Why You Should Enter Contests

I'll never bury my first contest. It was the Writer's Digest contest. Had I known then what I cognize now, I would not have got entered it. I knew they would have got one thousands of entries, but it didn't matter. I knew I didn't stand up a opportunity of winning anyway. Entrance was an enactment of futility. But I had a alone narrative about visiting a brothel, and I had a great angle, so I invested $15 for my entry.

Months later, I received a missive congratulating me for taking Honest Mention in the Writer's Digest contest. A certification was enclosed, along with a missive stating that I had beaten out 16,000 other entries to capture that spot. I couldn't believe my narrative had all in out one one thousands and thousands of other entries, and I sat dumbfounded, staring at the Certificate of Honest Mention under a new light. To this day, that written document is an article of inspiration to me.

I learned a batch that day. I learned that it's worth investment a few vaulting horses to take a chance. I learned that taking opportunities in life takes to new and exciting adventures. I learned that no substance how the deck is stacked against me, I still have got a opportunity of coming out on top. I learned that I would have got never had that fantastic minute in my life if I hadn't thrown cautiousness to the wind and took a cockamamie plunge. I have got since learned that investment in myself increases my religion in my writing. And I learned that entering one competition gave me the courageousness to come in others. And finally, that competition taught me how to happen other alone angles.

When you recognize you have got a alone story, or a alone angle to a common story, salvage that narrative for a contest. Don't blow it on a magazine submission.

If you haven't been entering contests, you're missing a batch of fun. There are multiplied tons of writer's groupings on the net, and most if not all of them have got writing contests. Or you can seek the word "writing contests" and come up up with millions of competitions to enter. Always hunt out these three things: reading fee, entry fee, last entry date.

There are few things that volition give you the assurance that winning a competition will. Dig out the best narrative you have, barter in a few edits, and see for yourself what entrance competitions will make for you.

Be aware that most competitions have got got reading fees and entry fees. They can run up to a sum of $50 each, but are usually in the country of $20 - $35 total. This is how the organisation finances it prizes. You're worth it. Go ahead. Invest in yourself.