Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. Entries need only be inspired by the prompt, they do not need to incorporate the text directly. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously...

The Quotable is a new quarterly literary magazine showcasing tomorrow’s quote-worthy authors. Each issue will appear online and in print and feature short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry and artwork based on a specific theme and quote.  The theme of our seventh issue is “Feast or Famine.” We’re seeking flash fiction, short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry and original art & photography. Please see our...

Attention Aspiring Playwrights! Have your script produced at the Canton One Acts Festival CASH PRIZES AVAILABLE   Canton, MI—TLC Productions is accepting scripts for the 2013 Canton One Acts Festival, postmarked no later than August 24, 2012.  This Festival will take place January 18-20, 2013 at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill in Canton, MI. TLC Productions is made up of Canton’s very own: Tim Chanko, Linda Pohl and Christopher Tremblay....

Red Sky Ltd. is currently organizing an article writing contest for all the talented authors out there. The prizes are definitely worth your while: The 10 Top-Rated Articles get $150. The next 20 Top-Rated Articles get $100. The remaining 70 of the best 100 submissions get $50. One of the winning authors may be offered to join our editorial staff. We would like to invite writers to take part in our Best Article Contest. ...

(Ojai, CA – May 29, 2012) – More than a dozen area authors, poets and spoken word artists will be reading excerpts from their recently published books or perennial best-sellers over two evenings in June -Saturdays June 23rd and 30th. Attendees of Well Red will listen intently to a different set of Open Mic performers and authors each evening before offering them a collective toast for their new and notable works. Well Red starts...

Calling All Horror Scribes! Calling All Horror Scribes! Note: We’ve upped the winnings to the contest to $500.00 (check-out the themes below): We have eight themed magazines completed now, but the editors need 11 newsletters completed in 13 weeks! Therefore, we need more submissions to fill up our remaining themes. Our goal is to send out a semi-monthly, subscription-based digital horror magazine to email boxes, and we hope you can help...

Vallum Award for Poetry 2012 DEADLINE JULY 15, 2012 (postmark) Some of the best poets in the world have graced the pages of Vallum: new international poetics. Time to join the ranks! Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2012. ENTRY FEE: $20 CDN for Canadian residents, $20 USD for international entrants, which includes a free one-year subscription to Vallum. Payment can be...