Deadline: May 31, 2013 Creative Nonfiction and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for remarkable true stories that illuminate and present the human side of environmental, economic, ethical, and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future. $10,000 Walton Sustainability Solutions Best Creative Nonfiction Essay Award We welcome personal essays or stories about extraordinary...
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Summer is the season of movie blockbusters. Action, speed, explosions, sequels. The more the better! For our summer writing contest, we would love you to pitch us your best idea for a summer blockbuster movie. But if you come up with an idea that’s really great, why would you give it to us for free? So, instead, pitch us your worst idea for a summer blockbuster. Put your pitch in the form of a logline–a pithy one or two sentence...
After a brief hiatus, Miami University Press invites submissions to the 2014 Novella Contest. This award has been given annually since 2005 to a novella length manuscript of original fiction. The winning manuscript will receive $750 and publication. Submissions are currently open. All entries will be reviewed blindly. Deadline: October 14, 2013 Submission Fee: $25 Judge: Joseph Bates, author of Tomorrowland For more information on how to enter,...
A collection of your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite writers and photographers, courtesy of Summer Literary Seminars. Hi, we’re Summer Literary Seminars – www.sumlitsem.org And we want to make a book. We want to make a book because, after years of hosting some of the world’s finest writers and so many phenomenally talented students, we’re restless and want to feel nostalgic. Because there is too much talent here not...
Normal 0 June 22 is National Flash Fiction Day in the U.K. and many places around the globe. To commemorate this auspicious day, Postcard Poems and Prose will sponsor a flash fiction contest based on the theme “Backward”. Since this is our second fiction contest and the deadline is June 22, the winning author will receive an Amazon gift card valued at $26.22 in US dollars. (2 & 6/22 — We like to be different.) We will publish three winning...
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