PANK is having a 1,001 Awesome Words Contest. Deadline is September 30. We accept entries in any creative form you choose. Entry Fee: $15 for 1 entry; $25 for two entries. All entrants receive a copy of PANK 4. Details can be found at: www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?page_id=843

Weekly Writing Assignment is a weekly writing contest and a resource for writers, or anyone who just loves to write. Each week, we post a new writing assignment. At the end of the week, we publish up to five finalists and name one Weekly Winner. At the end of the month, we choose up to five finalists and choose one Monthly Winner. And at the end of the year, we choose a Grand Winner. The official rules can be found here:...

A creative writing contest with a focus on it being the foundation for a movie script Everyone has a story to tell, whether it’s sad, funny or downright unbelievable. TalentTrove is holding a creative writing contest, where contestants will share their narrative for a chance to win $250 and have their story be the foundation of a movie produced by TalentTrove.com. This contest is part one of a series of competitions that will be held on...

Go to www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/orlando.php for extensive entry guidelines Award: $1000 and online publication for the best unpublished work by a woman in each of four genres Short Fiction, Sudden Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Online Application Deadline: 9/1/09 (Nonfiction and Short Fiction) and 10/1/09 (Poetry and Sudden Fiction). Fee: $15 per entry (payable via Paypal)

Poetry and Short Story Winners Published and $500! The two winners will get $500 each and will be published (print and on-line) in the 2010 Homestead Review (Hartnell College – Salinas). (Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication.) Submission Period: Sept. 15, 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010 (by postmark) Contest Rules (see: www.centralcoastwriters.org) Eligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous...

www.snakenationpress.org/guidelines.html No more than 50,000 word novella or 200 page manuscript of short stories will be accepted. Any well written manuscript on any topic will be considered. Previously published works may be entered. An entry fee of $25 must accompany the submission. $1,000 award and publication Deadline: July 30, 2009 Mailing Address: Snake Nation Press 2920 North Oak Street Valdosta, Georgia...