Besides our biannual Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest, there are many other writing contests with zero entry fee. We are listing them here with the closest deadlines on the top. This list will be updated regularly. Hosts of the writing contests wishing to be added to this list may put your info in the comment area below, or write to us at admin (at) biopage (dot) com. Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/wergle-flomp-humor-poetry-contest-free Deadline: April 1, 2023 Purorrelato Micro-Story Contest https://www.casafrica.es/en/event/purorrelato-2021-micro-story-contest-0 Deadline: April 21, 2023 Author of Tomorrow Award https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/awards/author-of-tomorrow-2019 Deadline: April 30, 2023 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest https://www.writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/ Deadline: June 30, 2023 Biopage Storytelling Writing Contest https://www.biopage.com/contest Deadline: July 31, 2023 New Voices Award https://www.leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award Deadline: July 31, 2023 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence https://ernestjgainesaward.org/literary-award-criteria-registration Deadline: August 15, 2023 Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Contest https://hekint.org/submission-instructions/ Deadline: September 15, 2023 Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest https://aynrand.org/students/essay-contests/atlas-shrugged/ Deadline: November 6, 2023 ServiceScape Short Story Award https://www.servicescape.com/short-story-award Deadline: November 29, 2023 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers https://pen.org/pen-dau-short-story-prize/ Deadline: November 30, 2023 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction https://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/wy-boyd-literary-award-excellence-military-fiction Deadline: December 1, 2023 ******************************************************* PAST FREE CONTESTS The European Writing Prize https://www.litsoceu.com/writing-prize Deadline: January 1, 2023 The Immerse Education Essay Competition https://www.immerse.education/essay-competition/ Deadline: January 4, 2023 PenFluenza 3 Short Story Contest https://writefluence.in/2022/12/13/write-for-penfluenza-3-our-short-story-contest-for-2023/ Deadline: January 15, 2023 Write the World Poetry Competition 2023 https://writetheworld.org/competitions/181 Deadline: January 17, 2023 The Prose Weekly Challenge Contests https://theprose.com/challenges/newest Deadlines: Weekly January 2023 The Ireland Farmgate Café National Poetry Award https://munsterlit.ie/farmgate/? Deadline: January 30, 2023 Voice Talent Scholarship Competition https://www.voicetalentonline.com/scholarship/about-the-scholarship/ Deadline: January 31, 2023 The Cheshire Prize for Literature https://www1.chester.ac.uk/press-office/cheshire-prize-literature Deadline: January 31, 2023