Postmark Deadline: May 31, 2013 Creative Nonfiction and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for remarkable true stories that illuminate and present the human side of environmental, economic, ethical, and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future. We welcome personal essays or stories about extraordinary individuals or communities, and stories about innovative solutions to...

Open to Interpretation brings together photographers and writers in an exciting and innovative book project that has never been done before. Each book begins with a themed call for photos. The chosen photos become the literary inspiration for the writers’ submissions. A book is created that matches each winning photo with two stories or poems that offer different interpretations of the image.    Announcing Love + Lust   The photographers...

WriterAdvice seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction running 750 words or less. Enlighten, dazzle, and delight us. Finalists receive responses from all judges. DEADLINE: Submit to the 8th WriterAdvice Flash Prose Contest by April 18, 2013. JUDGES: Former prizewinners, Marcelle Soviero,  JLSchneider, and Madeline Stevens are this year’s judges. Read their pieces and biographies by clicking on the Archived Contest Entries button at...

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...

The 2013 Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open! We welcome entries from all writers anywhere in the world! Categories: Poetry, Fiction or Life Writing. Prizes: £300 for each category plus winners will be published in Wasafiri Entry fees: UK Sterling £6.00 if entering one category, £10.00 for two and £15.00 for three categories Simply fill in the entry form and post it with your fee to: ‘Wasafiri New Writing Prize’ Wasafiri The Open...

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...