Writing It Real Fall Contest Reading Period from September 15 to December 31, 2012! Do you have an essay, a memoir chapter, a short story or up to three poems to which you’d like to have professional response? Submit the work to our contest, and Sheila will respond in detail via email within a week of receiving the entry. Then you may revise the work and resubmit without additional fees for the final judging.  If entrants do not submit a...

The Time & Place Prize is a new international literary award established to provide the two things every writer requires . . . the time and the place to write. Join us in France! The winner of The Time & Place Prize receives a month-long stay in an idyllic cottage nestled among the menhirs, myths and mists of Bretagne, France.The Prize includes: Round-trip airfare to and from Paris, France plus ground transport to and from the cottage...

I’d like to introduce our newly launched creative writing competition, Fiction Fast-Track: http://apostrophebooks.com/fictionfasttrack/  It would be great if you would consider featuring the competition on your listings page, and sharing the information with your readers.  Outline of the competition: Apostrophe Books are on the hunt for outstanding new fiction. We know it’s out there – it’s just that conventional publishers can no longer...

The Prize in Fiction is open to all writers, regardless of publication history. We seek submissions of novels and short story collections. The contest is blind; your name and contact information will not be seen by anyone reading your work until a winner has been selected. Stories and excerpts previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion in submissions; manuscripts previously published or self-published in their entirety are...

$500 Fiction | $500 Non-Fiction | $250 Runner-Up   ENTER HERE – SUMMARY THE SANTA CLAWS CONTEST is for aspiring fiction and creative non-fiction writers who have not professionally published. This contest covers TWO issues: the October Issue (horror / suspense) and the December Issue (holiday / fantasy). SUBMISSIONS for the December Issue ( holiday / fantasy) are NOW OPEN! Please DO NOT submit horror material. Liternational Editor’s will...

INKTEARS SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2012 Now open for entries – winner’s prize £1,000 Deadline: 30 November 2012 Type: Short story (UK + International) Prizes: £1,000, £100, £25 x 4, plus all prizewinners get their story published to the InkTears Readers and consideration for a short story collection/anthology publication.   Full results will be announced by 30 March 2013. Fee: £6.00.  Length: 1000-3000 words, any theme NB: stories may have been...