It’s that time again, our second annual Short Story Competition is now open for submissions, and this year we’ve bumped the first prize up to £500! What are we looking for: the best short story of up to 2,500 words. Stories can be any genre, but as we’re always on the lookout for the Best Short Story, we advise not sending bribes. They’re welcome, obviously, but we retain the right to keep them even if you don’t win. Prizes: 1st Prize –...

Join the conversation on the future of feminism in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ms. magazine.  Stanford University and Ms. magazine invite you to enter an essay contest. Check out 40 iconic Ms. covers from four decades of feminist reporting. Write a 150-word essay that reflects on how it captured an era or moment, or how it may have shaped your own life. Ten $100 cash prizes will be awarded for the best short essays. Entries will be...

2011 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Deadline: October 1, 2011 Judge: Samuel Delany Prize: $1,500 plus publication The deadline for this year’s short fiction contest is approaching! Recently rededicated to the memory of the late author and critic Aura Estrada, and judged in its first year by her husband, Francisco Goldman, the Aura Estrada Short Story Contest is now accepting submissions for 2011. This year’s judge is acclaimed novelist...

Storiad – an online network connecting aspiring writers with media professionals in search of that perfect piece of undiscovered writing. Storiad has recently created a crowdsourcing feature – StoriSource. The purpose of this platform is to enable media professionals to search for specific types of writing within the Storiad site. For more information about StoriSource, visit http://www.facebook.com/storiad?sk=app_205174506179089. Leeding...

Lady Dragonfly Publishing Contest – “Restoring Gratitude.” With the economy being at an all time low, the housing market plummeting, unemployment numbers rising; our society seems to be illuminating sadness and despair. Lady Dragonfly Publishing is ready to show the world that although you may be losing money, work, or your home there ARE STILL things in life that make you smile and say THANK YOU! Now is the time to come...

$5,000 prizes each in fiction, poetry, and essay. Winners and select runners up will be published in The Missouri Review, and winners will be flown to Columbia, MO for our annual Editor’s Prize Gala. Your entry fee includes a one-year subscription to The Missouri Review: four issues. Subscriptions are now available either in print or digital formats. Digital format includes a full audio version of the journal. The postmark deadline is...

VENTURA COUNTY BOOK & AUTHOR FAIR LAUNCHED 2011 event to be held in Camarillo, November 5 (Ventura, CA August 16, 2011) A new literary event for writers, publishers, people looking for new books to read and those wishing to learn more about the craft of writing, will take place Saturday, November 5th at the Pleasant Valley Community Park Auditorium in Camarillo. The Ventura County Book & Author Fair will feature speakers, educational...