Lazuli Literary Group Writing Contest  Closing date: 22nd December, 2019 Prizes: $100. Entry fee: $10. Looking for: Your best writing of any kind. See website for more info. Website: https://www.lazuliliterarygroup.com/contests.html David Berry Prize Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes: The winner is awarded a prize of £250. Entry fee: None stated. Looking for: The essay should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length (excluding footnotes and appendices). Website: https://royalhistsoc.org/prizes/david- berry/david-berry-prize-guidelines/ Royal Historical Society’s David Berry Prize Closing date: 31st December 2019. Prizes: £250. Entry fee: Not stated. Looking for: David Berry Prize is for the best essay addressing an aspect of Scottish history. Further details: The essay should be between 6,000 and 10,000 words in length (excluding footnotes and appendices). Website: https://royalhistsoc.org/prizes/david-berry/ Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing  Closing date: 13th January 2019. Prizes: £10,000, 3 x £250. Entry fee: £10. Looking for: Short stories with food and drink themes, up to 2,500 words Website: https://www.mogfordprize.co.uk/how-to- enter/ Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writers Award Closing date: 15th January 2020. Prizes: $5,000. Entry fee: $15. Looking for: Projects to write creative non-fiction informed by time in the desert. Website: https://ellenmeloy.com/apply Hektoen International Writing Contest Closing date: 15th January, 2020. Prizes:    Two    prizes    will    be    awarded:    $3000    for    the winner and $800 for the runner up. Entry fee: None stated. Looking   for:   an   essay   of   under   1600   words   on   the subject of Blood. Further   details:   Articles   must   be   unpublished,   original work   that   relates   medicine   to   the   humanities   and   no more than 1,600 words in length. Website:    https://hekint.org/special-issue-submission- instructions/ Calibre Essay Prize   Closing date: 15th January 2020. Prizes: Aus$5,000, $2,500 Entry fee: $25/$15 for subscriber Looking for: Essays, 2,000-5,000 words h  t  t  p  s  :  /  /  w  w  w  .  a  u  s  t  r  a  l  i  a  n  b  o  o  k  r  e  v  i  e  w  .  c  o  m  .  a  u  /  c  a  l  i  b  r  e  - prize/calibre-online-entry