The bottom line with a writing contest is the prize. Perhaps you are a frustrated freelancer who is just wanting to break her writing block. Maybe it is a prestigious writing contest held by a respected organization who is donating all of the proceeds to charity and your name in their publication would be a real boost to your career. Or maybe you just want your name in yet another anthology or collection on your writer s bookshelf. Either way, take some time before you enter to make sure the entire process is worth your time, money and effort.
All contests offer varying degrees of prizes, rewards and respectability.
It s up to you to sort them out. On the other hand, if that contest with the publishing contract and biggie advance only cost you a negligible two bucks to enter, you might be better off entering than, say, buying another pack of cigarettes. In the end, you will, of course, heed your own heart and enter, or not enter, as many contests as you wish. He has finally taken the plunge into freelance writing full-time and hopes to educate himself, and others, by writing the articles in his column. Absolute Write, all rights reserved.