Join the esteemable company of Ms. Jane Austen! In the tradition of the Bulwer Lytton Contest and the Bad Hemingway and Bad Faulkner contests, here’s your chance to pen a scene of a “classic” novel Jane Austen never wrote. How is it done? * Everything is done through http://www.BadAusten.com – register, submit your scene, and spread the word to get people to vote for your entry! * Sharpen your wit, let your imagination run wild, and write...

Gotham Writers’ Workshop invites you to enter our Writer’s Wish List Sweepstakes for your chance to win one of 50+ prizes including:   Apple iPad Ten-week Gotham Workshop (Online or in NYC) Amazon Kindle Barnes & Noble $50 Gift Card Books for Writers Four-week How to Get Published Seminar (Online) Subscriptions to The Writer, Script, and Poets & Writers Gear from the Gotham Shop, including a Sweatshirt and Book Bag TO ENTER,...

Attn: Food Bloggers: We’re seeking narrative blog posts to reprint in our upcoming Food Issue (March 2011). We’re looking for: interesting, true stories that focus on food, including restaurant reviews; tales of meals gone awry; secrets, tips and kitchen short cuts; confessions from cooks, chefs and/or servers; an examination of the kitchen life; and so on. To nominate, you’ll need to know the title or specific URL of the post....

StageofLife.com features a monthly writing contest for high school and college students dealing with real world issues.  Our short essay (500 words or less) writing contest has been featured on Forbes.com, CNBC.com, FoxBusiness and other media outlets.  Past contests have dealt with the Gulf Oil Spill, America’s relationship to food and the obesity epidemic, education improvement, stress management for teens, etc.  This student writing...

The theme, Forces of Nature, should be interpreted as contributor wishes.  Poetry, Prose, Creative Non-Fiction, Environmental and Critical Essays, Photography, or Artwork, relevant to Forces of Nature are welcome as general submissions.  The Platte Valley Review is published under the auspices of the endowed Reynolds Chair, Allison Hedge Coke, senior editor, and Robert Ficociello, managing editor.  Distinguished UNK Sandhill Crane Literary...

I would like to invite you and any authors you know to participate in a flash fiction challenge I have on my blog.  The winner of the challenge can win an original graphite drawing on paper by me. The flash fiction stories will be published in a catalog integrated with an exhibit in San Francisco at ArtHaus Gallery (April 8th for the reception). The show is called: Renovated Reputations: Paintings and Fiction inspired by Vintage Portrait...