I have created a new site in which I hope to cross pollinate artists using different media: http://glissi.tumblr.com/ How it works: I post a picture.  You submit a response: a picture, a poem, a story, a song, a video, an animation. Or submit a call of your own: a picture, a poem, a story, a song, a video, an animation. I’ll post the calls and responses that resonate. Submit Please include the date of the post you’re responding to (if any),...

Sponsor: Wingfeather Books, a small press Event: Short Story Competition Benefiting Disaster Relief Fund (use of “American Red Cross” brand permission pending) A portion of the proceeds, after contest costs are recovered, will be donated to the Disaster Relief Fund Entry Fee: $10  Genre: Paranormal Romance – Short Story Competition – 4,000 words or less Cash Prize: $375 total, $100 first place  Prize Includes:...

My name is Margaret Bates and I am the co-founder and treasurer of Legendary Women, Inc. (http://legendarywomen.org). We are an organization dedicated to promoting positive portrayals of women in the media and to empowering women in their daily lives via philanthropy. We have teamed up with Random Acts (http://www.therandomact.org/) to host a literary contest to encourage individuals to create one thousand to five thousand (maximum) word...

The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is Destination. Where are your characters going? Why? How will they get there? And what awaits them at the end of their journey? Only one way to find out. Hop in your car, train, plane—at least shake out those typing fingers—and get going. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. 3,000-word limit for fiction and creative nonfiction. One to three poems in an entry. All entries...

Submit between February 1, 2013 at noon and April 2, 2013 at noon Entry Fee: $24 for non-subscribers; free for subscribers Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Ploughshares will be given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Writers who have not published a book or chapbook are eligible. Submit three to five poems or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $24 entry fee, which includes a subscription to...