• Everybody dreams of winning a writing contest. The problem is, most contests include a reading fee, even if they don't offer a monetary prize for the winners. As a result, it's hard to find a good contest to send your stuff to in hopes of receiving recognition.

    Family Circle does an annual fiction contest which is opened now until early September with no reading fee. Offering a word limit of 2,500 words, the contest offers a first place prize of 750$. Second and third place winners are given a prize of 250$.

    Overall, it looks like a great contest for everyone to try their stuff. After all, what do you have to lose? You can read last year's winners at Family Circle Past Winners or read the rules for this year at Family Circle Contest Rules