If you love writing and contests this is the list you've been searching for! 44 Different Writing Contests! Fiction! Poetry! True Stories! Haiku! Puns! Limericks!
There are an increasing number of writing contests here on Steemit and some have excellent prizes that are well worth going after. The problem I was having was finding them in the sea of new posts in the contest tag. You might have been having the same problem.
Now you can simply drop by my blog each day to see what writing contests are going on across Steemit. I really do hope you find it useful.
This is an ongoing post that will be updated each day, with new contests added and expired contests removed. If you’re interested in writing contests, this daily post can be your one-stop-shop to keep updated on what’s new, and what needs to be submitted today.
Time to get writing!
What’s new in today’s list:
Monday's always bring a huge influx of new contests and today is no different. Check it out and start planning your contest entries now.
24 Hour Short Story Contest--Topic 6
Deadline: 02:00 GMT/UTC February 28, 2018
Description: Write a short story no longer than 2,000 words, based on the topic phrase: “A scientist discovers an ape that can speak English.”
Prize: 5 Steem for First Place. 3 Steem for Second Place.
VDux's Contest #2! Win for Writing 17 Syllables
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 2, 2018
Description: Write a traditional haiku of 5-7-5 syllables
Prize: Winner gets: 2 SBD + Half of the contest post's author awards + One free "shout-out" for winning + One free resteem from 
Poetry Dice Challenge Week 28
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Use the “poetry dice” included in the contest post to create a poem with the theme “Listen”.
Prize: 1st Place is 6 SBD. 2nd Place is 4 SBD. 3rd Place is 2 SBD
Creative Writing Competition!
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Describe a life experience (in a 100 words or less) based on the opening line provided in the contest post. This week’s opening line: “IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE I WOULD GO BACK/FORWARD IN TIME AND…”
Prize: Winner: 2 Steem. Runner-up: 1 Steem
Fractal Writing Contest #7
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write a reply inspired by the fractal image in the contest post. Any kind of content is acceptable: just a title, a haiku, a poem, a short story, a painting, a photo, a video, a doodle, whatever.
Prize: The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, there will be a reward for the 2nd- and 3rd- place winners, as well.
Caption Contest 22
Deadline: March 4, 2018
Description: Give an appropriate caption to the image in the post in just 10 words, then justify your caption in a short paragraph.
Prize: First place: 4 SBD. Runner up will get 3 SBD, and three mentions will get 1 SBD each.
STEEMIT HAIKU CONTEST # WEEK 19
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: Write a traditional Haiku (5-7-5) consisting of three lines about any topic of your choice.
Prize: 1st Place: 5 STEEM. 2nd Place: 3 STEEM. 3rd Place: 2 STEEM
CONTEST!
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a short story of between 50 - 100 words as a comment on this post telling us how you helped someone or how someone has helped you in the past.
Prize: 1st prize: 3sbd. 2nd prize: 2sbd. 3rd prize: 1sbd
The Writers' Block Poetry Contest #5
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a poem in two sections about two completely different things. Have the title link both items somehow.
Prize: The winner will receive 15 SBD. Second place will win 10 SBD and third will receive 7 SBD.
What It Means To Be A Woman - SFP-Cebu #WomanPower Writing Contest
Deadline: March 3, 2018
Description: Write the most compelling story about woman power, woman success and prowess. It could be about your mom, your sister, your girlfriend or girl friend, or any female significant other whom you think fits the bill.
Prize: First place: 3 SBD. Second place: 2 SBD.
Steemit Power Of Positivity P.O.P Contest #29
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write a story/poem/post highlighting the power of positivity in some way.
Prize: 1st PLACE: 6.00 SBD / 2nd PLACE: 3.00 SBD / 3rd PLACE 1.00 SBD
The Great Steem Giveaway Is Back
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Make a thoughtful, entertaining or just plain amazing comment on 
Prize: 150 Steem in total
Write From My Music Contest -Week 5
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write an original story of 50-1500 words based on the song included in the contest post.
Prize: SBD from the payout of the contest post + 0.961 SBD
New Steemit Writing Challenge!
Deadline: 22:59 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a story/post of at least 500 words to answer the question "How would you like to be remembered?"
Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor: 
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The STEEM Shilling Contest
Deadline: 02:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: The purpose of this contest is to try and get all of us to promote STEEM.
Prize: First place will get 75 STEEM. Second place will get 40 STEEM. Third place will get 20 STEEM. 15 honorable mentions will get 1 STEEM (each).
Sponsor:
TO TELL A TALE of a Picture Contest #8
Deadline: 11:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write a short story of 30 to 100 words based on the picture in the contest post.
Prize: Winner - 50% of total SBD Payout from the contest post. Great Story - 30% of total SBD Payout of contest post. Good story (1) - 10% of total SBD Payout of contest post. Good story (2) - 10% of total SBD Payout of contest post.
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Six-word Story Contest
Deadline: 12:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Include an image in your comment and write a six word story about the image.
Prize: Winner – 1/3 of the SBD gained from this post. 2nd and 3rd place– 1/6 each of the SBD gained from this post.
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DARE TO REPLY... Contest#7
Deadline: 15:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write a witty reply to the quote provided in the contest post.
Prize: 2 SBD
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inuke’s story writing challenge #5
Deadline: 15:59 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write a story, poem or true account using the topic "What made you stay on Steemit? What is driving you?"
Prize: 1st Prize: 50% SBD payout of the contest post. 2nd Prize: 35% SBD payout of the contest post. 3rd Prize: 15% SBD payout of the contest post.
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You're an Animal Writing Contest
Deadline: 16:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: The contest is based on spirit animals or shamanism and the concept is if you were to be an animal or animals if you choose to, what would it be and what attributes would you like to have?
Prize: First prize is 3 SBD. Second Prize is 2 SBD, and 3rd is 1 SBD
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#3 Minnowhelper Writing Contest
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write a Creative and Original Post (more than 500 words).
Prize: 100% of the Balance SBD of the account of 
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The Second 'Love The Clouds' Contest
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write a story/poem/haiku/limerick about the clouds.
Prize: 5 winners will be chosen and each will receive 20% of the SBD payout from the contest post.
Sponsor:
Movie Quote Contest - Steemit Parody Quote Contest
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Comment the contest post with a parody quote from the movie “The Warriors”.
Prize: Winner: 1 SBD. Runner-up: 0.5 SBD
Sponsor:
Steemit Story Chain #23 Where You Write the Story
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC February 27, 2018
Description: Write the ending of the story that’s begun in the contest post.
Prize: 100 Whaleshares
Sponsor:
24 Hour Short Story Contest--Topic 6
Deadline: 02:00 GMT/UTC February 28, 2018
Description: Write a short story no longer than 2,000 words, based on the topic phrase: “A scientist discovers an ape that can speak English.”
Prize: 5 Steem for First Place. 3 Steem for Second Place.
Sponsor:
The Writing Impact Challenge
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC February 28, 2018
Description: Create a poem or short story of 50-500 words using at least four of the word prompts in the contest post.
Prize: 1st Place – 7 SBD. 2nd Place – 5 SBD. 3RD Place – 3 SBD
Sponsor:
Promo-Mentors Writing Challenge
Deadline: 08:00 GMT/UTC February 28, 2018
Description: For this contest you will write about one of your memorable experiences. When and where was it? What happened?
Prize: The best 3 entries will receive 50% of the total rewards of the contest post in STEEM. The best entry will receive an extra 5 SBD.
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Constrained Writing Contest #19
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC February 28, 2018
Description: Write a story of at least 250 words to convince your reader of a conspiracy theory told from the perspective of a child, aged between 6 and 16. Additionally, the story must be told in the 2nd person, that is, from the viewpoint of the child.
Prize: 1st place: 45% of the contest post's payout. 2nd place: 27% of the contest post's payout. 3rd place 18 % of the contest post's payout
Sponsor:
FREESTYLE UKIAH CHALLENGE #4
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 1, 2018
Description: Write a haiku using a 9-8-9 syllable count and the topic “Emotion”
Prize: The UKIAH MASTER Trophy
Sponsor:
Fantasystory Writing Contest - Part #2
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC March 1, 2018
Description: Continue writing a fantasy story that was begun in the first week of this challenge. Your entry must be a minimum of 500 words.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor:
STACH Short Story Contest #21
Deadline: 22:00 GMT/UTC March 1, 2018
Description: Write a short story of no more than 199 words on the topic of “A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE”
Prize: First Prize: 4SBD. Second Prize: 3.5SBD. Third Prize: 3SBD. Fourth Prize: 2.5SBD. Fifth Prize: 2SBD
Sponsor: 
Week #15 Fox Tales
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC March 2, 2018
Description: Write a story of 1 paragraph based on the image in the contest post. BONUS: Write a 15 sentence story with no clear beginning and ending to win the extra bonus STEEM prize!
