Many libraries get free subscriptions.) They always include a section of short essays and poems written by their readers, and those are some of the best short pieces of personal writing I have ever read. I don't think they give prizes or even take polls of the readers favorites, but if a piece of yours gets published in The Sun then you are talented enough to think of a career in writing.

Answer 4

The first rule of writing is to write. Period. Every day.. Second rule SHOULD be.. subscribe to Writer's Digest Magazine. Not only will you find venues and contests for your writing, but you will find an enormous amount of advice and tips to advance your writing. These tips include writing tips, advice on finding agents and publishers. What to look for, what to watch out for.. many things. Good luck.

Answer 5

Go to www.poetry.com. You can write a bunch of poems there and possibly win prizes. Or subscribe to American Girl Magazine, where they occasionally have writing contests.

Answer 6

good now Inspirational Voices is at the instant having a e book contest. i think of the appropriate day is July twelfth. it would be something they do each year so if u won't be in a position to go into this year possibly start up something for next.

Answer 7

I have been looking for such a site for such a long times, as i want to be a journalist. Howver i came up with nothing good. i'm still loooking if i find anything i'll ket u know and if u do plz let me know. Good luck.

Answer 8

Ignore the rude people and keep chasing your writing dreams. Here's a couple of good sites with links to get you started:
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/thebusinessofwriting/a/JuneContests.htm
http://www.writersweekly.com/

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Answer 9

Try Writer's Digest.

Answer 10

http://www.writersdigest.com/

also look in yahoo groups for writing groups
http://groups.yahoo.com/