Posts made in April, 2012

THE 2012 GeminiMAGAZINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST

Grand Prize: $1,000 Second Place: $100 Third Place: $50 Three Honorable Mentions Entry fee: $4 ($3 for each additional entry) Deadline: August 31, 2012 Maximum length: 1,000 words All Six Finalists Will Be Published Online in the October 2012 Issue of Gemini. Absolutely no restrictions on content, style or genre. Simply send your best, most powerful work. Visit the website for details:...

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Gemini March issue/Poetry Prize winners

“Renga for an Absent Lover,” by Sheryl Mebane, won the 2012 Gemini Magazine Poetry Open and the $1,000 prize. A jazz musician, Sheryl is the author of the jazz novel Lady Bird. The second place prize of $100 went to Gerardo Mena for “A Nursing Home Boxer to a High School Volunteer” and Christina Lovin won the third place award for “11/11/11.” Honorable mentions: “Depression Is My Happy Place,” by Jendi Reiter; “What the F***?” by Russ...

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Ukritic.com Review Writing Contest

Starting May 1st 2012  We are having a contest! To kick things off right, Ukritic.com is rewarding the memeber who submits the best review before May 15, 2012. Every review submitted will be a contender in the contest. Shortly after we’ll announce the winner on our home page and send them a thousand big ones. Contest Terms: $1,000 USD to the member who impresses us with what we consider to be the most compelling and engaging review,...

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The Island Institute’s Writers’ Residencies – Sitka, Alaska

The Island Institute, Sitka, AK Deadline: April 15th, annually The Island Institute’s Writers’ Residencies provide opportunities for four writers to each spend a month in Sitka, Alaska, pursuing their own work while getting to know this unique island community in the forested coastal mountains of Southeast Alaska. Residents’ time is largely their own, but each person is expected to take part in five community activities. Two...

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Spotlight On: A One Person Play writing Contest

Type of material: One person plays Frequency: Annual Remuneration: $500 cash prize, and possible production and performance of the winning play Guidelines (summary): Play can have been produced and performed anywhere but Los Angeles, 2 play submission limit, 10 minute minimum and 95 minute maximum. See the full guidelines for more details. Submission Procedure: Application, summary, script, and resume; materials will not be returned Submission...

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