Prize: 1st: 5 SBD (5 BONUS STEEM). 2nd: 3 SBD (3 BONUS STEEM). 3rd: 1 SBD (1 BONUS STEEM)
Sponsor: 
Announcing a collaborative erotic fiction writing contest
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC March 2, 2018
Description: Using the three images included in the contest post you need to create the beginning of a romantic or erotic story. Each picture should have a paragraph of 80-300 words, and all three taken together should be a cohesive story beginning.
Prize: Multiple ways to win 3 STEEM
Sponsor:
Nihilistic Rainbow #7 - The Satirical Poem Contest
Deadline: 13:00 GMT/UTC March 2, 2018
Description: Write a satirical poem of between 8 and 32 lines on the Topic of the week: “Speed-dating for dictators”.
Prize: 1st place: 3 SBD. 2nd place: 2 SBD. 3rd place: 1 SBD.
Sponsor:
VDux's Contest #2! Win for Writing 17 Syllables
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 2, 2018
Description: Write a traditional haiku of 5-7-5 syllables
Prize: Winner gets: 2 SBD + Half of the contest post's author awards + One free "shout-out" for winning + One free resteem from
Sponsor:
We-ALL-Write ~ New Contest (test)
Deadline: 05:00 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: Each person adds a new section to an ongoing story. Additions are put in the comments of the contest post and should move the story along in some way.
Prize: SBD payout of the contest/game post will be split between all the participants.
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Shary's Writing Prompt Contest #2
Deadline: 07:00 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: The contest is quite simple. You have to write a story, essay or anything that you can think of ranging between 500 to 1000 words. It must have the prompt “So that was what she was doing early morning every day” used anywhere within the written piece and it must also follow the theme “Romance/ Drama (you can intermix both or choose one)”.
Prize: The winner of the contest will win a prize of 5 SBDs and honorable mentions will receive 1SBD each. If this post does well and makes over $30, more SBD will be added to the prize pool.
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MY-NICHE CONTEST #3
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: Write a post using the topic of this week’s contest which is “My Niche”.
Prize: 5 SBD to each of the top three entries
Sponsor:
Writing competition: Write about scammers, a scam you saw, or a scam you suffered
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: Write a factual account of a scam or scammers. It can be a story about yourself a friend, a general scam you know about, scams in your country. It just needs to be factual.
Prize: 25 Steem
Sponsor:
STEEMIT HAIKU CONTEST # WEEK 19
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 3, 2018
Description: Write a traditional Haiku (5-7-5) consisting of three lines about any topic of your choice.
Prize: 1st Place: 5 STEEM. 2nd Place: 3 STEEM. 3rd Place: 2 STEEM
Sponsor: 
ART MIX-UP CONTEST | 01
Deadline: March 3, 2018
Description: Create a post sharing a piece of your own work (or a collaboration you played a key role in) that mixes 2 or more artistic genres! This might mean sharing a video, an image, writing, a sound clip, or something else (who knows!).
Prize: 1st Prize: 3 SBD. Two more runner-ups will receive 1 SBD each.
Sponsor:
What It Means To Be A Woman - SFP-Cebu #WomanPower Writing Contest
Deadline: March 3, 2018
Description: Write the most compelling story about woman power, woman success and prowess. It could be about your mom, your sister, your girlfriend or girl friend, or any female significant other whom you think fits the bill.
Prize: First place: 3 SBD. Second place: 2 SBD.
Sponsor:
ZapFic New Writing Contest: Telling a story in 232 characters, or less
Deadline: 13:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a story - inspired by the contest post prompt “Pet”- in 232 characters, or less (the zappl limit is 240 but you need to include the tag #zapfic at the end) and post it on Zappl.
