Posts made in January, 2009

Her Mark Call for Submissions (women only)

Entry form available at womanmade.org/pdfs/hermarkpoetry2010.pdf WMG is looking to showcase a variety of compelling, sensitive, and provocative poetry by women for the annual HER MARK publication. All themes and styles are welcome. Selected poems will be featured together with visual art in a bound publication. The publication is 5” x 7”; poems submitted should be able to fit on one page of this size. Poetry Juror: Maureen Seaton Maureen Seaton...

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Abroad Writers’ Conference Contests

Abroad Writers’ Conference (www.abroad-crwf.com) is announcing its annual 2009 literary contest. Contest winners in the categories of fiction/non-fiction and poetry will have their work published inthe journal Driftwood. Contest Deadline: February 15, 2009 Winners will be announced on: March 15, 2009 Poetry Judge: PATRICIA SMITH, National Book Award Finalist in Poetry. Fiction/Non-Fiction Judge: JOAN SILBER, National Book Award Finalist in...

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Third-Person Story Contest

Narrative’s Third-Person Story Contest is open to all writers. For this contest we will be accepting short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 10,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. We are looking for works...

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Brown Fellowship for International Writers

Writing/Fellowship: The Brown Graduate Program in Literary Arts and Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies seek applications and nominations for the 2009-2010 International Writers Project Fellowship. The fellowship provides institutional, intellectual, artistic and social support to writers who face personal danger, oppression, and/or threats to their livelihood in nations throughout the world. Each academic year, the fellowship...

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Scribophile Flash Fiction Contest

www.scribophile.com/contests/ We love flash fiction: it’s fast, it’s fun, and it forces you to get really creative. So guess what? This month’s contest is all about flash fiction, and the theme is “the forest.” Easy as that! Submit a piece of fiction under 1000 words featuring a nice green and foresty theme and show us what you’ve got! 1st prize is a $50 Amazon.com gift card, 2nd prize is a $25 Amazon.com...

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