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The official blog of Writer Beware® shines a bright light into the dark corners of the shadow-world of literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls. Also providing advice for writers, industry news, and commentary. Writer Beware® is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.

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Contests and Awards

Peak Fake: United Writers Organization and the Perpetual Eagle Awards

America’s Next Great Author: The Author Reality Show Idea Rides Again

Keeping Moral Rights: A Wattpad Contest Controversy

Contest Alert: Bardsy’s “The Short and Long of It” NaNoWriMo Prep Contest

How Bad Contest Entry Rules Can be Mitigated: The Medium Writer’s Challenge

Bad Contest Terms: T.A. Barron’s Once Upon A Villain Flash Fiction Contest

Contest Beware: “Lovecraft Country” Short Story Contest

Contest Scam Alert: Legaia Books Online Book Competition

Writing Contest Beware: Pressfuls

Contest Caution: The Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award

Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize Them and Why They Should Avoid Them

Can We Get a Do-Over? Harper’s Bazaar Removes Predatory Rights Language For Its 2019 Short Story Competition

SFWA Statement on Concerns/Complaints Regarding the Writers of the Future Contest

Contest Caution: Waldorf Publishing’s Manuscript Contest

Contest Caution: The Short Story Project’s My Best Story Competition

Contest Beware: Fiction War Magazine

How Not To Promote a Writing Contest: The NY Literary Magazine

WriteIndia Writing Contest: When a Contest Sponsor Changes The Rules

BookLife Prize in Fiction

Spam, Spam, Spam Spam: Inkitt and the Grand Novel Contest

Almond Press Redux: Revenge-Rating a Critic

Neoverse Writing Competition Makes Its Rules More Author-Friendly

Almond Press Short Story Competition: Writing for “Exposure”

Awards Profiteers: How Writers Can Recognize and Avoid Them

Bookbzz — Buzzed Off?

Alert: Questionable Terms of Use in HBO’s Game of Thrones Compendium

Rights Concerns: Amtrak Residency Program

Rights Concerns: Simon451 Novel-Writing Contest for Students

Masterpiece: A Reality Show For Authors (Plus a Short, Sad, History of Similar Shows That Failed)

Awards Profiteering: The Book Festival Empire of JM Northern Media

Alert: Screenplay Replay Contest

Alert: Author-Unfriendly Rules at America’s Next Author Contest

Character Building Counts and Wise Bear Digital: Two More High-Entry Fee Book Awards

More Money-Wasting “Opportunities” For Writers

Poetry.com Returns

When a Writing Contest Has a Hidden Agenda

The Brit Writers Awards: Questions and Threats

Award Alert: The IndieReader Discovery Awards

Contest Alert: WriteOnCon

Contest Alert: First One Publishing’s Writing Contest

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