Deadline: 30 November 2010 The aim of this competition is to provide a platform for writers to expose their talents for telling a big tale in a small way. Each story must be no longer than a 1000 words. Any theme or genre accepted.  The winning story will receive £50 and will be published on this website. Fee per entry is £4 As William Shakespeare said “All the world’s a stage”. Now is the time to write…     Visit the...

Call For Submissions Editors are soliciting individual nonfiction accounts for an anthology about real-life “bad date” experiences.  Did you date have terrible manners?  Overshared?  Drank too much?  Or was there just a series of bad events?  Your entries should be between 200 and 800 words in length, and give a quick but detailed overview of the most uncanny, strange, humorous, embarrassing or downright awful encounter you’ve ever...

Name of Contest:  Stage of Life Monthly Student Writing Contest Description:  StageofLife.com features a monthly writing contest for high school and college students dealing with real world issues.  Our short essay (500 words or less) writing contest has been featured on Forbes.com, CNBC.com, FoxBusiness and other media outlets.  Past contests have dealt with the Gulf Oil Spill, America’s relationship to food and the obesity epidemic,...

The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition, administered by Year of the Skunk Productions (Regina), established in 2008, has been hailed as the premiere screenwriting contest for short film scripts. CSSC is the single-most competitive, prestigious, short screenplay festival in Canada, a champion for literacy and screenwriters everywhere and a launching pad for writers’ professional careers; winners are announced as part of the Golden Sheaf...

Sol Books grants one annual award for a novels and collection of short stories or essays. The winning entry will receive a standard royalty contract, with a $500 advance. Finalists may also be offered a publishing contract. GUIDELINES * Submit at least 30,000 words of prose (fiction or nonfiction) without any identifying information appearing on the manuscript. * Entry should be typed and double-spaced * Entry can be of any style, form, or...