Posts made in November, 2011

The Inaugural Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest

The Inaugural Friends of the Merril Short Story Contest The Friends of the Merril Collection are running a Speculative Fiction Short Story Contest in order to raise awareness of, and funds for, the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasythrough the Friends of the Merril Collection (whose stated objectives, codified in the organization’s constitution, can be found at http://www.thefriendsofthemerril.org). The Friends of the...

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Matrices Press: Call for Submissions for 2012 Anthology

Call for Submissions for 2012 Anthology Matrices Press is publishing an anthology of works in 2012. We are now accepting submissions of previously unpublished, original works. Deadline for submissions is Jan 31, 2012. Matrices begins in math:  A matrix is an organizational structure in which two or more lines of command, responsibility, or communication may run through the same individual. This math concept can be applied to culture:  A concept...

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Writers’ Village: International short story contest

John Yeoman, Writers’ Village $780 Prizes in Writers’ Village Story Contest Winter 2011 Prizes totalling $780 can be won for short fiction in any genre in the winter 2011 round of the Writers’ Village ‘Best Writing’ award. The top award is $400 (£250), with a $155 (£100) second prize and third prize of $75 (£50) plus five runner-up prizes of $30 (£20). All entrants, winners or not, gain a helpful critique of their story – a feature...

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InspiraTO Ten-Minute Play Festival

  InspiraTO Ten-Minute Play Festival   Canada’s largest ten-minute play festival   Deadline: Midnight December 31, 2011   InspiraTO is seeking ten-minute plays (not shorter than 8 minutes and not longer than 10 minutes). This year’s theme is on VISION.  The sense of vision (sight) must be an important element of the play. We accept previously produced plays.  The playwright must own the rights to the play up to the end...

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The Zodiac Review Short Story Prize

Short Story Contests The Zodiac Review offers writers four opportunities each year to compete for a Zodiac Short Story Prize. Contests for flash fiction and prose poetry may be added in the future, but for now, please submit only short stories (1,000 – 7,500 word range) for our contests. Winning entries for the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Prizes are published in the respective quarterly magazines. Awards  First Place: Publication in the...

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