Posts made in April, 2014

SAVE THE EARTH POETRY CONTEST

SAVE THE EARTH POETRY CONTEST —————————– DEADLINE: May 31, 2014 GENRE: Poetry OPEN TO: US students in Grades 11 and 12 DETAILS: Poems submitted should, in any way possible, evoke humankind’s awareness of the natural world and nature as such. One poem, any length or form. PRIZE: $200 URL:...

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Criminal Lines

CRIMINAL LINES – DEADLINE: May 5, 2014 OPEN TO: Unagented debut authors born or resident in UK or Ireland GENRE: Books DETAILS: Submit the first 15,000 words of your crime/thriller novel and a synopsis of a maximum 800 words. PRIZE: £1000 and chance to meet with AM Heath agents. URL: http://amheath.com/blog/criminal-lines/

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Tell It Strange Essay & Story Contest

Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2014 Entry Fees: $15 per entry March 2 through May 31, 2014 Prizes: First Place: $1,000 (USD); publication, along with the finalist judge’s comments, in The Writer magazine; a creative writing workshop offered in New York City or online by Gotham Writers Workshop ($445 value); and a one-year subscription to The Writer magazine. Second Place: $500 (USD); publication on The Writer website (WriterMag.com);...

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Nowhere Magazine’s Spring 2014 Travel Writing Contest

Deadline:Thursday, May 15, 2014 Entry Fees $15 entry fee Prizes The winner will be awarded $300 and published in an upcoming issue of Nowhere. The top 10 stories will be announced on the website and published on nowheremag.com . Description Award-winning literary travel magazine, Nowhere, is teaming up with Outside Magazine Executive Editor Sam Moulton for the first Nowhere Spring Travel Writing Contest. We are looking for young, old, novice...

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Bastion Science Fiction Magazine Needs Stories for June Issue – Pays $50/story

Bastion Science Fiction Magazine, which released its first issue this month, is currently accepting submissions for a limited time for the June 2014 issue. (Submissions for the May 2014 issue have already been filled.) R. Leigh Hennig, editor-in-chief, is reviewing electrifying works of the weird and eccentric, mainly short sci-fi stories, 1K to 5K words. He will consider other fiction genres, such as horror, crime and thriller, provided that...

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