I scooped this market from C. Hope Clark’s blog. Have you visited it yet?
NORTHWEST PERSPECTIVES ESSAY CONTEST
http://www.oregonquarterly.com/html/essay.htm
NO ENTRY FEE
Entries should address ideas that affect the Northwest.
Open CategoryFirst place: $750Second place: $300Third place: $100
Student CategoryFirst place: $500Second place: $200Third place: $75
First place essays will appear in Oregon Quarterly. A selection of top essays will be featured in a springtime public reading on the UO campus. Fifteen finalists (ten in the open category and five students) will be announced in the summer 2008 issue of Oregon Quarterly. Word length is 2,500 words maximum for the open category, 2,000 words for the student contest. Deadline January 31, 2008.











Thanks for mentioning my web site, Christina. Yes, that’s a solid competition, especially with no entry fee!