Winter Ghost Story Competition 1st Prize: £500.00 2nd Prize: £200.00 3rd Prize: £150.00 4th Prize: Flash Fiction Writing Course   Closing Date: 21st November 2010 Entry fee: £5.00 or free to Premier 1 Members Conjure up a creepy winter ghost story and you could win a fantastic prize and publication. The winner will be published in the Creative Competitor weekly newsletter and on the website. The competition is also being supported by new...

First Prize: St. Martin’s Press publishing contract The Judge: Lord Jeffrey Archer Entry Fee: None Your submission must be 5,000 words or shorter. One entry per person. But hurry, entry deadline is October 2. Enter online at Jeffrey Archer Presents. CONTEST UPDATES Approaching deadlines: > Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest—entry deadline is Oct. 1 > Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition—entry deadline is Oct. 1 > Hint...

For Contest Six, we offer four opportunities to win. First prize is $500. Runner up prizes are $150, $100, and $50. Story subjects are up to you, but pay attention to specifications on the “WHAT WE WANT…” page. Entry fee is $15, plus checkmark evaluation, $21,      plus critique, $49.00.  Final judge is Erica Bauermeister, author of  The School of Essential Ingredients,  an international best selling novel. See the website for...

The 2011 Tusculum Review Fiction Prize offers a $1,000 (U.S.) purse and publication.  There is a $15 (U.S.) entry fee, which includes one copy of the vol. 7/2011 edition of the The Tusculum Review and consideration for publication.  We consider all works submitted for publication, but only works with entry fees are considered for the contest. Submissions must be postmarked by March 15, 2011 in order to be considered. Each submission is...

Ruminate Magazine is now accepting entries for its annual Short-Fiction Contest. A prize of $1000 will be awarded to the winner and publication in the Spring 2011 Issue will be awarded to the winning story and runner-up story. Guidelines: -The submission extended deadline for the prize is midnight October 31th, 2010. -The entry fee is $15 (includes a free copy of the Spring 2011 Issue). -You may submit one short story per entry and it must be...

Deadline: By midnight, 11/30/2010, please submit 1-3 poems or one story for $9 at: http://prismreview.submishmash.com/Submit Prizes: $250 and publication Poetry judge: Craig Santos Perez, author of from Unincorporated Territory (hacha) and from Unincoporated Territory (Saina). (see http://www.craigsantosperez.wordpress.com) Fiction judge: Lucy Corin, author of The Entire Predicament and Everyday Pyschokillers All entries will be considered for...