Each Day Already is a Challenge

Some contests - 2nd entry but not about fibromyalgia

Amy Lowell Poetry Travelling Scholarship instructions:
http://www.amylowell.org/instructions.htm The award for the 2008-2009 Scholarship year should be in the area of $49,000. The recipient must agree to spend the year abroad, as the will requires. Deadline: October 15. Applications may not be submitted by email. The winner of the Scholarship will be notified by the end of February, 2008.

The Bechtel Prize for Educating the Imagination - http://www.twc.org/bechtel_prize.htm
The Bechtel Prize is awarded annually in recognition of an exemplary article or essay related to: Creative writing education, literary studies, and/or the profession of writing. The winning essay appears in Teachers & Writers magazine, and the author receives a $3,500 honorarium. Entries selected as finalists for the Bechtel Prize may also be published in Teachers & Writers. The authors of finalist essays selected for publication in the magazine receive a small honorarium. Possible topics for Bechtel Prize submissions include contemporary issues in classroom teaching, innovative approaches to teaching literary forms and genres, and the intersection between literature and imaginative writing. The submission deadline for the 2007 Bechtel Prize is 5:00 PM (Eastern), Friday, June 29, 2007.

Emily Dickinson First Book Award http://www.poetryfoundation.org/foundation/Emily_Dickinson.html - The Emily Dickinson First Book Award recognizes an American poet who is 50 years of age or over and has yet to publish a first collection of poetry. The Poetry Foundation seeks one book-length poetry manuscript to be published in the Emily Dickinson Poetry Series. The competition is open to any American citizen 50 years of age or over who has not previously published a book-length volume of poetry. In addition to publication and promotion of the manuscript, the winner will receive a prize of $10,000. Submissions accepted: May 15, 2007–June 15, 2007

Here's an interesting one. Are you a Christian with an opinion? Submit your opinions to a secular newspaper or magazine and it they are printed (with a Scripture reference included), then enter the Amy Foundation contest. Articles must be published between January 1 and December 1, then submitted to the Amy Foundation before January 31 of the following year. For articles published in 2007, the deadline is January 31, 2008. You could win up to $10,000. Here are the complete guidelines: http://www.amyfound.org/amy_writing_awards/amy_writing_awards.html
And here is a list of previuos winners, with the publications where their articles appeared: http://www.amyfound.org/amy_writing_awards/amy_writing_awards.html
Note: It's often easiest to have articles published in non-paying or low paying markets, but here's a way to be rewarded for those non-paying submissions.

For some reason, I envision Budroe and PlannerDan entering the contest on this page. They want an essay about ethics in business, specifically about bribes. http://www.traceinternational.org/. Did I say/share this before?
Entries must not exceed 2,500 words and must be original, unpublished work, submitted by May 1, 2007. First and second prizes of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively will be awarded and a collection of the best essays will be published in 2007. Topic for 2007: “Why Bribe?” In your essay, please respond to the following: “Can bribes be avoided? Extortion resisted? Do businessmen try? Do companies care?” Language should be simple and direct. Anecdotes are welcome.

I think it was the part about anecdotes that made me think of Bud and Planner Dan.

Now don't y'all forget about tomorrow. You know.....my birthday!