2012 COLUMBIA: A JOURNAL OF LITERATURE AND ART WRITING CONTEST NOW OPEN $500 prizes in each genre: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Plus publication in our landmark 50th issue. [JUDGES] Fiction: Dinaw Mengestu How to Read the Air The New Yorker “20 Under 40” 2010 Nonfiction: Anne Fadiman The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down National Book Critics Circle Award 1997 Poetry: Eileen Myles Inferno: a poet’s novel Lambda Literary Award 2010...

FISH POETRY PRIZE 2012 Judge: Billy Collins (Poet Laureate USA 2001-2003). The ten best poems will be published in the 2012 Fish Anthology. 1st Prize €1,000. 2nd Prize – a week at Anam Cara Writers & Artists Retreat in West Cork’s Beara Peninsula. Word limit 200. Closes 30 March 2012. Results announced 30 April 2012. Entry €14. Critique €30 FISH FLASH FICTION PRIZE 2012 Judge: Micheal Collins writer and extreme athlete. Fish...

The Prestigious Claymore Award What You Win? Over $1,500 in prizes, plus possible book advance and book publication, plus possible agent representation What Manuscripts Will be Considered? Enter the first 50 pages of your unpublished crime literature manuscript in the contest. Judges will consider any subgenre of mystery or thriller, including political thriller, cozy, legal, police procedural, private eye, romantic suspense, paranormal...

The 3rd Annual Sorrento Wave Short Story Contest RULES: 1. Read and follow all the rules! We don’t want to have to disqualify any stories. 2. All stories must use the following opening line: “In that surreal moment when the car skidded off the road, my father’s warning echoed in my ears” This can be a complete sentence, or you can add to it, but your story must start with the opening line provided. 3. Each entry must be accompanied by a $5...

2012 Foolish Writing Contest Answer this question, “It was so funny ….” in 200 words or less and send it in to be eligible for the $100 first prize, $50 second prize and $25 third prize. Contest begins on January 1, 2012. Final deadline for entries is March 15, 2012. Winners will be published in the April 2012 issue of Foolish Times. Guidelines: Anyone can enter 200 words or less The story must include “It was so funny…” in it Multiple...

The Sandy Writing Contest for novel length fiction by published or unpublished authors Sponsored by Crested Butte Writers:  Deadline to enter – February 12, 2012 Cost: $30 for Members, $35 for Non-Members Take this opportunity to get your work in front of agents and editors. Two rounds of judging. Here is a list of the final judges: Romance – Sue Grimshaw, Editor at Large & Category Specialist for Ballantine & Bantam Dell...