Hallmark "All About Teens" contest

Hallmark's April contest is titled "All About Teens" and it's currently underway.  Send in birthday and Valentine's Day card ideas aimed at teen recipients.  The standard $250 prize structure applies for this contest too, and the deadline for submissions is Earth Day, April 22nd.

New Ephemera caption contest

Ephemera's newest caption contest runs through May 3rd, with the standard $50 prize for the winner.  You can view the picture to be captioned on Ephemera's Dry Heaves blog page; that's also where you can submit your caption ideas (as comments to the blog post).

Warner Press

Warner Press is "the publishing house for the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)."  They publish a variety of religious material, including boxed greeting cards (no individual card lines).  They want positive, inspiring copy about four lines long.  Their submission deadline is listed as July 31st, and they accept email submissions as well as mailed submissions.  Payment is $35 on acceptance.

(Thanks to Lynda Lee Schab for listing this market on her On the Write Track site.)

New Ephemera contest

Ephemera has launched another caption contest.  The details and the photo can be found on Ephemera's Dry Heaves blog.  As with the previous contests, submit your entries as comments on the contest page, and the chosen winner will receive $50.  The deadline this time around is April 3rd.

Slogan Slingers lowers minimum prize amount

Slogan Slingers is a website where businesses can go to find new slogans.  You can sign up as a writer for free, and if your slogan is picked by the business, you win the prize amount for that contest (minus a small fee).  The previous minimum prize amount was $200, which is a good amount for writers but was discouraging some businesses from utilizing the site.  But the site administrators recently lowered the minimum amount to $50.

Hopefully the lower minimum will attract more contests for writers.  There are currently two contests going on -- one for $100 and one for $150.

Avanti

Avanti is a greeting card publisher (check out their different lines under the "Seriously Funny Cards" link on their web site) that works with a roster of freelance writers.  They are currently not taking any new writers, but you can still send them some samples to be considered if an opening pops up.

Amber Lotus

Amber Lotus publishes greeting cards as well as other materials.  They don't accept card ideas or verse submissions, but they are open to graphical submissions (photography and artwork).  They only read from April to June, but you can submit any time.