Posts made in September, 2011

ConverSextion.com: “Sexiest Story Contest!” – (Adults only)

ConverSextion.com, the leading sexual network for adults to openly talk about sex, dating, and romance in a tasteful manner is having the “Sexiest Story Contest!” The contest starts on Tuesday, September 6th at 12:01 AM CST and ends on Friday, October 7th at 11:59 PM CST.   Prizes: 1st Place- $500.00 CASH! 2nd Place- $100.00 Gift Card to MyTulip.com 3rd Place- $50.00 Gift Card to MyTulip.com Rules: All Stories must be submitted AFTER...

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PHILOSOPHY CONTEST:

  (PRIZE: Two art prints of your choice and a few stickers. No entry-fee, but donations are always appreciated). CONTEST OPEN BETWEEN: 9/6/2011 – 10/15/2011 Enlighten us. A good philosophy is developed upon using the scientific method. It should be built upon, scrutinized and amended as other ideas are discovered. The rewritable philosophy of Enlightened Romantic Nihilism is a ladder in which rungs are constantly added, subtracted,...

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Fish Publishing International Short Story Contest 2011/12

Please note: The 2011/12 Short Story Prize will open for entries 1st Aug 2011. David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas, number9dream, Ghostwritten, Black Swan Green and The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, will be judging the 2011/12 prize. Fish Publishing runs the short story competition each year, the winners of which are published in the annual Fish Anthology. The Anthology is launched during the West Cork Literary Festival, July each year....

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THE 2012 Gemini Magazine POETRY OPEN

Grand Prize: $1,000 2nd PLACE: $100 3rd PLACE: $50 HONORABLE MENTION (3) ENTRY FEE: $5 (up to three poems)   DEADLINE: January 3, 2012 All Six Finalists Will Be Published in The March 2012 Issue of Gemini prose poem free verse ballad ballade rhyme haiku haibun sonnet lyric elegy limerick narrative pastoral acrostic cinquain quatrain allegory… Doesn’t matter what it’s called as long as it moves us! We welcome work from widely...

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The South African Writers’ Circle Short Story Competition

THEME: Open GENRE: Short Story (fiction only) CLOSING DATE: 31 October 2011 FEE: The entry fee is R45 for members and R55 for non-members. If you would like to receive a critique of your entry an additional R10 is payable. You may submit more than one entry, each with the prescribed fee/s. Entries may be posted to SAWC Annual Short Story Completion, Competitions Manager, South African Writers Circle, Box 2342, Westville, 3630; or George at...

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