Click here Now in our 11th year, Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest is about showcasing the creative writing and poetic talent, skills and abilities of all poets and writers. The Dream Quest One mission is to inspire, motivate and encourage anyone having the desire or love for poetry and writing, to continue doing so without fear of failure or success! And remember, in whatever you do, “it’s okay to dream,” for dreams do come true.

The participants get a chance to display the beauty and art of writing short stories and poems for the entire world to see their “gift of a dream.” Writing Contest entries may be written on a maximum of (5) pages, either neatly hand printed or typed, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme. Poetry Contest entries may be written on any subject or theme. All poems must be 30 lines or fewer and either neatly hand printed or typed, single or double line spacing.

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Prizes:

Writing First Prize: $500, 2nd: $250, 3rd: $100.

Poetry First Prize: $250, 2nd: $125, 3rd: $50.

Click here The Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest is international, open to all poets and writers whether published or not. Current and former employees of Dreamquestone.Com or their relatives are not eligible. Previously published poems and short stories in other contests, books, magazines, etc, are accepted and welcome as long as they are original to the contest entrant.

Click here All poems must be 30 lines or fewer, may be either neatly handwritten or typed, single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme. All entries must be original works. All short stories may be on any subject or theme. For example, any fiction, non-fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, diary, journal entries and short screenplays are accepted. Contestants will enter their short stories either neatly hand printed or typed, using single or double line spacing, within a maximum of (5) pages or less. All entries must be original works. You may submit entries to both the poetry contest and the writing contest, at the same time. Multiple entries are accepted.

Entry fees:
$5.00 (US dollars) per poem.
$10.00 (US dollars) per story.

Postmark deadline: January 24, 2016

*Note: All entries must be mailed out, on or before January 24, 2016, at 11:59PM (PST).

All contest winners will be published online in the Click here pages on February 29, 2016. 

Contact:

c/o Andre L. West, Editor

Dream Quest One

Poetry & Writing Contest

P.O. Box 3141

Chicago, IL 60654

USA

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