WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest

I first learned of this contest from AnneOnWriting. Great find, Anne!

Click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page for the contest guidelines.

Taken from WritersWeekly:

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WritersWeekly.com's 24-Hour Short Story Contest!

You can enter the Winter 2010 contest below.

Please note: You must be entered in the contest before the topic is posted in order to submit your story. You cannot write your story first, then enter the contest.

24-Hour Short Story Contest! - $5.00

Select this to register for the Winter 2010 24-Hour Short Story Contest. Start time is January 23rd , 2010 at 12:00 p.m. (noon) central time. Held quarterly and limited to 500 entrants. Don't miss out on the ultimate source for creative stress...and tons of fun! More than 85 prizes! (When you purchase this, you'll download a PDF file of the guidelines. There is also a link to them in the email receipt.)

I want to enter the Winter 2010 contest.

Winners from the last contest

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1st Place

$300 Cash Prize

Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website.

1 - Freelance Income Kit

Includes:
1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
How to Publish a Profitable Emag
How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes the book; database of 6000+ newspapers; and database of 100+ syndicates)

2nd Place

$250 Cash Prize

Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website.

1 - Freelance Income Kit

Includes:
1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
How to Publish a Profitable Emag
How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes database of 6000+ newspapers and database of 100+ syndicates)

3rd Place

$200 Cash Prize

Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website.

1 - Freelance Income Kit

Includes:
1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
How to Publish a Profitable Emag
How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes the book; database of 6000+ newspapers; and database of 100+ syndicates)

20 - Honorable Mentions

Honorable mention winners receive a one-year subscription to The Write Markets Report AND one ebook of their choice.

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DOOR PRIZES (randomly drawn from all participants)

15 - One-year subscriptions to The Write Markets Report

5 - Freelance Income Kits ($49.95 value)

5 - copies How to Publish A Profitable E-mag

5 - copies of Query Letters That Worked
Features real query letters that landed these contracts: Woman's Day - $2,800; Redbook - $3,500; Ladies Home Journal - $3,000; DiscoveryHealth.com - $2,000; Lifetime Magazine - $3,000; Life Extension magazine - $6,480; Natural Remedies $11,300; and many more!

30 - Grab Bag!Winners of grab bag get one ebook of their choice from our list HERE.