ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) 2012  $500 prize for the best poem, and $500 prize for the best short story (flash fiction), plus publication in Able Muse (the print journal). Finalists in each category will also be considered for publication. Entry Fees: $15 for each entry which should contain a minimum of 1 poem, [...]

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WritersType Competitions First Chapter, Short Story, & Flash Fiction http://www.writerstype.com/ WritersType.com sponsors three annual contests in the categories of First Chapter, Flash Fiction, and Short Story. In each category, the monthly winner receives $25 honorarium, comments from our readers, and publication on our site. Each month, the top two submissions in each category advance to the [...]

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Crazyhorse literary journal is excited to announce the Crazyhorse Fiction Prize and the Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize: $2000 each and publication of your poem or short story in Crazyhorse literary journal. Deadline to enter: January 15, 2012 Reading fee of $16 per entry includes one-year subscription. Full entry guidelines at http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org or Contact: crazyhorse@cofc.edu

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The Bethlehem Writers Group is currently accepting submissions for their debut Short Story Award. Jonathon Maberry, a NY Times bestselling author, will judge. The winner will receive $200 plus the opportunity to be published in their next anthology, “Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny and Strange Tales,” due to be released next fall. There are runner-up prizes also. Entry fee: $10 [...]

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Finally–the September issue of Gemini Magazine is here! I hope you’ll agree the wait was worth it. Even the titles are intriguing: – “Identity Theft” (poem by Diana Raab) – “Authority Figure” (flash fiction by Tony Wayne Brown) – “Nothin to Lose” (poem by Chinedu Jonathan) – “Discarded” (short story by Dina Greenberg) – “Before [...]

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This short story extract from ‘Slick’ by Nic Low is featured in the current Fiction edition of The Big Issue magazine, ‘Twelve Tales’ (30 August – 12 September, Ed#388)

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Enter a photo of a single pair of shoes against a simple background.

Prizes:

• ONE WINNER: Will receive a hand painted portrait of their shoes on a 12”x12” gallery wrapped canvas ($400 value) by Painting Life’s Footstep’s TM  artist, Alisha K. Ard, along with a short story written about your shoes by Defying Procrastination’s very own Michael A. Walker. The story and painting will be featured together on a future post on Defying Procrastination to forever be immortalized on the World Wide Web.
• TWO WINNERS: Will receive a hand painted portrait of their shoes on an 8”x 8” canvas board ($200 value) by Painting Life’s Footstep’s TM artist, Alisha K. Ard, along with a poem written by Defying Procrastination’s very own Michael A. Walker. The poem and painting will be featured together on a future post on Defying Procrastination to forever be immortalized on the World Wide Web.

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Copyright 2011 :: Open photo contests and competitions

Theme: "Narrative Photography"

The power of narrative, or story telling is at the foundation of much of photography. Photograhers are creating complex and descriptive moments in time. Contemporary photographers are crafting and documenting new forms of a visual short story.

Award:

• Exhibition in Black Box Gallery, Portland Oregon  (1 -24 October 2011)
• Black Box will provide all framing, matting and printing for our exhibitions. Each exhibition will have 20 photographers included by the juror.

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The Tenby Arts Festival Writing Competition – open to anyone living anywhere – was launched very successfully last year and the 2011 competition is now underway if you haven’t entered don’t panic there is still time for aspiring and established writers to polish and perfect their best poetry and prose for submission.

The closing date for entries is 15th July, 2011.

There are two categories – short story and poetry.

The prizes are the same for each category. The first prize is £150, the second prize £70, and the third prize £50. In addition, there are prizes of £25 for the best story and the best poem entered by writers resident in West Wales.

The competition judge this year is Drefach Felindre resident Simone Mansell Broome, (who was born in Tenby!). Simone is a published poet, organiser of literary and broader creative events, and is active in a variety of poetry societies and writing groups.

Entry forms and the competition rules are to be found at

www.tenbyartsfest.co.uk or by SAE to Writing Competition, PO Box 67, Saundersfoot, SA70 9AP.

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The $1,500 Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize for the Essay (for the 2011 best essay) The $1,500 Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction (for the best 2011 short story) The $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry (for the best 2011 group of three to six poems) http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp Deadline:  May 18, 2011.   New Letters magazine invites you [...]

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