Online Writing Contests: Approach with Caution

Writing contests are a great way to get exposure and a better shot to publish your story or poem than submitting to a journal. Or so goes the myth. The odds are, however, that you’re more writers may submit to a contest than a journal, after a while you spent more in entry fees than you would have earned had you sold to a journal, and you may lose rights to your work.

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Sheritha Singh shares a few concerns you should address before you enter a contest. Especially if they’re asking for money.