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...

SUBMIT Poets: read about the Heteronymicon challenge here. It closes April 30. The best will run in Issue 15, which will come out in the summer. Submissions are currently open. Open reading periods are held from the beginning of March through May and from the beginning of September through end of November. There is no reading fee during open reading periods. We hold two contests annually, the Winter Writers Contest Summer 2013, from June 1,...

First Chapter Writing Contest Contest Submission Period: April Fool’s Day-June 1st, 2013 Entry Fee: Zilch. Nada. Zippo. It’s totally free to enter! Contest Benefits: I will provide a short critique for all submissions highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is a HUGE benefit of entering my contest. We writers crave feedback. Feedback makes us better. Prize: The winner will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon. But wait there’s more! As...

Medusa’s Laugh Press is currently actively seeking work for the following anthologies. Submissions are open until June 15th, 2013 There is no entry fee, maximum of three entries per person, per call. More information can be found on our website, http://medusaslaugh.com Cadavre Exquis Anthology: “Exquisite Corpse” is the name of a part game re/invented by Surrealists. It is a collaborative activity in which multiple players...

Creative Writing Contest 2013 Click here for a PDF copy of this document The Friends of the Warren-Newport Public Library announce their 20th Annual Creative Writing Contest: Categories Short Story (fiction) Poetry Limit to two entries in each category per person. Age Groups Grades 3, 4 and 5 Grades 6, 7 and 8 High School Adult Short Story Length Grades 3 through 8: 1-4 pages, double-space High School and Adult: 3-5 pages, typewritten,...

The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition 2013 The competition is for ghost stories from 2,000 – 5,000 words. Closing date: 31st May 2013 Prizes: First prize £500, second prize £100. Entry fee:  £6 for one story; £9 for two stories submitted together. For more details, see: http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/ghost-story-competition.php