PJM Publishing are proud to announce their Twisted Americana Short Story Writing Competition. Entry is free and the winning entries will feature in a paperback compilation next year. Submissions close January 28th 2012 Full details can be found at: http://www.pjmpublishing.com/competition.html

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Win a Writing Holiday in Greece with your Short Story or poem. We are looking for SHORT STORIES up to 3000 words and POEMS up to 500 words. With the theme: BLUE. Closing date: January 2nd, 2011 Entry fee: £6  In each category 1st Prize One week free place at a Writing Retreat by the [...]

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Deadline: 30 November 2010 The aim of this competition is to provide a platform for writers to expose their talents for telling a big tale in a small way. Each story must be no longer than a 1000 words. Any theme or genre accepted.  The winning story will receive £50 and will be published on this website. [...]

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Gotham Writers’ Workshop invites you and your readers to enter our Hint Fiction 25-Word Story Writing Contest. Entry is free and easy. For this competition, Gotham welcomes the expertise of Robert Swartwood, editor of Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories of 25 Words or Fewer (to be published in November by W.W. Norton.) Mr. Swartwood [...]

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Do you have a ghost story or haunted house tale to tell? Type it up, make it less than 3,000 words and email it editor@litfestmagazine.com with GHOST STORY in the subject link.  All stories must be in the body of the email, all attachments will be immediately deleted. Begins July 1, 2010, ends July 31 [...]

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