Enter our Blogging and Writing Contests
We are excited for you to explore and enter our writing contests.
Thousands of bloggers, writers, and regular people in every stage of life, from teens to Baby Boomers, come to StageofLife.com each month to enter our "essays about life" writing contests.
These blogging and writing contests are designed to further our mission of making the world a better place, one story at a time. Writing contest winners receive gift card and/or cash prizes from StageofLife.com sponsors, as well as featured writer status, a letter from the CEO, and other perks. And this isn't your normal writing contest - the essays uploaded to StageofLife.com have received some attention from press including TIME.com, The Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch, etc.
Select the writing contest by your stage of life to read specific details and enter...
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We ask a monthly contest writing prompt about a real-world issue that's relevant to teenagers in high school.
- Read contest rules
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- Review current topic/theme for your high school writing contest.
This writing contest is open to high school students.
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Submit an essay answering the monthly contest writing prompt geared towards a topic relevant to students.
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- Review the topic/theme for your college writing contest.
This writing contest is open to college students.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for your college writing contest.
This writing contest is open to singles.
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- Review the topic/theme for the wedding writing contest.
This writing contest is available to brides, grooms, OR anyone that has participated in a wedding as a bridesmaid, groomsman, usher, attendant, or special performer, e.g. wedding singer.
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- Read contest rules
- See current prizes
- Review the topic/theme for the marriage writing contest.
This writing contest is available to anyone who is (or was) married.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for the marriage writing contest.
This writing contest is available to anyone who rents or owns a home.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for your baby story entry.
This writing contest is open to any mother or father who has had a baby.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for the parents' writing contest.
This writing contest is available to anyone who is a parent.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for the grandparenting writing contest.
This writing contest is available to anyone who is a grandparent.
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- Read contest rules
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- Review the topic/theme for the grandparenting writing contest.
This writing contest is available to anyone who is a retired, getting ready to retire, or has an empty nest.
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What makes our writing contests different:
- We want to hear your personal, authentic thoughts on real world topics each month. We pick topics for which your answers and wisdom may help one of our readers
- We award the winners with real prizes (cash and/or gift cards) from our site sponsors
- We have Stage of Life SWAG for thewinner
- We invite each monthly writing contest winner to become one of our Feature Writers on the site for their stage of life