The erbacce-prize for 2013 is now OPEN for submissions The winner’s prize:            1) Publication of your collected works in perfect-bound format                with full-colour gloss or matt cover           (the winner chooses)              2) A publishing contract with erbacce-press              3) Generous royalties              4) Your own dedicated Sales-Page              5) 10 free copies of your book THE PRIZE IS WORTH IN TOTAL...

What’s in a Name? Boroughs 2013 Novella Contest Has the title of a song ever inspired you to write? We’re betting it has…and that you can take that title and make it your own. We invite you to submit your 25,000-40,000 word, completed novella based on the title of a song – any song – that you adopt as the title of your story to: Submissions@BoroughsPublishingGroup.com no later than May 31st 2013. Your submission MUST include a two...

Have you survived an illness, personal tragedy, devastating loss, abusive relationship, financial ruin, or other life experience that brought you to your knees? Did the song “I Will Survive,” by Grammy Award-winning songstress Gloria Gaynor, inspire you to rise, survive, and move forward? If so, we’d love to share your story in a new book of personal narrative essays that tell the story of how you survived the experience and how the song...

SUBMIT Poets: read about the Heteronymicon challenge here. It closes April 30. The best will run in Issue 15, which will come out in the summer. Submissions are currently open. Open reading periods are held from the beginning of March through May and from the beginning of September through end of November. There is no reading fee during open reading periods. We hold two contests annually, the Winter Writers Contest Summer 2013, from June 1,...

First Chapter Writing Contest Contest Submission Period: April Fool’s Day-June 1st, 2013 Entry Fee: Zilch. Nada. Zippo. It’s totally free to enter! Contest Benefits: I will provide a short critique for all submissions highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is a HUGE benefit of entering my contest. We writers crave feedback. Feedback makes us better. Prize: The winner will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon. But wait there’s more! As...

Medusa’s Laugh Press is currently actively seeking work for the following anthologies. Submissions are open until June 15th, 2013 There is no entry fee, maximum of three entries per person, per call. More information can be found on our website, http://medusaslaugh.com Cadavre Exquis Anthology: “Exquisite Corpse” is the name of a part game re/invented by Surrealists. It is a collaborative activity in which multiple players...