DEADLINE: June 30, 2014 GENRE: Short Stories DETAILS: Submit the worst possible opening sentence for a story up to 60 words max. Enter as many times as you like. PRIZE: a pittance URL: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ The rules to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are childishly simple: Each entry must consist of a single sentence but you may submit as many entries as you wish. (One fellow once submitted over 3,000 entries.) Sentences may be of...

Deadline: Sunday, April 20, 2014 Categories Fiction Entry Fees £3.00 per entry or Free to Creative Competitor Premier Write, Learn and Publish members Prizes 1st Prize: £150.00 2nd Prize: £100.00 3rd Prize: £75.00 Description Use the photo published online as a kick-start to your creativity. Your story must include the image in some way but we welcome creative interpretation of the photo. Maximum 700 words including the title. Submissions...

WHITE ASH MAGAZINE http://www.whiteashmag.com/ Accepts all forms of poetry, short fiction and quotes. Does not accept submissions with explicit language, horror or the names of living or recently deceased persons. Submit only 1-3 submissions per issue.  No word limit for poetry.  No age limit. Writers of all types, ages, origins, and views may submit.  Minors must have parental permission to publish. Notification by email if your work has been...

HARK is a magazine of poetry and short fiction. we are looking for writing that “makes strange”. We want experimentation. We want the liminal – the hint of something just beyond reach. We like to see ordinary things looked at in unusual ways. We’re looking for confidence and innovation with language. Magical realism, the fantastic, or the simply bizarre are just fine with us. Above all, we want good writing. Please no genre fiction. That being...

Learn Spanish with the Micro Fiction Contest 2014 Note: This contest is open for everyone whose age is more than 16 years old, whose mother tongue is not Spanish. First, choose your language: Win one of the 5 free Spanish courses. The Escuela Delengua’s Micro Fiction Contest is back! Spanish is something that united us and we like to teach Spanish as a foreign language. This is why the theme of this year is learn Spanish). This contest is open...

The enthusiastic response and the amount of submissions for the first and second issue of our new magazine NOVELLE were quite overwhelming. Now it’s time to gather some great material for issue #3 to be released in June 2014. Submission guidelines: •          The submitted work may be unpublished or published – in the latter case please make sure there is no third-party infringement involved. •          We are interested in all sorts of...