Theme:  Holidays and Special Events . . .  Past and Present Geoffrey Owens, from The Cosby Show, and RisingStar31 Productions have teamed up to launch our first Poetry-in-Motion Writing Contest, an initiative to showcase the literary works of talented writers. The theme is, “Holidays and Special Events, Past and Present.” Geoffrey, a Shakespearean actor, instructor, and talented poet, has created an exciting new selection of poetry-filled,...

Entries Due: March 29, 2012 Submission Fees: $10 per entry Theme: Intimate Landscape. Landscapes conjure images of vast, sweeping scenes, but the details captured by a photograph can turn a seemingly impersonal setting into an intimate story. It’s up to the artist to define what constitutes an intimate landscape, be it representational, non-representational, urban, suburban or rural. Judge: Patrick Thomas is the editor and program manager...

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL  11:59 p.m., EST, FEBRUARY 15, 2012! We are now accepting submissions of short fiction or memoir (2000 words or fewer) for the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award. The first place winner’s story will be considered for publication in the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC’s upcoming anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales. Our previous publication, A Christmas Sampler: Sweet, Funny,...

The New South Young Playwrights Festival focuses on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. Each summer we invite between 20 and 30 high school and college students to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta for week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. We are currently seeking play submissions from high school, college and university...

Call for Creative Nonfiction Fellows and for a Program Director Part-Time Program Director Position Opening (NY, NY) The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is looking to hire a part-time Program Director to curate, publicize and manage literary events that are quirky, progressive, and (to use the jargon of postcolonial theory) awesome. You are an ambitious, logistical, organized lover of books who would like to build curatorial experience...

The competition is called Libboo Bounty – www.libboo.com/bounty The deadline is the 1st March 2012 and the prize is a publishing deal with Libboo and $500 (shared between the successful authors). The theme is short-stories under the category of ‘Holiday & Vacation Mayhem’ – anything that tells the tale of disasters/comedy during a holiday or vacation, and up to 5 stories will be chosen for the book. The publishing deal includes a 50%...

Colonnade Writing Contest: Open to essays and short stories 10,000 word limit fiction and non-fiction, any genre $12 to enter quarterly winners receive $125 and are eligible for the $600 grand prize of Colonnade Story Of The Year. Deadline is March 31, 2012. Next quarterly deadlines: June 30, 2012; September 30, 2012; December 31, 2012 Details for submission and electronic submission guidelines can be found at:...