http://www.fundsforwriters.com/annualcontest.htm
Deadline: October 31, 2010
Two options: NO ENTRY FEE and $5 entry fee

"We want to know how someone's words made a difference. You could address another author of years long past, whose writing affected you, a classroom, or an entire population. You might talk about a mentor's writing. Maybe your writing impacted someone else and altered one person's life or the lives of thousands. Did your writing finally sell and pay off the wolf at the door and send you on a grand retreat or vacation? Did your writing impact a child, a senior, a lover, a friend, or a complete stranger? Here and now or sometime in the past? You or another author? Did you read the words or write the words that made a difference? You can take this topic and spin it all sorts of directions, but the point we want to make is that words impact people. Let's hear your take on it." Prizes for essays in the "No Entry Fee" category will be $50/$30/$20. Open to international submissions in English. Winners will also be published in the FundsforWriters newsletters.