A collection of your favorite and soon-to-be-favorite writers and photographers, courtesy of Summer Literary Seminars. Hi, we’re Summer Literary Seminars –  www.sumlitsem.org  And we want to make a book. We want to make a book because, after years of hosting some of the world’s finest writers and so many phenomenally talented students, we’re restless and want to feel nostalgic. Because there is too much talent here not...

NERDWALLET’S ROTH IRA WRITING CONTEST NO ENTRY FEE Deadline May 12, 2013. Do you have an opinion on saving for retirement using a Roth IRA? We’re looking for short pieces showcasing views on Roth IRAs. The pros, the cons, and everything in between. First Place: $500 Second Place: $300 Third Place: $200 NOTE: NerdWallet Investing will publish all submissions that we deem relevant to our readers; not all submissions will be selected...

Room Magazine’s Annual Contest DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2013 Calling all women writers: Sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or submitted online no later than July 15, 2013. Entry Fee: $30 per entry. Non-Canadian entries: $42 Canadian dollars. Each submission includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room. Writers who...

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest – Last Call! 21st year. $5,550 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 40,000 subscribers. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per...

LAST CALL! Three prizes of $50, publication in ArtAscent Magazine including your name a link to your website, as well as exposure in ArtAscent website and social media. Non-winning entries will not be published. You retain rights to your work. The competition theme is Emergence. Emergence can mean the gradual beginning or coming forth; the event consisting of the start of something; a growth in strength or number or importance; the becoming...

Deadline: April 30, 2013 Have you survived an illness, personal tragedy, 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...