Burner is that girl. She’s witty, pretty, and doesn’t dumb herself down. By day, she’s a kindergarten teacher and by night, dances gogo. She’s the chick who soundtracks her days with Wagner, and goes out to see The Warlocks in a grungy downtown bar at night. She saves Bach for rainy mornings, The Beatles for sunny afternoons. She’s a muse and amusing, compelling and never complacent. She gets her greatest...

Join the esteemable company of Ms. Jane Austen! In the tradition of the Bulwer Lytton Contest and the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests, here’s your chance to pen a scene of a “classic” novel Jane Austen never wrote. How is it done? * Everything is done through http://www.BadAusten.com – register, submit your scene, and spread the word to get people to vote for your entry! * Sharpen your wit, let your imagination run wild, and write...

Monthly writing competition to provide writers with a platform to tell a tall tale in a small way. Each story should not exceed 1000 words.  Award: £50 and publication on the Web.   Entry fee: £4. Deadline: Last day of each month; December 31, 2010. Info: www.averyshortstory.co.uk

An approaching new year gets us thinking about what lies ahead. Possibility, perspective, paradigm shifts, mystery…the future can mean a lot of things. But whatever we experience tomorrow will shape how we remember today. This month’s challenge is to write a creative short story or essay on the theme “notes from tomorrow”.  What that means is up to you. What will your journal entry look like tomorrow? What advice would your...

Topic The topic is open. Any type of entry that meets the submission criteria below is eligible. Multiple entries welcome. Submission Criteria • The contest is open to prose works. • Entries can be fiction, non-fiction or creative non-fiction. • Entries must be previously unpublished and not under consideration by any other publication. • Entries must be original and not a translation of a previously published work. • Maximum length: 2000...

I would like to invite you and any authors you know to participate in a flash fiction challenge I have on my blog.  The winner of the challenge can win an original graphite drawing on paper by me. The flash fiction stories will be published in a catalog integrated with an exhibit in San Francisco at ArtHaus Gallery (April 8th for the reception). The show is called: Renovated Reputations: Paintings and Fiction inspired by Vintage Portrait...