Posts made in November, 2011

FISH SHORT MEMOIR CONTEST 2012

FISH SHORT MEMOIR CONTEST 2012 Judge: David Sheilds Great new contest – the Fish Short Memoir Contest, with David Shields as the judge. First prize is €2,000, and the ten best short memoirs will be published in the 2012 Fish Anthology.  David Shields author of Reality Hunger, the Judge for the inaugural Fish Short Memoir Contest famously said – It’s all in the art, you get no credit for living. Isn’t that the case? It is often...

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FISH SHORT STORY CONTEST 2011/12

FISH SHORT STORY CONTEST 2011/12 Judge: David Mitchell 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. “If any readers have doubted that David Mitchell is phenomenally talented and capable of vaulting wonders on the page, they have been heretofore silent. Mitchell is almost universally acknowledged as the real deal. His...

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The Fiddlehead presents its 21st annual literary contest

The Fiddlehead presents its 21st annual literary contest: Deadline: Postmarked by December 1, 2011. The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada’s International Literary Journal, is holding its 21st annual contest. There are two contest categories, poetry and short fiction. In poetry the prizes are $1500 (Canadian) Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem and $500 (Canadian) each for the 2 Honourable Mentions and in short fiction the prizes are $1500 (Canadian)...

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Lost in Las Vegas Writing Contest

I thought your readers might be interested in a writing contest hosted by publishing legend, Avery Cardoza. Winners can win a cash prize and will be published by Cardoza Publishing in a special Las Vegas-themed anthology. Founder of the world’s largest gambling publishing house, Avery Cardoza’s life reads like a Hollywood movie script: banned from every casino in Vegas for card counting, Avery built a publishing empire on how to beat the...

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StoryFeedback.com Short Story Competition

StoryFeedback.com Short Story Competition Previously unpublished stories in any genre and on any theme of up to 5000 words required, from anywhere in the world, as entries can be uploaded on our website. Prizes: £100, £50, £25 plus publication online. Entry fee: £3, plus an extra £3 for a tick-sheet critique, or an extra £12 for a tick-sheet critique and proof edit. Deadline: 30th November 2011 RULES 1. UK residents can enter the contest either...

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