Prize: 1st prize: 0.5 SBD plus 50% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 2nd prize: 0.3 SBD plus 30% SBD from the payout of the contest post. 3rd prize: 0.2 SBD plus 20% SBD from the payout of the contest post.
Sponsor:
WAPAT (W.rite A P.aragraph A.bout T.hat)
Deadline: 17:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a paragraph about the image in the contest post.
Prize: 1 SBD
Sponsor:
CONTEST!
Deadline: 21:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a short story of between 50 - 100 words as a comment on this post telling us how you helped someone or how someone has helped you in the past.
Prize: 1st prize: 3sbd. 2nd prize: 2sbd. 3rd prize: 1sbd
Sponsor:
The Great Steem Giveaway Is Back
Deadline: 23:00 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Make a thoughtful, entertaining or just plain amazing comment on
Prize: 150 Steem in total
Sponsor:
Poetry Dice Challenge Week 28
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Use the “poetry dice” included in the contest post to create a poem with the theme “Listen”.
Prize: 1st Place is 6 SBD. 2nd Place is 4 SBD. 3rd Place is 2 SBD
Sponsor:
The Writers' Block Poetry Contest #5
Deadline: 23:59 GMT/UTC March 4, 2018
Description: Write a poem in two sections about two completely different things. Have the title link both items somehow.
Prize: The winner will receive 15 SBD. Second place will win 10 SBD and third will receive 7 SBD.
Sponsor:
Caption Contest 22
Deadline: March 4, 2018
Description: Give an appropriate caption to the image in the post in just 10 words, then justify your caption in a short paragraph.
Prize: First place: 4 SBD. Runner up will get 3 SBD, and three mentions will get 1 SBD each.
Sponsor:
Creative Writing Competition!
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Describe a life experience (in a 100 words or less) based on the opening line provided in the contest post. This week’s opening line: “IF I HAD A TIME MACHINE I WOULD GO BACK/FORWARD IN TIME AND…”
Prize: Winner: 2 Steem. Runner-up: 1 Steem
Sponsor:
Write From My Music Contest -Week 5
Deadline: 06:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write an original story of 50-1500 words based on the song included in the contest post.
Prize: SBD from the payout of the contest post + 0.961 SBD
Sponsor:
Fractal Writing Contest #7
Deadline: 10:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write a reply inspired by the fractal image in the contest post. Any kind of content is acceptable: just a title, a haiku, a poem, a short story, a painting, a photo, a video, a doodle, whatever.
Prize: The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, there will be a reward for the 2nd- and 3rd- place winners, as well.
Sponsor:
Steemit Power Of Positivity P.O.P Contest #29
Deadline: 14:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write a story/poem/post highlighting the power of positivity in some way.
Prize: 1st PLACE: 6.00 SBD / 2nd PLACE: 3.00 SBD / 3rd PLACE 1.00 SBD
Sponsor: 
Steemit Haiku Meme Contest Week 1
Deadline: 18:00 GMT/UTC March 5, 2018
Description: Write a haiku based on a picture you love and then caption your picture with your haiku as a meme.
Prize: At least 5 SBD
Sponsor:
New Steemit Writing Challenge!
Deadline: 22:59 GMT/UTC March 11, 2018
Description: Write a story/post of at least 500 words to answer the question "How would you like to be remembered?"
Prize: 2 SBD
Sponsor:
Riddle me This
Deadline: First correct answer wins.
Description: Whoever can guess what I am first based on the story written from the point of view of an inantimate object wins. This is an ongoing series of contest posts. Follow 
Prize: Post payout from the contest post.
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GIVING BACK: 5SBD Payout for Best Comment Weekly
Deadline: Ongoing weekly – Monday through Sunday
Description: Prize is being offered for the best comment made on either 
Prize: 5 SBD (May be split between several winners)
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Lovejuice Minnow Promotion // Let Lovejuice Promote Your Work and Receive 5 SBD!
Deadline: Ongoing
Description: This promotion is intended for minnows who generally receive less than $5 on their own posts. Initially it was for fiction/poems about lovejuice, but has been expanded to include any fiction/poem.
Prize: 5 SBD
Sponsor:
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