Manuscript Entries will be accepted in the following categories: Entries in the Short Story, Stage or Screenplay and Poetry Competition may enter in the following categories: AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIRS BIOGRAPHY – GENERAL BIOGRAPHY – HISTORICAL CHILDREN'S FICTION CHILDREN'S NON-FICTION CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK –FICTION CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK – NON-FICTION FICTION – LITERARY FICTION – FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION FICTION – HISTORICAL FICTION FICTION – HORROR FICTION – MYSTERY/SUSPENSE FICTION – NEW AGE FICTION FICTION – RELIGIOUS FICTION FICTION – ROMANCE FICTION – THRILLER/ADVENTURE FICTION – WESTERN FICTION – YOUNG ADULT HISTORY – GENERAL HISTORY – ANCIENT HISTORY – MILITARY HISTORY – POLITICAL HISTORY – UNITED STATES HISTORY – WORLD PARENTING/FAMILY – DIVORCE PARENTING – PREGNANCY/BIRTH POETRY – ANTHOLOGIES SELF-HELP – GENERAL SELF-HELP – MOTIVATIONAL SELF-HELP – RELATIONSHIPS TRUE CRIME – NON-FICTION YOUNG ADULT – FICTION WOMEN’S NON-FICTION First Person Account / Personal Essay Short Fiction – Children/Young Adult Short Fiction – Fantasy/Science Fiction Short Fiction – General Short Fiction – Historical Short Fiction – Horror Short Fiction – Mystery/Suspense Short Fiction – New Age Short Fiction – Romance Short Fiction – Thriller/Adventure Short Fiction – Western Short Fiction – Women’s One Act Stage Play Poetry – Ballad Poetry – Free Verse Poetry – Open Poetry – Haiku Poetry – Quatrain Poetry – Sonnet