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40 Free Writing Contests: Legitimate Competitions With Cash Prizes. 1 1. L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest. Whatever your feelings about L. Ron Hubbard’s work and philosophy, the prizes for this regular ... 2 2. Inkitt. 3 3. Drue Heinz Literature Prize. 4 4. St. Francis College Literary Prize. 5 5. Young Lions Fiction Award. More items

Short stories of up to 12,000 words are eligible and must be published in the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is given. Additionally, keep this in mind: Submissions are only eligible if submitted by an editor. Authors may not submit their own work. Deadline: Contest is open annually between June and November.

The winner receives a hefty cash prize — up to $15,000 in the past — and an invitation to read at the award ceremony in Washington, D.C. Plus, there are no submission fees or application forms to deal with; just send a PDF of each book (as many as you’d like) to awards@penfaulkner.org. Deadline: The 2021 submissions are closed.

First-generation immigrants have a chance to win $10,000 and publication by Restless Books for telling their stories (real or imagined). The contest alternates annually between fiction (novel or short story collection) and nonfiction (memoir, essay collection, narrative nonfiction).