Literary Events

Wattpad Provides Award Nominated Science Fiction Content from Tor.com with Launch of New Android App

Wattpad, the world’s most popular ebook community, has released its latest Android app. To celebrate the Android launch, science fiction publishers Tor.com <http://Tor.com>  and Wattpad have joined forces to bring readers four award nominated short stories. First Flight by Mary Robinette, Kowal, Eros, Philia, Agape and A Memory of Wind by Rachel Swirsky, and Overtime by Charles Strosscan can all be found for free on Wattpad’s site...

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Experience Bollinger – Win a Pair of Tickets to ENO’s New Tosca Production at the Coliseum

Experience Bollinger – Win a Pair of Tickets to ENO’s New Tosca Production at the Coliseum Contest Deadline: May 13th Prize: One of two pairs of tickets to the opening night of the ENO’s forthcoming production of Tosca at the Coliseum- Tuesday 18th May and a glass of Champagne Bollinger for you and your guest. Details: Tell us what your life story would be called were it made into an opera. Website:...

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Santa Fe Writers Project: 2010 Literary Awards Program

The 10th Anniversary of the Literary Awards Program runs January 15th, 2010 through July 16th, 2010. Get the Entry Form right here! Screenplay Awards: February 1st through August 1st The 2010 Literary Awards Program is offering $3,750 in cash awards and the opportunity to be considered for representation by the Irene Goodman Agency. The 2010 Program starts on January 15th. The grand prize is $1,750, with two runner-up prizes of $1000 each....

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Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing

We’re running our first ever Poetry Contest here at the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans! Here are the details: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing Contest. Judge: Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque. 2-4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize: $1000, public reading and VIP Festival pass($500 value) at 25th anniversary Festival (March 23-27, 2011),...

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The 2009 Screenwriting Championships

A fantasy tale about a wedding cake in a baseball stadium? A suspense thriller about a lampshade on a cruise ship? The 2009 Screenwriting Championships (http://www.nycmidnight.com/2009/ScCH/ScreenwritingChampionships.htm), an online writing competition from NYC Midnight, will be awarding over $16,000 in cash and prizes to entrants who compose unconventional scripts like these. The contest contains 3 rounds, 4 writing challenges and runs from...

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Creative Writing Challenge – Flash Fiction

Writers are challenged to create stories 1,000 words or less and accumulate points based on their placement in each round of the competition. Every writer that registers will compete in at least 2 challenges, and writers can compete in as many as 4 challenges based on their placement in each round. Feedback from the judges will be provided for every story submitted and a special peer review forum will be created where writers can comment on...

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