PEARL SHORT STORY PRIZE $250 & PUBLICATION IN PEARL Postmark deadline: May 31, 2013 GUIDELINES MANUSCRIPTS should typed, double-spaced, with name and address on the first page. Clear photocopies and computer print-outs are acceptable. Please include an SASE for reply or return of manuscript. We will consider simultaneous submissions, but ask that you notify us if your story is accepted elsewhere. Previously unpublished stories only. LENGTH:...

Summer is the season of movie blockbusters. Action, speed, explosions, sequels. The more the better! For our summer writing contest, we would love you to pitch us your best idea for a summer blockbuster movie. But if you come up with an idea that’s really great, why would you give it to us for free?   So, instead, pitch us your worst idea for a summer blockbuster. Put your pitch in the form of a logline–a pithy one or two sentence...

Normal 0 June 22 is National Flash Fiction Day in the U.K. and many places around the globe. To commemorate this auspicious day, Postcard Poems and Prose will sponsor a flash fiction contest based on the theme “Backward”. Since this is our second fiction contest and the deadline is June 22, the winning author will receive an Amazon gift card valued at $26.22 in US dollars. (2 & 6/22 — We like to be different.) We will publish three winning...

Students in Grades K-12 are invited to participate. Accepting Submissions March 15, 2013 – May 31 2013Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Count Follow ALL the rules for submitting your work. In every contest we have to disqualify a very large number of very good entries because the writer didn’t follow the rules for submitting his or her work. Don’t let that happen to you. Young Voices of America Contest Rules Remember to send...

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...

New!!! 1st Art-Inspired Story Writing Contest A short story inspired by a work of art in the Crow Woods art books Submission Guidelines Deadline: Entry deadline – April 30, 2013 Results Announced – June 30, 2013 Prizes First prize – $500 Second prize – $300 Third prize – $200 Judge Tony Ardizzone, originally from the North Side of Chicago, is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novel The Whale...