Posts made in October, 2013

Story Share $50,000 Writing Contest – to benefit teen and adult beginning readers

Story Share $50,000 Writing Contest Benetech, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and Orca Book Publishing have come together to expand the body of contemporary leveled reading material available to young adults aged 13+ who struggle with reading. Prior experience writing for struggling reader audiences is not required. A step-by-step guide available at www.storysharecontest.com...

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The INaugural Travel Expert Writing Competition

Welcome to the inaugural Travel Expert Writing Competition First of all this competition is Free To Enter and offers a cash prize to the author of the best entry (to be judged by the editors of TravelExpert.org.uk). We are seeking the best travel writers to send us exciting, original, even abstract travel writing in any form you choose: fiction or non-fiction, poetry or prose. The only requirement is that your piece of writing presents a real...

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Fish Short Story Prize 2013/14

Ten Best Stories Published Claire Kilroy is the judge. We are honoured that she will select the best ten stories for publication in the 2014 Fish Anthology. Clare Kilroy is the acclaimed author of 4 novels including All Summer, (recipient of the 2004 Rooney Prize for Irish Literature and was short-listed for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award), Tenderwire (shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes Irish Novel Award), All Names Have Been Changed...

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The First Annual Virgin Awards Contest

The Virgin Awards Contest is now accepting submissions! Late Night Library is excited to announce the first annual Virgin Awards—a contest for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Submissions: All entries must be previously unpublished. Entrants must submit in English approximately 1,000 to 5,000 words of prose, or 3-5 typed pages of poetry. Eligible Poets & Writers: We define a literary virgin as anyone who hasn’t...

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Last Call! 2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition – Final postmark deadline: November 15, 2013

2014 BlueCat Screenplay Competition Final Deadline: Friday, November, 15th 2013 Features – $70, Shorts – $60, Student Shorts – $25 The BlueCat Screenplay Competition dedicates itself to the development of screenwriters worldwide and we are proud to continue our tradition of giving written feedback to all screenplay submissions. Shorts will receive one written analysis and features will receive two by March 1st. Students may...

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