Scribophile.com is pleased to announce the Mad as a Hare writing contest. This fee-free contest has a $50 first prize and a $25 second prize, and is for fiction or non-fiction of 2500 words or fewer.   Entries must be about personified animals in some way, shape, or form.   Beyond that, there are no limits! Entry is free! Contest deadline March 31, 2012.   This contest is hosted by Scribophile–a friendly, knowledgeable, and intensive...

Step right up! We want to see mysteries, anomalies, and clashing energies. Bring your giant rats, conjoined twins, Fiji mermaids, and bearded ladies. We invite any writing that complicates issues of performance and identity. Real and unreal. Exposed and concealed. Submit: March 5th – May 31st Fee: $15 per entry Prize: $1000 + publication in Midway Journal for a winning poem (or group of poems), story, or essay. Judges: Ana Božičević and...

**IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to a web hosting problem that has now been resolved, we have extended our 2012 deadline to May 31, 2012. This applies to our 2012 competition only. Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition 2012 Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2012 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically...

Dear Writers,   Do you realize that Wag’s Revue Winter Contest closes  in two days?  Like this Friday, March 9th?* Have you been paying any attention? Sure, AWP was distracting and exhausting, but, can you really afford to not enter to win the $1000 first prize? (And that’s not to mention publication in the magazine, which is priceless, nor the second prize of $500 or $100 third.) The answer is you can’t.  We know because we...

We love new writing and new writers and so we would like to give you every opportunity to get your work out to the public!   Therefore, we are now running a monthly writing competition.  Each month, you will be given a theme. You will need to then write a 500 word short story related to that theme.   Try not to be too tenuous though!   All entries will be judged by a panel of three avid readers.   They will choose a first, second and third...

First Page Competition 2012 Yep, it was so successful last year, our annual First Page Competition 2012 is now open with an increased first prize of £500 – DOUBLE last year’s. What are we looking for: the most gripping, read-on-able first page of up to 400 words. Any genre, but as always we’re looking for The Best First Page. Bribes can be sent in cash, but we guarantee they won’t do you much good. Prizes: 1st Prize...