Please read and scroll all the way to the bottom to find all the opportunities.
Writer’s Guidelines
Writer Advice Contests for 2025
There are additional opportunities below and one on our “About” page.
Click on https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/on the home page for prizes, fees, and other details of our current contest.
Please direct all questions, but not contest submissions, to Lgood67334 at Comcast dot net. Submissions come through Submittable and the link is in the tan box on the home page. We look forward to reading your work.
If you have an idea for an article or a new feature, we’d love to hear from you.
Contests for 2025
Flash Fiction opens on March 27, 2025 and closes on June 2, 2025
Our summer contest, Flash Prose, including fiction, non-fiction, letters, monologues, dialogues, and prose poetry opens on July 2 and closes on September 2, 2025.
Our Scintillating Starts Contest gives you a chance to hear what an agent might say based on your opening. We also look at queries and pitches, and I imagine I’m a hungry agent eager to find the next best seller as I respond. (Yes, this is possible. I write characters, used to teach drama and English, and know that agents want manuscripts that will SELL.) I’m not sure when we’ll run it this year. Feel free to e-mail me about it using the contact box on the home page.
Our Micros Contest includes Dribbles, Drabbles, and other pieces under 500 words. It will open on October 2 and close on December 2.
Flash Memoir opens on January 2, 2026 and closes on March 2, 2026
Details appear on https://writeradvice.com/latest-contest-information/ Take your time and read the tips, okay?
PLEASE SHARE A MARKETING SUCCESS TIP:
- Are you a book marketing expert?
- Are you a writer who tried something that worked?
- Do you want to recommend a publicist who helped you out?
This is a great place to share your expertise. Sendin a brief query submitted through the Contact Us at the bottom of the home page. If we like your idea and it hasn’t already been done here, we’ll get back to you shortly. It’s a great place to get the word out about your services. Thanks for helping yourself as well as others.
Do you review books written in the last couple of years? Or the hottest best seller? Please keep reading. If you want to review my latest book, Disrupted, the Kindle is only $5.07 and I can reimburse you or send you a PDF.
QUALITY, CLARITY, ORIGINALITY, EPIPHANY
BOOK REVIEWERS:
Query first.
Only review books you recommend.
- While balance is good in a review, the ones for Writer Advice should be at least 80% positive.
Tips:
- Honor the thought, effort, and creativity of authors.
- Write about what makes the book appealing, different, unique, and worth the time it takes to read it.
- Use plot points to illustrate what you say, but do not summarize the plot.
- Reviews should run only 200-300 words since it is 25% harder to read online.
