Sept. 25 - Blanco Co., TX, Friends of the Night Sky Song Contest - theme is Preserving the Night Sky
Focus on the Family Magazine: Family Camping - 50-300 words
Sept. 30 - California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: September - open topic
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Making "Me" Time - up to 1200 words nonfiction
Boulevard Magazine Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers - up to 8000 words
Arizona State Poetry Society Annual Contest - 9 categories to enter
Nowhere Magazine Open Call: Words - 800 to 5000 words or poems
ASK Magazine: Shell, Sweet Shell - science magazine for ages 7-10; nonfiction
Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest - limit 250 lines per poem
The Acheven Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction - 120-375 pages
Red Hen Press Fiction Awards - minimum 150 pages
Chestnut Review: Winter Issue - poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays
Chiaroscuro: An Anthology of Virtue & Vice - fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, poetry
Oct. 01 - The War Cry: Hail the Son of Righteousness - magazine of The Salvation Army; fiction & nonfiction
Cobblestone: Revolutionary War in the South - American history magazine for ages 9-14; fiction, nonfiction, poetry
National Writers Association Annual Poetry Contest - poems up to 40 lines
Bible Advocate: Faithfulness - articles, fillers, poetry
Writer's Digest Poetry Awards - for poems up to 32 lines
The War Cry: The Centrality of the Cross - fiction & nonfiction, Easter edition
Oct. 02 - The Bethune & Son 4th Annual Texas Short Story Contest - 5000 words or less
Focus on the Family Magazine: Family Staycations - 50-300 word articles
Oct. 03 - Guardian Angel Kids: Language - Christian ezine for ages 2-12; fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
Oct. 05 - FACES Magazine: Rock and Roll - world culture and geography for ages 9-14; fiction & nonfiction
Oct. 06 - The Writer Magazine 100 Word Contest - write a complete story in 100 words or less
Oct. 09 - Focus on the Family Magazine: Table Manners - 50-300 word articles
Oct. 15 - MUSE Magazine: The Ears Have It - discovery magazine for ages 9-14; articles, interviews, science fiction
X.J. Kennedy Award for Nonfiction - nonfiction, essays, nature & travel writing, & memoir
Windhover Literary Journal - poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, nonfiction from the Christian perspective
American Christian Fiction Writers 2020 First Impressions Contest - categories of fiction and nonfiction
Oct. 16 - Focus on the Family: Resting While Sick - 50-300 word articles
Oct. 17 - Poetry Society of Colorado: October Contest - theme: Inspiration; line limit: 50
Oct. 27 - Ruminate Magazine: VanderMey Prize for Nonfiction - essays up to 5500 words
Oct. 31 - California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: October - war & peace; activism & politics