Genre: Short fiction (with some link to Paris) Closing date: 30 November 2010 Prize: 200 euros for first prize, plus publication of twelve best stories Entry fee: 10 euros Restrictions: Maximum 5’000 words. Submission in the body of the email only Further information: 12 stories will be selected to appear in the book: “BEST AND MOST DELIGHTFUL STORIES ABOUT PARIS” to be published fall 2011 Internet site for details and updates...

Everyone has a story. We want yours. We are looking for true stories that astound, enchant, enlighten and startle us. We want to be swept up and away, pulled from our moorings, left shaken and inspired. We want to think, wonder, imagine, believe. Do you have a story that is especially meaningful to you, something hilarious or harrowing that touched you deeply, changed your heart, your soul, your way of seeing the world? It can be the story of...

FREE Amateur writing site. Provides your own and separated online writing space so that anyone can write and read any writings of story, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The more people read your writings, the higher your rank will be. High rankers get chance to win 500USD The contest results will be announced at the end of September 2010, midnight You are welcome to visit  http://www.ufiction.com/contest.php for more details of the...

INKTEARS SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2010 Deadline: 30 November 2010 Short story writers (UK + International) Prizes: £150, £50; £25 x 4, plus all prizewinners get their story published to the InkTears Readers and consideration for a short story collection/anthology publication. Full results will be announced by 14 March 2011 Fee: £4.50. Length:1000-3000 words. NB: stories may have been previously published (prior to 30 April 2010) or previously...

We are launching a contest today (Friday July 30, 2010) for writers of the world to come together to write and read each others articles. Contest is open to everyone, amateur and professional.  Our goal is to empower readers and writers of the world.  Contestant enter their work.  The written piece has to be between 500-1000 words with exceptions in the Unique Interest category where short stories and fiction are limited to 2000 words, and...

Founders Circle Contest Submit a prose piece up to 3,000 words or a poem of up to two pages to Soundings Review to win publication and $300! Write the name of the contest on the manuscript. Manuscripts should be 12 pt Times New Roman, and prose should be double spaced. Include an SASE for response, using a larger envelope for return of the manuscript. Entry fee is $7 for the general public, $5 for members of the Whidbey Island Writers’...