Do you have a great proposal story from somewhere in the US? Whether you planned the best proposal of all time, received the proposal of your dreams, helped someone else plan a romantic proposal, or just heard the story- we want to hear from you! Enter our proposal story contest for a chance to win $100 and get your story featured on 50proposals.com! Whenever we hear from all 50 states (or on April 1st, 2012 if that comes first), we will invite...

The New South Young Playwrights Festival focuses on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. Each summer we invite between 20 and 30 high school and college students to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta for week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. We are currently seeking play submissions from high school, college and university...

The competition is called Libboo Bounty – www.libboo.com/bounty The deadline is the 1st March 2012 and the prize is a publishing deal with Libboo and $500 (shared between the successful authors). The theme is short-stories under the category of ‘Holiday & Vacation Mayhem’ – anything that tells the tale of disasters/comedy during a holiday or vacation, and up to 5 stories will be chosen for the book. The publishing deal includes a 50%...

DELENGUA MICRO STORIES CONTEST WIN A FREE SPANISH COURSE OF 2, 3 OR 4 WEEKS The Spanish school Escuela Delengua in Granada, Spain, celebrates its 15th anniversary (1997-2012). For this reason, and also for celebrating the first anniversary of the UNESCO’s declaration of flamenco culture being part of the intangible heritage of humanity, we would like to announce a micro stories contest. Our Spanish school is situated at the foot of the...

Win A Key West Residency – Robert Frost Poetry Contest TSKW was honored to take over the prestigious literary tradition founded by the Heritage House Museum over 18 years ago, and continues a long tradition of the contest, which honors Robert Frost and encourages the creation of new poetry and haiku. TSKW will begin accepting contest entries by email and mail between January 1 and March 15, 2012. PRIZES FOR EACH CATEGORY: (POETRY AND HAIKU) 1st...

2012 Student Stowe Prizes Student Stowe Prize For Excellence in Writing to Advance Social Justice Do you know a high school or college student who writes for social justice and positive change? Make sure they know about the 2012 Student Stowe Prize!  Established by the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, to be awarded in 2012 Submission deadline is February 27, 2012 The Student Stowe Prize recognizes outstanding writing by United States high school...