announcing The 11th Annual Poetry Super Highway Great Poetry Exchange The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible. What? – Send a book – Get a book In February 2012, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide. It’s not a contest. There are no judges, entry fees, winners, or losers. Last...

PIPW to be a sponsor of the 2nd Annual Ojai WordFest – March 24-31, 2012  The Pacific Institute for Professional Writing (PIPW) announced today it has agreed to become the nonprofit sponsor of the 2nd annual Ojai WordFest an event spanning two weekends and eight days-a nexus of 100+ literary events in Ojai, March 24-31, 2012. PIPW will present a day of education on Saturday, March 31 to be held at World University of Ojai. Part of the...

To Whom This May Concern at Writing Contests, I’m following up on behalf of the ANA Alliance for Family Entertainment (AFE) regarding their first annual writing contest, which you covered here last October. There were so many great submissions and so the final winner did not get announced until this week. Megan Angelo, a journalist and aspiring screenwriter, took home the winning prize of $5,000 plus the opportunity to be mentored by TV icon...

Talking and reading about other people’s childhoods, sadness, happiness and aspirations can help us to cope with our own ups and downs, but shared experience is seldom there to support us when our life is nearing its end or when people close to us are dying. This is why the Dying Matters Coalition is running a new creative writing competition about dying, death and bereavement. Anyone touched by dying, whether directly or as a relative, friend,...

The Wassaic Project invites all writers, musicians, and artists to apply! Applications for our 2012 Summer Residency Program are now online. APPLY HERE!   Deadline February 14th, 2012 11:59pm   Our Summer Residency runs from May 2nd-Oct 31st, 2012. We are open to one-six month proposals.   Artists will receive an adaptable raw studio space in the historic livestock barn. All studios are roughly 300 square feet. Artists will have...

The New South Young Playwrights Festival focuses on the support and development of the next generation of American dramatists. Each summer we invite between 20 and 30 high school and college students to Horizon Theatre in Atlanta for week of residency filled with workshops, rehearsals, seminars, and readings with professional actors, directors, and dramaturgs. We are currently seeking play submissions from high school, college and university...