The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand...

Our Spring/Summer 2011 Young Adult Showcase titled Mystery Times Ten seeks new mystery short stories that are targeted for the YA audience. Submission Guidelines: Theme: Mystery – Your choice be it murder, cozy, paranormal, romance, soft-boiled, hard-boiled, police procedural, suspense, thriller, or amateur detective. What is a mystery? In a mystery, the main character must track down the truth about an event, often a murder. If the protagonist...

Here at Chaa Creek we are currently doing a Creative Travel Writing Contest in which we are giving out four fabulous vacation prizes with the grand prize valued at US$ 3479.00. The Lodge at Chaa Creek is an award-winning Belize resort that has pioneered natural history travel since 1981 and is Belize’s premier destination for a wide range of Caribbean and Central American adventures.  The 365 acre private nature reserve on the Macal River is...

Call for Entries: Poetry and Short-short fiction/essays inspired by THE SPIRIT OF THE FEMALE BEATS Jack Kerouac defined the original “beat generation” in 1957 as “a generation of furtives…a weariness of all the forms, all the conventions of the world.” Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” ignited a controversy over freedom of speech and expression; the publisher was arrested but in 1957 the courts ruled the poem was not obscene.   Ginsberg and Kerouac,...

Wag’s Revue invites you to enter its Winter 2011 Contest in fiction, poetry, and essays. Submissions of electronic writing are also encouraged in any of the above genres. First prize receives $1,000 and publication in Wag’s Revue; second prize is $500, third is $100, and all submissions are considered for publication. The contest deadline is January 15, and winners will be announced with the publication of Issue 9 in April 2011. There is no...

Write A 12+ Chapters Ebook in 2 Months… Earn Glory… WIN $US200!! Chapters of Glory! is a FREE writing contest designed to kick the brains of genius authors into overdrive. Frantic, coffee-fuelled days and nights pit authors one against the other – all within a supportive, vibrant and creative literary community of ‘Facebooking/Twittering-types’ – and the chance to win $US200! Entrants are challenged to write...