Narrative is calling on writers, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers, between eighteen and thirty years old, to tell us a story. We are interested in narrative in the many forms it takes: the word and the image, the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary. Awards: First Prize is $1,500, Second Prize is $750, and Third Prize is $300, and ten finalists will receive $100 each. The prize winners and...

SLS is pleased to announce its 2010 unified (SLS-Montreal, SLS-Lithuania, and SLS-Kenya) literary contest, held this year again in affiliation with Fence. We are excited this year to have Mary Gaitskill judging the contest fiction, and Mary Jo Bang judging the poetry. Contest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence, as well as the participating literary journals in Canada, Lithuania and Kenya....

The Sugar Creek Review is a publication of creative writing and art for students in grades 10 through 12. Students may submit work in one more of the following categories: poetry, fiction, personal narrative, multi-genre, and photographs or photographs of artwork. Only one entry per category per author will be considered. Teachers should submit work from no more than two students. Top submissions in each category will be published in The Sugar...

Moon Taxi is an academic project collecting original short fiction with the following properties: 1) Start with “Take me to the moon” 2) The narrative is being told by one or more passengers in a taxi to the moon 3) In some way, involve why the passenger(s) are going to the moon The best submissions will be included in an upcoming video game. Audio performances of stories are desired but not required. No entry fee. Creative-commons...

Abbey Hill Literary invites entries for its 4th Quarter 2009 Quick Lit Challenge. Visit www.ahliterary.com for details, review the writing challenges posted there, and write a story incorporating those challenges. Prize List ($US): 1st-$250, 2nd-$100, 3rd-$50, and Evolving Talent-$25. Electronic entries preferred, current deadline November 30, 2009. Entry fee: $10 OR $20 for entry fee PLUS critique to be returned within 45 days of contest...

Submissions are now open for the Dark Idol 2009-2010 contest. Dark Idol is an elimination contest where ONE winner will walk away with the grand prize – an EDITOR to provide them with a personal critique and full edit of one manuscript of their choosing. Entrants can submit their original work of 500 words or less on a theme of their choice. All entries must be submitted to darkidolcontest@gmail.com 12:00 a.m. EST Friday october 23rd,...