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 FADING LIGHT The photographers...

Competition Name: Meridian Writing Autumn competition Length: max 3,000 words but with no lower limit Theme/Genre: Any Prizes: 1st Place – £100, 2nd Place – £50 and 3rd Place – £25, plus a firstwriter.com voucher worth £10 for each winner Entry Fee: £5 per story Eligibility: New and Published authors Other info: Critique service available Website:...

| $1,000 Writing Prize | $500 Illustration Prize | Details for the competition are below, and full guidelines and online submission are available here: http://www.indigoinkpress.org/submissions/ The anthology Modern Grimmoire: Contemporary Fairy Tales, Fables & Folklore will be open to submissions from Apr. 1 to Sept. 1, 2012. SUBMIT ONLINE A single award of $1,000 and publication will be given to the best emerging author of an unpublished...

Meridian Writing Autumn competition Length: max 3,000 words but with no lower limit Theme/Genre: Any Prizes: 1st Place – £100, 2nd Place – £50 and 3rd Place – £25, plus a firstwriter.com voucher worth £10 for each winner Entry Fee: £5 per story Eligibility: New and Published authors Other info: Critique service available Website: www.meridian-writing.co.uk Guidelines: http://www.meridian-writing.co.uk/competiton_2.html Closing...

Prizes: **1st Place: $1,000 cash, acceptance into the 2013 ALMA Short Story Compilation, author bio and link to author’s website or social media page on AmericanLiteraryMeritAward.com **2nd Place: $100 cash, story featured as a free read and link to author’s website or social media page on AmericanLiteraryMeritAward.com **3rd Place: $50 cash, story featured as a free read and link to author’s website or social media page on...

The Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction is a literary prize to promote writers and great undiscovered stories of Catholic fiction. What is Catholic fiction? Stories infused with the presence of God and faith — subtly, symbolically or deliberately. Flannery O’Connor, Graham Greene or G. K. Chesterton and many others whose writings reflected the thoughts of great writers such as Gerard Manley Hopkins: “The world is charged with the grandeur of...