Posts made in May, 2012

Summarize This! Weekly Twitter Writing Contest

Do you think you can write concisely and precisely? Develop your writing skills by  participating in our Summarize This! Twitter contest. We are giving you a chance to prove it! Summarize This! is a weekly contest that requires you to tweet a summary of our featured topic. How it Works Every Friday at 11 AM, we will announce the topic of the week. Entrants must write a 140-character-or-less tweet, mention @Scribendi_Inc, and summarize the topic...

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Call for submissions for upcoming issues of Able Muse

ABLE MUSE – Submission Guidelines for Poetry, Fiction, Essays, Book Reviews & Art CALL We invite submission for forthcoming issues of Able Muse. WHAT Able Muse predominantly publishes metrical poetry complemented by art and photography, fiction and non-fiction including essays, book reviews and interviews with a focus on metrical and formal poetry. We are looking for well-crafted poems of any length or subject that employ skillful and...

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Literary Review International 1st Annual Writing Contest

LITERNATIONAL’S 1st Annual C O N T R I B U T O R S   P R I Z E $500 Fiction | $500 Non-Fiction | $250 Runner-Up | SUBMIT NOW!! – CONTEST GUIDELINES ENTRY FEE: NO FEE. COPYRIGHT: All story rights remain the property of the author. GENRE: Fiction and / or Non-Fiction (please do NOT submit work targeted at children). WORD COUNT: up to 5,000 words. ELIGIBILITY: Writers with original fiction and / or creative non-fiction who are over the age...

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Room Magazine’s Annual Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest

Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Non-Fiction Contest Our annual writing contest is back—with $2250 in prizes! Send us your best fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction entries by June 15, 2012  for your chance to win! Calling all women writers: sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or e-mailed no later than June 15, 2012. Entry...

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The 1st Playing Bingo Short Story Competition

Keeping up our tradition of celebrating the culture and heritage of bingo in the UK, Playing Bingo is launching its first Short Story Competition. Taking inspiration from our very small Your Stories section of the site, the aim is to generate some great fiction about our favourite game. There’s some great prizes up for grabs as well as the chance to entertain our readers with your finely crafted piece of bingo fiction. Competition Entry...

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