Posts made in July, 2009

Oregon Writers Colony Annual Contests

Go to oregonwriterscolony.org for full details. Deadline for submissions for both contests is August 15, 2009. www.oregonwriterscolony.org/contest.htm Short Stories Both True and Imagined (fiction and non-fiction) Awards: 1st place-$200, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50, 1st Honorable Mention-Certificate of Achievement, Additional Honorable Mention credited in “Colonygram” and on the website oregonwriterscolony.org First place winners...

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St. Lawrence Book Award

Deadline for the St. Lawrence Book Award is August 31 About the St. Lawrence Book Award www.blacklawrence.com Each year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten...

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6 Women Playwriting Festival ten-minute playwriting contest

The 6 Women Playwriting Festival proudly announces a ten-minute playwriting contest exploring the theme “MIXED EMOTIONS.” This fourth annual women’s playwriting festival is sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council, The Pikes Peak Library District and Manitou Arts Theatre (MAT). The festival will be held April 15-18 2010, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. 1. Any woman 16 or older can enter. Collaborations are accepted. 2. Play must be unpublished...

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Writer’s Digest Poetry Contest

To read the rules and to enter go to www.writersdigest.com/poetryawards Enter the only WD competition exclusively for poets, the Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards! Regardless of style—rhyming, free verse, haiku and more—if your poems are 32 lines or fewer, we want them all. Submit your entries by the December 15, 2009 deadline … and your words could be worth cold hard cash! First Place: $500 Second Place: $250 Third Place: $100 Fourth...

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LOVE POEM CONTEST and Fundraiser

First Prize – $50.00 Second Prize – $30.00 Third Prize – 20.00 Fourth Prize – 1 year subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE Fifth Prize – 6 month subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE Sixth Prize – 3 month subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE $5.00 entry fee up to 3 poems “ALL” writers welcomed DEADLINE: November 30, 2009 Email entries and queries to: Conceitmagazine2007@yahoo.com PayPal users go to the CONCEIT MAGAZINE Website...

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