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Figment occasionally offered writing contests to help writers hone their skills. Many of the contests focused on themes and issues presented in popular and upcoming young adult books, and provided prompts with which users can create their contest entries. The contests often involved published YA authors.
A number of entrants in the Lune Spark Young Writers' Short Story Contest later won and received notoriety for their work. Notable published winners include UN Child Ambassador Nico Roman, who writes climate change fiction, and child author Addison Hill (under the pseudonym "Cress Wallwalker").
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Unpublished writers submit original short story manuscripts. Each manuscript will compete for a $10,000 cash grant and publication at Amazon.com and in The Boston Book Review. Award active for one year. 2000–2000 Inactive Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts [5] [6] For literary writing on the visual arts.
- Cash prize (adjusted for inflation): $24,508,173 - Event start date: Aug. 1, 2019 - Winner: Bryn Kenney. Story editing by Carren Jao. Copy editing by Meg Shields. Photo selection by Clarese Moller.
Contests have also been run on various other Wikimedia projects, generally eliciting excitement and support; the Wikinews writing contest in March/April and the second German writing contest (part of the International writing contest) both attracted over 10 unusual prizes from the community to hand out to the lucky/skillful winners.
“I revealed the prize amount underneath and it said ‘$75,000’ on it,” she continued. But she didn’t believe she had actually won the game’s top prize. “I just assumed I was reading ...