Help Creative Writing Institute celebrate its second year! Here’s your opportunity to strut your stuff. Rules:Short Story Writing Contest, any genre (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Drama, Children, Adult) Must be 1,000 – 1,500 words NO READING FEE – NO ENTRY FEE All rights to the story remain the property of the author Entries must be G-rated Contest ends November 20, 2010 Mail entries to: deborahowen@cwinst.com Put ‘WRITING CONTEST’...

We are now taking entries for our November writing competition, offering you the chance to win £100 for your ‘how to’ article! The prize will be awarded for the best article submitted during the month of November, as judged by our editors.   Here’s what Alan Barker, author of July’s winning entry, How to Run an Effective Meeting had to say about winning the competition:   “I was so pleased to receive the cheque for my...

Gold Line Press is pleased to announce its annual chapbook contest, which is open to submissions through our online submission manager through November 15.  The contest alternates yearly between poetry and fiction, and this year’s contest is for poetry manuscripts of 20 – 30 pages. The winning book receives $500 and publication of a gorgeous perfect-bound book. Our priority is to publish the highest quality work, but we are also...

We aren’t picky.  Well, kind of.  But not really. You want to be paid for your writing.  All writers do.  We want you to be in our marketplace.  It’s poor economics to not have inventory.  Let’s meet in the middle. Whatever your genre (if you have one), it has to get past our editor.  That means it has to be good.  A good story sucks in readers whether it’s about goblins or your high school prom.  We appreciate, respect,...

Bestselling author and former Booker Prize judge Frank Delaney is hosting a Halloween Writing Challenge on Twitter. From Monday, October 25 to Wednesday, October 27, he’s challenging people to introduce the creepiest character possible in 140 creepy characters. Please enter! (Don’t forget to include the hash tag #FDcreepy in your tweet.) You just might win a secret creepy prize picked by Frank Delaney. Full rules are...

Call for Submissions: Here Come the Brides! The Brave New World of Lesbian Marriage (Seal Press, 2012)   2,000-4,000 words   Editors: Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort. Audrey Bilger is the Faculty Director of the Writing Center and Associate  Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College. Michele Kort is Senior Editor at Ms. magazine, a freelance writer, and author of three books (including Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura...