DISCOVERING NEW MYSTERIES
http://www.newmysteries.org/documents/Submission%20Form%202011.pdf
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Discovering New Mysteries is now accepting submissions of
original plays, screenplays, teleplays, and short stories for
both adult and youth audiences. Deadline October 31, 2010. The
final selection of mysteries, thrillers, who-dunnits, cops-n-
robbers, courtroom dramas, suspense or adventures, will be
produced and presented before live audiences on several stages
within the RiverPark Center, home of the International Mystery
Writers' Festival, in Owensboro, Kentucky.

BEST NEW WORK, $2,500 prize
MOST PROMISING NEW WRITER, $1,000 prize
OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY or TELEPLAY, $1,000 prize
BEST WORK FOR YOUNG ADULTS OR CHILDREN, $500
BEST SHORT MYSTERY (1-Act plays, short screenplay, short story), $500

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THE SEVEN ESSAY COMPETITION
http://www.sevenfund.org/faith-and-development/
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NO ENTRY FEE
We are seeking essays on enterprise solutions to poverty from
around the globe. The competition will award two (2) prizes
of US $5,000. The submission deadline is October 15, 2010 at
midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST). Winners will be announced
on December 15, 2010. Writers are asked to submit a first-person
narrative describing enterprise solutions to poverty that are
faith-based, faith-inspired, or interfaith efforts. The essay
should be no longer than 2,000 words, in English, and each
submission should start with a 100-word abstract and a 100-word
biography of the author. The abstract, biography, and any sources
you may cite are separate from the 2,000-word count for the essay.