Posts made in February, 2012

The Third Annual GeminiMagazine Short Story Contest

GeminiMAGAZINE The February issue of Gemini Magazine is now online with exciting new fiction and poetry from Maureen Wilkinson, Vladimir Swirynsky, Leslie Greffenius, Deepak Chaswal, Lesley Galeote, Christine Tierney, Derold Sligh and Vivian Faith Prescott. Artist Yonatan Frimer crushed his leg in a motorcycle accident in 2005 and was hospitalized for three years. He spent much of that time drawing mazes. His intriguing “Mobius Maze” appears on...

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IdeasTap: The Poet: Creative Briefs

Are you a brilliant poet looking for a platform to get your words out to the world? If so, this brief has your name scribbled all over it. We’ve joined forces with clinic, the super cool poetry, art and music collective and producers of “London’s sickest poetry night” (Dazed & Confused) to offer two IdeasTap members an unmissable opportunity. As one of two winners, not only will you will have a poem published in clinic’s summer poetry...

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Fantasy Writing Contest 2012

Fantasy Writing Contest 2012 The Fantasy writing contest is completely free to enter and is looking for stories, of up to 8000 words, within any fantasy sub-genre. This could be traditional fantasy, epic fantasy, urban fantasy, steam-punk, and so on. $500 prize for the best Short Story, with runner up prizes of $250 and $125. More importantly though, winners will feature within an anthology alongside some of the Fantasy genres finest authors,...

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February Flash Contest

FLASH CONTEST: Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors is then featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us...

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Essay Contest for LA Unified School District High School Seniors

We’re seeking fresh ideas from Los Angeles area high school seniors in response to the question: What is the most powerful way to make your community stronger? We’re asking for no more than 1,000 words to be sent to essays@zocalopublicsquare.org by March 15, 2012.  Full details follow below, and at  http://zocalopublicsquare.org/thepublicsquare/2011/01/05/zcalos-high-school-essay-contest/community/ Eligibility Current high school seniors under...

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