The Complete Theatre Company is seeking submissions for The Choice One-Act Festival. Each one-act will receive a table read, six hours of rehearsal, and a day of tech at no cost to either the playwright or the director. In addition, producers provide lighting, sound equipment, actors, and the theater itself. Each night audience members will vote for a prize to be awarded at the end of the run.  $100 prize awarded to Best Playwright and $100...

www.thequotablelit.com The Quotable: The Quarterly Publication of Quotable Fiction seeks original, unpublished fiction (under 3,000 words), creative non-fiction (under 3,000 words), and artwork for it’s First Issue: The Fools Issue. “The right to be a cussed fool is safe from all devices human, It’s common (ez a gin’ral rule) to every critter born of woman.” -James Russell Lowell Visit our website to submit and for additional information:...

On the Danforth, the community magazine for Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood, is holding a postcard story contest. The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $50 and will be published in the glossy, full-colour summer issue – which over 2000 people will read – as well as on the website. Here’s the titular ‘postcard’ of the Danforth to be used as inspiration for the story. (It’s a vertical postcard, okay?) – Open to everyone, no matter...

SYLVIA K. BURACK WRITING AWARD The Sylvia K. Burack Writing Award is a writing contest for high school students in grades 11 and 12 in the U.S. and Canada. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors.  The winner receives $500, publication in The Writer, and more. Entry is free at Burack. Submission deadline is March 31, 2011....

WHAT’S THE BUZZ(WORD)? CONTEST Writing is all about words. Many writers spend time poring over dictionaries and thesauri, absorbing intriguing words into their mental database. Now we invite you to create your own word in our What’s the Buzz(word)? Writing Contest. Tell us a new buzzword that you believe could appear in 2011 and you could win a free 10-week writing workshop. For examples, complete rules, and a free online entry...

Burner is that girl. She’s witty, pretty, and doesn’t dumb herself down. By day, she’s a kindergarten teacher and by night, dances gogo. She’s the chick who soundtracks her days with Wagner, and goes out to see The Warlocks in a grungy downtown bar at night. She saves Bach for rainy mornings, The Beatles for sunny afternoons. She’s a muse and amusing, compelling and never complacent. She gets her greatest...