Posts made in October, 2012

FanStory.com Writing Contests – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

FanStory.com Writing Community Get Feedback For Your Poetry and Stories Join Writing Contests! Over 50 Poetry and Story Writing Contests Now Available FanStory.com, helping writers improve their craft since the year 2000 —————————————————— A Love Poem Contest Write a love poem. Your love poem can be fictional or non-fictional. Cash prize...

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The Empire State Building Short Story Competition

The Empire State Building is an iconic landmark that has been featured in pictures, movies, plays, and novels. Built during the Great Depression it was at one time the tallest building in the world. The building was named one of the seven wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. You can learn more about the building and its stories history here. For this contest, write a short story in the past, present, or future that...

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The New Writer Magazine: Prose & Poetry Prizes 2012

Prose and Poetry Prizes This is the 13th year of the Prose & Poetry Prizes sponsored by The New Writer magazine, although it is the 16th consecutive year of the Poetry Prizes – previous winners include Judi Moore, Sharon Black, Wes Lee, Alexandra Fox, Cathy Whitfield, Mo McAuley, Alesha Racine, David Grubb, Katy Darby and Graham Clifford, whose award winning entries appeared in our anthologies – find details on this website....

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call for submissions: Ekphrastia Gone Wild

This is an open call for submissions for “Ekphrastia Gone Wild” an anthology of poetry inspired by other works of art to be produced and released in 2013 by Ain’t Got No Press. The book will be compiled, designed and edited by Poetry Super Highway’s Rick Lupert. We welcome submissions to this anthology of poems inspired by other works of art. We are especially looking for work that is inspired by the experience of...

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$2,500 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2013 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, is the author of three critically acclaimed books:...

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