Posts made in September, 2009

Writing Contest for Study Abroad

The University of New Orleans, the pioneer in writing programs abroad, is pleased to announce the sixth annual writing contest for study-abroad, Summer 2010. This year the contest is co-sponsored by The Normal School, who will judge the entries and publish the winners. Full fee waivers, including housing allowance, will be granted to one writer each in the genres of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Partial awards and honorable mentions...

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Short Story Writing Contest: “Rain Stories”

We are proud to present the 3rd writing contest for English books: September 15th 2009 to October 15th 2009 Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Stormy weather and rain predicted? It is time to read a book or even write one. Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell us your rain story, turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame. Write...

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10th annual Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction

With great pleasure, we announce the 10th annual Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction. Writers of comedic essays, articles, short stories, poetry, scripts, shopping lists and other forms are invited to submit. Mona founded the Foster City (CA) Writers Contest, taught creative writing for San Mateo County and published humorous articles and essays in newspapers and magazines. Her son Brad founded the Prize in 2000 and judges...

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411article.com Winter Short Story Fiction Competition.

411article.com is hosting its Winter Short Story Fiction Competition. Top prizes are $500, $250, and $150 plus publication in the contest anthology. There will be 3 cash awards and 25 publication awards. All entrants will receive a critique of their story entry. Word count must be a minimum of 1000 and maximum of 3000. Stories can be of any genre but all stories must have a WINTER SETTING. Entry fee: $15 per story. Entries accepted online via...

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New Rivers Press MVP Competition

Deadline: October 15, 2009 Entry Fee: $20 Web site: www.newriverspress.com E-mail address: carlsond@mnstate.edu Two prizes of $1,000 each and a standard royalty contract are given annually for book-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging writers. The winning works will be published by New Rivers Press and distributed nationally through Consortium. Submit a poetry manuscript of 50 to 80 pages; a collection of...

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