We have an exciting poetry and writing contest lineup. All contests are free to writers. The writing contests shown in bold offer cash prizes. All other contests were created by site members and offer a friendly competition for member dollar prize pools.
Resurrecting Eldora Eldora was awesome! She loved FanStory. She enjoyed your stories, your critiques and your poems. You probably didn't know that she had terminal cancer when she started FanStory because she wasn't about cancer. She was about life. Share your memories. Deadline: In 3 Days
Love, Honour and obey... You are challenged to write a poem that somehow incorporates the artwork shown in the announcement. Deadline: Jul. 12th
Playing it Serious Best to read the announcement over this one. Deadline: Jul. 13th
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews. This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Jul. 13th
Haiku Poetry For this contest you are challenged to write a Haiku poem. Haiku is a form of poetry that only uses three lines. Can you paint a mental image using only three lines? $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Jul. 15th
Summer Fun Write a poem about some fun summer object that a child might play with. Deadline: Jul. 15th
Poem of the Month Each month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All poems posted during the month are automatically considered. Deadline: Jul. 16th
Tall Tales and Campfire Stories It's time to roast marshmallows and tell stories. Write a tall tale or campfire story. See annoouncement for details. Deadline: Jul. 17th
Villanelle This contest requires you to write a poem in the Villanelle form. The topic is entirely up to you! Read the announcement for instructions and a sample poem. Deadline: Jul. 20th
Visual Poetry Write a poem in the form of a shape. Deadline: Jul. 25th
Tell A Story In A Poem In this contest you are challenged to write a poem that tells a story and also rhymes. We've included examples of this type of poetry storytelling in the announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Jul. 30th
Flash Fiction The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. A writer must take away the excess until the story is left with nothing but the clean-scraped core of a story. The topic is "the subway". $100 prize for the winner of this writing contest. Deadline: Jul. 31st
Shut Up And Go On Vacation This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the the announcement. Deadline: Jul. 31st
Etch A Sketch Write a sketch about anything for any genre. The only catch is that the story presented in the sketch must be able to stand on its own. It must have a beginning, a middle and an end all showcased within the script itself. Deadline: Jul. 31st
Depression Write a story about someone going through depression, it does not have to be a specific age or gender it can be anyone you want it to be. Explain how it effects people around them and how they feel everyday. Deadline: Aug. 1st
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews. The winner of this contest will take away a $100 prize. Deadline: Aug. 1st
Story of the Month Each month a vote determines the Story of the Month. All stories posted during the month are automatically considered. Deadline: Aug. 2nd
Poetry In Art This poetry contest challenges you to write a poem that incorporates the artwork provided. View the announcement to see the image. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Aug. 9th
Open Door This contest challenged writers to start or end a story with a specific sentence. View the announcement and create a story that uses this sentence. Deadline: Aug. 11th
This Sentence Starts The Story Write a story that starts with this sentence: "It was supposed to be easy." This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Aug. 14th
Sentence Starts the Story Write a fiction or nonfiction work with a certain sentence. Deadline: Aug. 15th
Faith Non-Fiction The theme for this non-fiction contest is "faith". We are looking for personal essays, memoirs, and works of literary nonfiction that in some way pertain to the theme. It can be spiritual, political, or funny. Creative approaches welcomed. This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Aug. 18th
Acrostic Poetry Write an acrostic poem. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Aug. 19th
My first vechicle Remembering that first car/truck experience with a new license and found freedom. The first step to adulthood and independence when we all thought our car was so wonderful. The troubles we got into and memories we had made. Write about it. Deadline: Aug. 23rd
Write About This Write a story based on the image pictured in this announcement. What is happening here? Is this your character? Or how will your character react to what is shown? This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Aug. 25th
Summertime Story Contest For our Summertime Story Contest we are looking for stories that somehow capture this time of year. Stories should be summertime oriented but creative approaches are welcomed. This writing contest rewards a $100 prize to the winner. Deadline: Aug. 30th
Poetry for the Intelligentsia A contest designed to enrich vocabulary. Poems must contain words three syllables or more except for conjunctions (e.g. "and", "but", etc.), prepositions (e.g. "in", "into", "upon", etc.), and articles ("the, "a", and "an".) Pronouns are not allowed. Deadline: Aug. 31st
Summertime Poetry For our Summertime Poetry Contest we are looking for poems that somehow incorporate this time of year. Poems should be summertime oriented. $100 prize for the winner of this poetry contest. Deadline: Sep. 10th
Faith Poetry The theme for this poetry contest is "faith". We are looking for poems that in some way pertain to this theme. It doesn't matter if it's spiritual, political, intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly represented. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Sep. 21st
The Words Are The Same Write a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this contest for poets. Deadline: Sep. 25th
Poetic Art This poetry contest challenges you to write a poem that incorporates the artwork provided. Your poem can become part of this artwork. View the announcement to see the image. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Sep. 30th
Strong Character A strong character can make a story. Write a story based on the character pictured in this announcement. $100 prize for the winner of this writing contest. Deadline: Oct. 25th
New Arrival Story For our New Arrival "This Sentence Starts The Story" contest we challenge you to write a story that starts with this sentence: "It was time to make a change." The winner of this contest will take away a $100 prize. Deadline: Dec. 16th
New Arrival Poetry Write an acrostic poem for this contest for new members to the site. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement. This is a contest for poets with a $100 prize. Deadline: Dec. 26th
Rankings Details on the the FanStory.com Rankings for Poets, Short Story Writers, Novelists and Script Writers. Deadline: Dec. 31st
2008 Predictions Make Predictions for 2008. Must be made by 1-31-08 Deadline: Dec. 31st
Write an acrostic poem for this contest. Read the announcement for an example of this type of poem.
The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. Write a story with a specific word count for our Flash Fiction contest.
Write a poem that incorporates this artwork for our Poetry In Art contest.
For our This Sentence Starts The Story contest you are challenged to write a story that starts with the sentence we provide.
Write a non-fiction story or essay for our Faith Non-Fiction contest.
Write an acrostic poem for this contest. Read the announcement for an example of this type of poem.
Write a story that uses this image for our Write About This contest.
Write a poem that incorporates the topic of faith for our Faith Poetry contest.
For our The Words Are The Same contest we challenge you to write a poem that uses the words specified in the announcement.
Write a poem that somehow incorporates this image for our Poetic Art contest.
Write a story that uses this image for our Strong Character contest.
Write a story that starts with the sentence provided for our New Arrival Story contest. A contest created for new writers to the site.
Write a poem that follows the format specified in the announcement for our New Arrival Poetry contest. A contest specifically for new writers to the site.
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