Posts made in March, 2011

Call for Submissions: The L Magazine Wants Your Short Fiction

The L Magazine has issued a call for entries to the seventh annual Literary Upstart, The Search for Pocket Fiction competition. Writers are encouraged to submit their previously unpublished short fiction (a maximum of 1,500 words). Semi-finalists, fifteen in total, will be invited to participate in one of three readings in Williamsburg, in front of a live, lively audience, and a panel of judges comprised of members of the local...

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Alimentum Submissions

We want your menupoems! Alimentum invites you to submit menupoems now through March 15, 2011. Selected menupoems will be posted in a special online menupoems Celebration for National Poetry Month, April 2011! Send to menupoems@alimentumjournal.com: -3 poem limit -12 line limit per poem -pasted into email; no attachments please. What’s a menupoem? See our 2010 menupoems broadside and 2010 videos from our Youtube channel. Our general...

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Writer Advice’s Sixth Annual Flash Prose Contest

WriterAdvice, www.writeradvice.com, is searching for flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that grabs, surprises, and mesmerizes readers in fewer than 750 words. If you have a story or memoir with a strong theme, sharp images, and a solid structure, please submit it to Writer Advice’s Sixth Annual Flash Prose Contest. DEADLINE: April 15, 2011 JUDGES: Former prizewinners, Stephen Bakalyar, Mary Rudy, Denise Turner, and Francine Garson...

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Call for Entries: Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Summer 2011

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand...

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EVERYONE’S GOT A STORY. WE’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO SELL IT.

On Sunday, March 20, 2011 a panel of entertainment industry experts will gather in Ojai, during Ojai WordFest, to teach writers how to sell their project or idea to studio executives, production companies and talent agents -the power players who greenlight dreams.   POLISH YOUR PITCH: Prepare for One-on-One Pitching and PitchFests, is a 3-hour program for anyone with a screenplay, book, treatment, or idea they would like to see become a feature...

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