{"id":11145,"date":"2021-11-08T15:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=11145"},"modified":"2021-11-08T15:20:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T22:20:12","slug":"writing-contests-yay-or-nay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/writing-contests-yay-or-nay\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing contests. Yay or Nay?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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If you are thinking of entering writing contests, it\u2019s important to research to determine if a contest is legitimate and reputable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, how to find reputable contests?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to trusted sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research websites, blogs, and social media by people you know and trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne R. Allen, a trusted source, blogs about writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cWriting Contests are Important: How To Tell the Good Ones from the Scams<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cBeware Bogus Writing Contests! Look for These 8 Red Flags.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Hope Clark’s \u00a0Funds for Writers<\/a>\u00a0newsletter is a great source for announcements of vetted contests, and a\u00a0handbook of writing contests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer Beware<\/a>, the publishing industry watchdog group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If entering contests is in your writing budget, here\u2019s something to consider:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B. Lynn Goodwin, founder of Writer Advice<\/a>: posted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToo often writers submit to agents and editors without having any credentials, but winning a writing competition\u2014especially a well-known one\u2014gives you immediate credibility and something to add to your writing resume.\u201d  \u2014Brian Klems, writer, speaker, freelance editor, husband, softball player, perennial fantasy sports underachiever, Huffington Post contributor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reputable Resources for contests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Redwood Branch <\/a>of The California Writers Club hosts several contests a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current contest, the 2022 Poetry Anthology deadline is soon . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 15, 2021 at 9 pm (PST)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reedsy<\/a>, online author services in the self-publishing industry, posts contest information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post your writing contest experience on my Writers Forum Facebook Page<\/a>, under this post. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#amwriting #justwrite #writingcontests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are thinking of entering writing contests, it\u2019s important to research to determine if a contest is legitimate and reputable. But, how to find reputable contests? Go to trusted sources. Research websites, blogs, and social media by people you know and trust. Anne R. Allen, a trusted source, blogs about writing: \u00a0\u201cWriting Contests are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[126],"tags":[1688,1049,1254,142,1191,301,1279,1687,143,1689,361],"class_list":["post-11145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-write-2","tag-ann-c-crispin","tag-anne-r-allen","tag-anne-r-allens-blog-with-ruth-harris","tag-b-lynn-goodwin","tag-calfiornia-writers-club","tag-redwood-writers","tag-reedsy","tag-victoria-strauss","tag-writer-advice","tag-writer-beware","tag-writing-contests"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-2TL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11145"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11157,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11145\/revisions\/11157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}