SFJ18 writing contest seeks: narrative storytelling

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Enter our annual Excellence-in-Writing contest’s Narrative Storytelling category! The stories must have published in 2017. Deadline is March 2.

First-place winners receive $300.

To see all our categories, click here.

To go directly to our contest website, click here.

006 NARRATIVE STORYTELLING
A single story told in a narrative style, using techniques such as character
development, use of dialogue, sense of place, scene building, narrative arc and
adherence to theme. Each entry consists of one story.

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Dallas Morning News’ writing contest celebrates narrative nonfiction by newspapers

The Dallas Morning-News is sponsoring a new contest honoring narrative nonfiction writing in a daily U.S. newspaper or a U.S. newspaper website. It’s called the Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest. The contest is conducted by the Mayborn Conference.

The prizes are impressive:

  • First place winner will receive $5,000 and free registration to attend the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference July 19-21, 2013 in Grapevine, Texas
  • Second place winner will receive $2,000
  • Third place winner will receive $1,000

Submissions must have been published between Jan. 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. Deadline to enter is June 1.