With a nod to spring, Writing.com has partnered with Gotham Writers’ Workshop to present a Tweet Writing Contest. Following the Twitter craze, we challenge you to dazzle us with a piece of writing that is no more than 140 characters (characters = letters, punctuation marks, and spaces). You may write on any topic and use any form—fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. As Strunk and White say, “Vigorous writing is concise.” Here’s an example, a...

Submit a Short Story We’re having a National Grammar Day short story contest! The winner will have his or her story read on the Grammar Girl podcast on National Grammar Day, and the story will appear on the Grammar Girl website. The winner will also receive my only-used-once-and-returned-to-factory-condition iPod Shuffle (woohoo!) and a handwritten thank-you note. If I can figure out how to load a congratulatory message on the Shuffle,...

Have you ever dreamed of being published? Do you have a story to tell? Well, you’re in luck! We are currently taking submissions for our back page nonfiction essay. Here is what we’re looking for: Submit a single work of creative nonfiction, with a maximum length of 600 words. The subject should be a story about love– the presence, absence, complications, hesitations, headlong rush into, etc. The best essays will focus on a specific event or...

THE SECOND ANNUAL NORMAL PRIZE IN FICTION, NONFICTION, & POETRY Fiction Prize: $1000 & Publication Nonfiction Prize: $1000 & Publication Poetry Prize: $1000 & Publication Final Judges Fiction: SUSAN STRAIGHT Nonfiction: EULA BISS Poetry: NICK FLYNN GUIDELINES 1. All fiction and nonfiction submissions must be 10,087 words or less, double-spaced, 12 pt. font. Poetry submissions should not exceed five pages or five poems total....

Treasure Map Mystery 1st Prize: £200.00 2nd Prize: £150.00 3rd Prize: £100.00 4th Prize: £75.00 5th Prize:  Writing Course to the value of £65.00 Closing Date: 1st May 2011   Entry Fee: £3.50 Can you craft a superb mystery tale involving a newly discovered treasure map? If yes and you fancy writing a story that would give Indiana Jones a run for his money, then you could be in with a chance of winning our top prize of £200.00 Full details...

2011 Northwoods Woman Fiction Contest Welcome to the third year of Northwoods Woman Short Fiction Contest! We look for well-written short stories that would appeal to women ages 35-65. Here are the rules: 1. 1500 words or less 2. Open to any legal resident of Minnesota. 3. Must be original, previously unpublished work. 4. Northwoods Woman buys regional print and electronic rights for one year. 5. Email double-spaced story in Microsoft Word...

In honor of April being poetry month, (yes, I realize it’s only February 5th, but we need a little spring around here….How about you?!) Saturday Writers is announcing our 9th annual poetry contest!   Submission Guidelines: 1) Any style, any subject, any form allowed. (No porn or gore.) Wow us in one page. (One poem per single-spaced page.) 2) No identification should appear on the entry. Attach a separate coversheet with title,...