Fan Story

Fan Story is a free to join website which gives you the chance to take part in around fifty different writing competitions every month.

It is also a great site for getting feedback on your own writing from other members.

The site accepts most forms of creative writing including poetry, scripts and book chapters.

If you are starting out as a writer and hoping to get published then any feedback you can get is going to be a help and the site is well worth joining just for that aspect.

http://www.fanstory.com/index.jsp?rec=-1

Poetry Competition

I've just received an e mail from Writers Digest. They are holding a poetry competition which offers prizes of up to $500.

All styles of entries are welcome and poems are limited to a maximum of thirty two lines.

Deadline for the competition is December the 15th 2009.

They do make a charge of $15 for the competition entry.

http://www.writersdigest.com/poetryawards

Get paid for Holiday Reviews

Simon Seeks was launched earlier this year and is still in beta. It's run by Simon Nixon, the man behind Moneysupermarket.com The site are looking for people to write holiday guides.

Your review needs to feature such details as where to eat, the best accomodation, and the best places to visit.

Your reviews will be presented to visitors in the form of a guide and you earn commission when someone visits your guide.

When I was looking at the site they were offering the chance to win a share of £20,000 in competition money. 

http://www.simonseeks.com/what-is-simonseeks