Fanstory.com contests

Fanstory.com is an online writing community recommended by Writer's Digest as a helpful resource for new and experienced writers. The members offer feedback on your posted stories, nonfiction, and poetry; motivation and support; a ranking system for posted stories, and best of all, writing contests!

Each month offers dozens of contests, but I'm highlighting only the contests that award cash prizes. Remember, you should always be paid for good writing!


Upcoming Fanstory Contests (as noted on the Fanstory website)

Struggle The theme for this non-fiction contest is "struggle". Write about a time in your life when you struggled. How did you (if you did) overcome this period in your life. Incorporate the topic of "struggle" in your non-fiction work. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Feb. 27th.

This Sentence Starts The Story Write a story that starts with this sentence: "There was a knock at the door." This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Feb. 28th.

Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 1st.

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. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 6th.

Strong Character A strong character can make a story. Write a story based on the character pictured in this announcement. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 23rd.

Tanka Poetry For this contest you are challenged to write a Tanka poem. Tanka is a form of poetry with a specific syllable count. See the announcement for an example. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 29th.

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 dance". This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 30th.

Poetry Imagery This poetry contest challenges you to write a poem that incorporates the artwork provided. View the announcement to see the image. This contest offers a $100 cash prize to the winner! Deadline: Mar. 31st.