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Contesttrackers  - http://www.contesttrackers.com  Provides information on specific essay contests to win a home, restaurant or business, and tips on how to avoid scams.  Ultimate Media  - http://www.ult-media.com/index.htm  Promotes the purchase of e-books on various types of competitions, including one on writing which describes the contents and gives samples of current contests, their rules and deadlines.  Index of Irish Literary Competitions  - http://www.dublinwriters.org/info/linkscomp.html  Features a comprehensive, annotated listing, providing full details of all Irish literary contests and awards, including Dublin's annual International Literary Award with prize money of 100,000 pounds.  A Database of Screenwriting Contests  - http://www.filmmakers.com/contests/directory.htm  Frequently updated, comprehensive database of current Screenwriting Contests.  Contestfinder.com  - http://www.contestfinder.com  Find, list, apply for contest and competitions with single click. Free Service.  Poetry Kit Directory of Competitions  - http://www.poetrykit.org/comps.htm  Provides a detailed and comprehensive listing of worldwide, English-language poetry contests, including those who do not maintain a web site. The lists are formatted in a style that makes it easy to browse and compare what the various contests offer.  Literary Competitons and Awards  - http://www.britisharts.co.uk/literarycompetitions.htm  Provides a clickable listing of UK book awards and prizes, plus some manuscript competitions and foreign awards.  Burry Man Writers Center - Grants, Fellowships, Contests  - http://www.burryman.com/markets.html  A listing of writers' resources provides a large number of clickable sites for literary contests and competitions.  Grants and Awards  - http://www.pw.org/mag/0303/deadlines.htm  A highly selective listing of grants, awards and prizes in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction, is compiled by Poetry and Writers Magazine.  Warnings and Cautions for Writers--Writing Contests and Vanity Anthologies  - http://www.sfwa.org/beware/contests.html  Provides advice and comprehensive links on scams that target budding writers.  How to Win Writing Contests, Literary Competitions, Short Story Awards, Poetry Prizes, Etc.  - http://www.geocities.com/rastar330  Provides detailed guidelines, tips and information on achieving success in creative writing contests. Also organizes and provides up-to-date news on the annual Writers' Success Essay Contest, the Tom Howard Poetry Contest, and the Tom Howard Short Story Contest.  Write Ways to Win Writing Contests  - http://writeway.exactpages.com  Offers authors and contestants valuable advice extracted from the editor's own book, "Write Ways to Win Writing Contests", and provides links to two major booksellers.  Writing Scams  - http://www.eliteskills.com/writing_scams/  Offers a comprehensive guide to publication scams and writing contest frauds, including how they work, how to spot them, and how to avoid them.  Contest News  - http://www.proofpositive.com/contestnews.htm  Contest News brings you current listings of writing, photography, song writing and cooking contests.