The details: – Prizes increase with every entry, in compliance with federal contest laws. 1st place begins at $100, and prizes are offered to 2nd and 3rd places. Finalists receive a $5 off certificate for the next contest. – Entry fee $15. Multiple submissions are accepted. – 750-1500 word entries are accepted, and must answer the prompt, “What is your favorite school memory?” – 20% of all contest revenue...

Writing It Real Fall Contest Reading Period from September 15 to December 31, 2012! Do you have an essay, a memoir chapter, a short story or up to three poems to which you’d like to have professional response? Submit the work to our contest, and Sheila will respond in detail via email within a week of receiving the entry. Then you may revise the work and resubmit without additional fees for the final judging.  If entrants do not submit a...

The Time & Place Prize is a new international literary award established to provide the two things every writer requires . . . the time and the place to write. Join us in France! The winner of The Time & Place Prize receives a month-long stay in an idyllic cottage nestled among the menhirs, myths and mists of Bretagne, France.The Prize includes: Round-trip airfare to and from Paris, France plus ground transport to and from the cottage...

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:...

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...