> POETRY KIT SUMMER POETRY COMPETITION 2012 > ALL POEMS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT 30th SEPTEMBER 2012 > Our competition this year is for poems on the theme of “the natural world” (this can be broadly interpreted). There are no style or length restrictions but it should be stressed that a short poem is just as likely to be selected as a longer one. > > 1st prize is £100. > > ONLINE ENTRY ONLY > Entry is...

Good News Toronto is accepting submissions for its 2012 True Story Contest.  Open to residents of the Greater Toronto Area. Submit your creative non-fiction stories (no longer than 450 words) on the topic: A Good Neighbour. First Prize: $100, publication in Good News Toronto, and a 1-year subscription. Second and third runners up: publication in Good News Toronto. Deadline: September 30, 2012. Entry fee: $10 (additional entries:$5). For...

The Top 100 Creative Writing Blogs (Updated) Whether a creative writer’s heart sits with prose, poetry, or both, there likely exists an author or aspirant author out there with something to offer his or her work. And that, friends, is why the Internet stands as one of the best possible tools for today’s emerging literati. Thanks to the online input of industry pros and fledgling dreamers, today’s writers enjoy some incredible opportunities to...

Competition Name: Meridian Writing Autumn competition Length: max 3,000 words but with no lower limit Theme/Genre: Any Prizes: 1st Place – £100, 2nd Place – £50 and 3rd Place – £25, plus a firstwriter.com voucher worth £10 for each winner Entry Fee: £5 per story Eligibility: New and Published authors Other info: Critique service available Website:...

| $1,000 Writing Prize | $500 Illustration Prize | Details for the competition are below, and full guidelines and online submission are available here: http://www.indigoinkpress.org/submissions/ The anthology Modern Grimmoire: Contemporary Fairy Tales, Fables & Folklore will be open to submissions from Apr. 1 to Sept. 1, 2012. SUBMIT ONLINE A single award of $1,000 and publication will be given to the best emerging author of an unpublished...

Meridian Writing Autumn competition Length: max 3,000 words but with no lower limit Theme/Genre: Any Prizes: 1st Place – £100, 2nd Place – £50 and 3rd Place – £25, plus a firstwriter.com voucher worth £10 for each winner Entry Fee: £5 per story Eligibility: New and Published authors Other info: Critique service available Website: www.meridian-writing.co.uk Guidelines: http://www.meridian-writing.co.uk/competiton_2.html Closing...

48 iPad Apps That Teachers Love by Staff Writers Apple’s iPad and other tablet computers have certainly been garnering ardent support from the edtech community. Gadget geek teachers love the thousands of apps available to give their courses a multimedia edge, and students love how so many reach out to different learning styles. For the connected classroom, the following stand out as either great supplements to various lessons or essential,...