According to Salman Rushdie, the key to writing is concentration, not inspiration. He tells the fine folks at Big Think that writing "requires deep attention to your characters, to the world they live in, and to the story you have to tell."
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.