Posts made in June, 2012

Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2012 – Call for Entries

Categories: Fiction; Poetry; Life Writing Word limit: 3000 (or five poems) Deadline: 27 July 2012 5pm GMT Prize: £300 and publication in Wasafiri magazine Fee: £6.00 if entering one category, £10 for two and £15 for all three The prize is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book in the category they wish to enter. Other terns and conditions apply, please visit www.wasafiri.org for further information and to download the...

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Announcing Writing Contests for 2013 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival

The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is pleased to announce that our annual fiction and one-act play contests are now accepting submissions. Our team is gearing up for our 27th celebration of our namesake playwright and the city in which he found his “spiritual home.” Details are below. 5th Annual Fiction Contest Judge: Michael Cunningham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours Grand Prize $1,500 Domestic airfare...

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MOBIUS THE POETRY MAGAZINE Contest 2012 DEADLINE EXTENDED TO June 25, 2012

4TH DR. ZYLPHA MAPP ROBINSON INTERNATIONAL POETRY AWARD, FIRST PRIZE: $200, 2nd Prize: (selected MOBIUS) 3rd Prize (Audiobook: “Poetry Among the Flowers: Queens Meets Asia” by Juanita Torrence-Thompson). 3 Honorable Mentions. THEME  from our 8 Mobius categories –website: www.mobiuspoetry.com Not mandatory, but preferably at least one HUMOROUS OR CELEBRATORY poem. – ALL poems are considered for publication in Mobius, The Poetry Magazine...

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Musicworks magazine’s 2nd Annual Sonic Geography Writing Contest

Cash prizes, and winners are published in Musicworks magazine! Details: Write 500 words about the sound of a specific location. How does it influence the space? Check out http://issuu.com/musicworksmagazine/docs/2012_contest for some examples of Sonic Geographies. To enter: www.musicworks.ca/contest/contest.asp Deadline: June 25, 2012 Each $20 entry fee includes the price of a 1 year subscription to Musicworks (3 magazines and 3 CDs)...

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The beautiful new issue of Bare Hands is now online!

The beautiful new issue of Bare Hands is now online! It features stunning work from Malta, Ireland, Pittsburgh, New York, British Columbia and the UK. Read it here – http://barehandsissueeight.tumblr.com/ We are going to start making podcasts for the journal and I would love for all of you to be involved! Simply email us an mp3 file by June 30th. It doesn’t have to be you reading it (poets can by shy) as long as it’s a nice...

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