Philip Booth Poetry Prize $500 & publication in Salt Hill Submission Period: May 15th – August 1st 2012 Guest judge will be National Book Award Finalist Bruce Smith.  Guidelines:  Enter up to three poems, any length, any style, each starting on a new page. Submit all poems in one document. Only previously unpublished work is accepted. The Philip Booth prize is judged anonymously: your name and other identifiers (phone number, address,...

BEST NEW POEMS POETRY CONTEST Enter the free poetry contest for a chance to win money! and/or Help judge the poetry contest for a chance to win money! Submission Guidelines: Only 1 poem will be accepted from each poet to be featured for each yearly contest. If you do not receive an acceptance Email within 5 days, you may submit up to 2 more poems to be considered. The best new poems you submit must be your own original material that has not...

Our ghost story writing contest and fundraiser for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, has entered its fourth year this 2012. We offer nice cash prizes and trophies for ghost story entries of 5,000 words or less for an entry fee of $20.00 that goes in its entirety to the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library. First place prize is $1000.00 and a trophy. Second place prize is $500.00 and a ribbon. Third place prize is $250.00 and a...

Young Adult Fiction Contest 1st Prize:£200.00 2nd Prize:£150.00 3rd Prize: £100.00 Closing date: June 12th 2012 Entry Fee: £3.50 Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members To win any one of our three fantastic prizes, simply create the opening page to  a young adult fiction story and send to us. There is no set word count but please note that your entry must fit onto one A4 page including the title. Now remember that this story is aimed at...

INKTEARS FLASH FICTION COMPETITION 2012 Now open for entries.  Closing date 31 July 2012 There are six prizes available:   Winner:  £300         Runner Up:  £50                 4 x Highly Commended:  £25.00 All prize-winners will have their story published to the InkTears Readership and their Bio published on the InkTears website. Fees: 1 entry £3.00 GBP; 2 entries £5.00 GBP; 3 entries £6.50 GBP; 4 entries £7.50 GBP Length – submissions must be...

Do you think you can write concisely and precisely? Develop your writing skills by  participating in our Summarize This! Twitter contest. We are giving you a chance to prove it! Summarize This! is a weekly contest that requires you to tweet a summary of our featured topic. How it Works Every Friday at 11 AM, we will announce the topic of the week. Entrants must write a 140-character-or-less tweet, mention @Scribendi_Inc, and summarize the topic...

ABLE MUSE – Submission Guidelines for Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Book Reviews & Art CALL We invite submission for forthcoming issues of Able Muse. WHAT Able Muse predominantly publishes metrical poetry complemented by art and photography, fiction and non-fiction including essays, book reviews and interviews with a focus on metrical and formal poetry. We are looking for well-crafted poems of any length or subject that employ skillful and...