The Fish Flash Fiction Prize 2013 OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS Judge: Molly McCloskey Closes: 31 January 2013 Results Announced: 1 April 2013 Max Length: 4,000 words All memoirs must be written in English and must not have been published previously. Best 10 memoirs will be published in the 2013 Fish Anthology. First Prize: €1,000. Online Entries: €16 (€10 subsequent entries). Postal entries: €18 (€12 subsequent entries) * FULL DETAILS *...

Enter Online Philip O’Ceallaigh  is the judge. We are honoured that he will select the best ten stories for publication in the 2013 Fish Anthology. Philip is the acclaimed author of two collections of short stories, Notes From a Turkish Whorehouse, and The Pleasant Light of Day. He is described by Joseph O’Connor as an author who is “touched by greatness.” Closing Date: 30 November 2012. Word limit is 5,000. There is no...

The Critique Speaking Contest is not only your opportunity to share your experience, but get a short video made of that experience!   ·         All submissions will be read. ·         In February 2013, 25 will be chosen to receive a reading live by the Avatar Repertory Theater on the virtual world, Second Life, produced by The Sanity Patrol Players. ·         Recordings of these readings will be posted on The Sanity Patrol website....

Wild Violet is accepting submissions for its annual Fiction and Poetry contests. The deadline is November 16, 2012. Submission fee is $5 per poem or story. First place winners in each contest receive $100 and publication; second and third place winners receive publication. For full details, contact wildvioletmagazine@yahoo.com or visit http://www.wildviolet.net/contests.

(Ventura, CA – September 19, 2012) The Ventura County Writers’ Weekend needs volunteers to help in a variety of positions for this year’s event, to be held Saturday and Sunday, November 3 & 4 at the Pleasant Valley Senior Center in Camarillo. The event is open to the public and will host two days of educational seminars. The Pacific Institute for Professional Writing, producer of the event, is asking for the public’s...

Briarpatch Magazine is now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism) that bring to life issues of political, social and environmental justice. We want writing from the edges – from new writers who have something important to say, or from longtime writers who can show us a new way of seeing things. We want bold and courageous...

The Medulla Review/Medulla Publishing is hosting the first ever Medulla Poetry Book Contest for full-length poetry manuscripts.   The first place winners will receive $500 in addition to publication.   Prizes for second and third place winners too.   The entry fee is $20 The contest will run from September 15, 2012 to June 15, 2013, and the winning book will be published in August, 2013. The guidelines are here: ...