Posts made in February, 2012

JewishStoryWriting.com – Prose and Poetry contests surrounding Jewish/Israeli themes

Short Story Contest: Judge Joan Leegant is the author of Wherever You Go (W.W. Norton) and the story collection, An Hour in Paradise (W.W. Norton), which won the Winship/PEN New England Book Award, the Wallant Award for Jewish Fiction, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. The collection was also selected for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers series. Her new work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Normal...

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Presenting the Emerging Writers Getaway Contest!

The Whidbey Writers MFA Alumni Association is holding a first novel contest, with a grand prize of a seven-day retreat at a fully furnished, rustic-luxury Smoky Mountain cabin in North Carolina, with daily continental breakfast ($2,000 value), plus a cash award of $300. Second and third place winners receive cash and other prizes. Submissions are welcome from February 15 through May 15, 2012. Pulitzer Prize winner William Dietrich is the final...

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HESA Inprint – Writing Contest

We maintain a self published Finnish-English magazine hesainprint.com (now in its 13th issue) with every month a themed competition opened to everyone for a chance to be published in our magazine. The competition is open to artists and creative but also to all writers and poets. The current theme is “Addiction – Riippuvuus” with the deadline for participation February 28, 2012. All submissions are published online on the blog...

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CONTEST num.1 by Caligae Travel Files first writing & art contest

CONTEST num.1 by Caligae Travel Files is the first writing & art contest organized to celebrate & promote the project’s launch in January 2012. Caligae Travel Files – World by sensitive eyes. Author’s articles & illustrations about world nations & travel destinations. Curious, humorous, philanthropic. Entertaining anthropology & travel information by the very locals. Focus on people & their environment....

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Northern Colorado Writers, LLC Contest Deadline Extended

Northern Colorado Writers, LLC has extended the deadline for the first contest in its 2012 contest series: Short fiction.  The contest is open to everyone and offers cash prizes of 1st: $200, 2nd: $100, and 3rd: $50. Winners and honorable mentions will be published in the second annual winners’ anthology, Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2012 NCW Contest Winners, scheduled for release on December 1.  Entry fees are $10 if mailed, $15 if emailed. The...

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