Spring must be contest season. I’m just glad for the warmth – in the air and among agents and publishers. Here are some tidbits:
Writer’s Digest Contest (prizes in several categories): http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/#middlegrade (deadline 5/15/09)
Hunger Mountain Presents the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Childrens’ Writing: http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2009/04/hunger-mountain-presents-katherine.html (deadline 6/30/09)
Delacorte Dell Yearling Contest for a First Middle Grade Novel: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/#middlegrade (deadline 6/30/09)
Blooming Tree Press Presents The Bloom Award (including a book contract): http://cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.com/2009/04/blooming-tree-press-bloom-award-to.html (deadline 10/31/09)
