Posts made in September, 2011

SUBMISSION DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR 12TH ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST

HELD BY VENTURA COUNTY WRITERS CLUB Contest is open to all writers The September 30th deadline is fast approaching for submissions to the 12th Annual Short Story Contest, presented by the Ventura County Writers Club (VCWC). This contest draws interest from authors around the country as well as internationally. The Ventura County Star newspaper will publish the first place winning entry in a January 2012 Sunday edition and will publish first,...

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“Creation Stories — Luomiskertomuksia” Themed Contest

We run the monthly bilingual art magazine “HESA inprint” (ISSN-L 1799-8549), which every month feature a free open call for entry, for people to submit work from any medium on a theme. Each entry is reviewed and published on the blog and a curated selection published in the printed magazine (artists featured in the magazine will receive a free copy). Even though our publication is not dedicated to writing, we greatly appreciate...

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Open City RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest

Open City RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest Deadline October 15th! http://opencity.org/the-rrofihe-trophy 2011 RRofihe Trophy For an unpublished short story (up to 5,000 words) Winner Receives: $500 cash Trophy Announcement on the Open City web site Publication on anderbo.com Judged by Rick Rofihe 2011 Contest Assistant: Carolyn Wilsey Carolyn Wilsey has read fiction for Esquire and Swink Guidelines * Stories should be typed, double-spaced, on...

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Running Late Writing Competition

1st Prize: £200.00 2nd Prize: £150.00 3rd Prize: £100.00 4th Prize: £75.00 5th Prize: The Busy Writer Course 6th Prize: Premier1 Membership  x 3 months Closing date: December 1st 2011 Entry fee: £3.50 Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Subscribers Fancy winning yourself an early Christmas present? How does our top prize of £200 sound? All you have to do to win any of our fantastic writing competition prizes is to write a story relating to our...

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Flash Fiction 300 Word Challenge

Flash Fiction 300 Word Challenge 1st Prize: £100 2nd Prize: £50 Closing date: 25th November 2011 Entry fee: £2.00 Write a story around the woman in the photo.  You can be as creative as you like with your interpretation of the image but you only have 300 words (excluding the title) to impress us. So do make every word count. Your entry must be original and previously unpublished. Full rules on website. We welcome submissions from writers...

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