Amazon Breakthrough Novel now has a YA category: http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-Novel-Award-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=332264011

KidLit blog (sorry, this one ends today, but she often has contests going on): http://kidlit.com/kidlit-contest/

Sourcebooks contest: http://teenfire.ning.com/

And, associated with that is a really cool YA ning community where they talk all YA happenings and they’ll help you with your ms’s: http://yalitchat.ning.com/

You may notice that most of them are contests put on by RWA (Romance Writer’s of America) chapters, so if you have a YA romance you might have a lot of places to enter! (Although, keep in mind that many of them only require the YA entry to have romantic elements, not necessarily follows the “rules” of traditional romance, so that’s good too).

I’m a little biased and found that the majority of these are general, contemporary, or romance YA types of contests. If you want to find fantasy/sci-fi/paranormal YA contests, check out this site (there are also other writing contests listed there and this woman does a thorough job with the details): http://www.stephiesmith.com/contests.html

Also, while contests can be great, many of them also cost money, so you’ll really want to do your research first. It’s best to look at what the prize is or who the final round judges are. Many times a final round judge is an agent, so if you already have an agent it wouldn’t matter if he/she requested your full ms after the contest was over. However, many times the contests will get some great YA editors to serve as final round judges and these I would suggest would be great to enter.

Golden Rose Contest (an Oregon RWA chapter)

http://www.rosecityromancewriters.com/contest.html

Deadline: Early August

The Golden Pen (an international RWA chapter)

http://www.thegoldennetwork.com/goldenpen.html

Deadline: Mid-August

Finally a Bride Contest (an Oklahoma RWA chapter)

http://www.okrwa.com/fab_index.htm

Deadline: Early September

Launching a Star Contest (a Florida RWA chapter)

http://www.authorsofromance.com/contest.htm

Deadline: Early September

Hold Me, Thrill Me (a Florida romance writer’s chapter)

http://www.swfrw.org/contest.php

Deadline: Early September

RWA East Texas Contest

http://www.easttexasrwa.com/html/southern_heat.php

Deadline: Early September

RWI Magic Contest

http://rwimagiccontests.wordpress.com/

Deadline: Early September

First Coast Romance Writers Contest

http://www.firstcoastromancewriters.com/contest_un.htm

Deadline: Early October

MERWA Synopsis Contest

http://www.mainerwa.com/2009_Synopis_Rules.htm

Deadline: Early October

Linda Howard Award of Excellence (Birmingham RWA chapter)

http://www.southernmagic.org/lindahowardcontest.html

Deadline: Mid-October

Hook, Line, and Sinker Contest (Hudson Valley RWA)

http://www.hudsonvalleyrwa.com/contest

Deadline: Early November

Great Expectations Contest (Northwest Texas RWA)

http://ntrwa.org/contest/contest.htm

Deadline: End of December

Kids at Random House

http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/writingcontests/#youngadult

Deadline: End of the year

Notes: Requires submission of full ms

RWA Golden Heart Contest

http://www.rwanational.org/cs/contests_and_awards/golden_heart_awards

Deadline: Early December

Washington Romance Writers

http://www.wrwdc.com/ee/index.php/marlene_awards/

Deadline: Mid-January

Yellow Rose Contest (RWA chapter)

http://yellowroserwa.com/contestUnpub.php

Deadline: End of January

River City Romance Writers

http://rivercityromancewriters.org/duel.html

Deadline: Mid-February

Sandy Writing Contest

http://www.cbfriendsofthelibrary.org/page.cfm?pageid=6378

Deadline: Mid-February

MWA Novel Contest

http://www.marylandwriters.org/contest2009.html

Deadline: End of February

Pacific Northwest Writer’s Association Literary Contest

http://www.pnwa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=6

Deadline: Mid-February

Wisconsin (RWA)

http://www.wisrwa.org/contest.html#FabFive

Deadline: Early March

Writer’s League of Texas

http://www.writersleague.org/contests/manuscript.html

Deadline: Early March

Connecticut Chapter of RWA

http://ctrwa.org/connections/

Deadline: Early March

Daphne du Maurier

http://rwamysterysuspense.org/d_unpublished.php

Deadline: Mid-March

Notes: No specific YA category, but optional single category

Chicago North RWA

http://www.chicagonorthrwa.org/contest.shtml

Deadline: End of March

ACFW Genesis Contest

http://www.acfw.com/genesis/

Deadline: End of March

Notes: Christian contest that is looking for entries appropriate for the CBA market

Great Beginnings (Utah RWA)

http://www.utahrwa.com/gbcontest.html

Deadline: First of April

Spring into Love (RWA San Diego)

http://www.rwasd.com/contest/

Deadline: Early April

Alaska Writers

http://akrwa.alaskawriters.com/about.html

Deadline: Mid-April

The Beau Mode RWA

http://www.thebeaumonde.com/royalascot/

Deadline: Mid-April

Charter Oak Romance Writers

http://www.charteroakromancewriters.org/contests.html

Deadline: Early May

Southwest Writer’s Contest

http://www.southwestwriters.com/swwcontestrules.php

Deadline: Early May

Writer’s Digest Annual Competition

http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/annual/77th/

Deadline: Mid-May

The Molly Contest

http://www.hodrw.com/2009-Molly.htm

Deadline: End of May

Northeast Ohio RWA

http://www.neorwa.com/index.php/Contest/Contest

Deadline: Early June

Emerald City Opener (RWA)

http://gsrwa.org/contest.php

Deadline: Early June

Original Golden Opportunity (Toronto RWA)

http://www.torontoromancewriters.com/contest.html

Deadline: Early June

Lone Star Writing Competition (Northwest Houston Chapter RWA)

http://www.nwhrwa.com/html/contests_announcement.html

Deadline: Early June

Maryland Romance Writers

http://www.bemispromotions.com/mrw/index.php?page_id=9

Deadline: Mid-June

Chick Lit Writers Contest

http://www.chicklitwriters.com/contest.htm

Deadline: Mid-June

Indiana RWA

http://www.indianarwa.com/contest/contest.htm

Deadline: First of July

Florida Writer’s Association

http://www.floridawriters.net/RPLA.html

Deadline: Mid-July