5th Annual Spirit First Poetry Contest Deadline to Enter: January 31, 2014 First Prize: $175 Second Prize: $125 Third Prize: $75 Complete guidelines: Spirit First is pleased to announce its 5th Annual Meditation Poetry Contest. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of Meditation, Mindfulness, Silence, Stillness, or Solitude (but only peaceful solitude, not loneliness). Poems may reflect any discipline, any...

The Inkslingers Interactive Poetry Workshop Lead by Poet Cathryn Andresen to Take Over VCWC November Meeting Wrights write right now — go home with a poem! (Ventura, CA – October 10, 2013) In preparation for its upcoming Poetry Contest, which opens in January 2014, the Ventura County Writers Club will host the “Inkslingers Interactive Poetry Workshop” led by area poet and club member Cathryn Andresen. The evening will engage attendees to write...

William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Nominations are now being accepted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. Two prizes of $5,000 each are given biennially for works of fiction and nonfiction. Cosponsored by the Stanford University Libraries and the William Saroyan Foundation, the awards are intended to “encourage new or emerging writers and honor the Saroyan legacy of originality, vitality, and stylistic...

We have started a magazine aimed at encouraging writers to produce quality work in the short story form. Being writers ourselves we found being charged to submit work a bit dry, albeit necessary for the larger prizes. We wanted to fill that gap for writers of the short story who want to have a bit of fun and get some exposure, as well as all-important constructive feedback. The competitions are bi-monthly, themed, and carry a fifty pound prize....

ARTISTIC CRITERIA We are looking for work that is THEATRICAL and PERSONAL. Theatrical means a work that could only be fully realized in a theater. It should take full advantage of the temporal and connective nature of human performers interacting with a living audience. Personal means that the work uniquely and vividly wrestles with the dualities present in the human condition. For example: that we are alive but will die; that the more...

The Fiction Desk Flash Fiction Competition 2014 is open now, with a deadline of January 31st, 2014. The first prize is £200, and there are four finalist prizes of £25 each, with the winner and finalists published in an upcoming Fiction Desk anthology.  Stories should be between 250 & 1,000 words in length. Entries cost £3 for one, or £7.50 for three stories submitted together.  Full details and the entry form are available at:...

  2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Regular Deadline: Tuesday, October 15th 2013 *Final Deadline: November 15th, 2013* Features – $65, Shorts – $50 ($29 for Students)   The BlueCat Screenplay Competition dedicates itself to the development of screenwriters worldwide and we are proud to continue our tradition of giving written feedback to all screenplay submissions – shorts will receive one written analysis and features...