Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. Entries need only be inspired by the prompt, they do not need to incorporate the text directly. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously...

Red Sky Ltd. is currently organizing an article writing contest for all the talented authors out there. The prizes are definitely worth your while: The 10 Top-Rated Articles get $150. The next 20 Top-Rated Articles get $100. The remaining 70 of the best 100 submissions get $50. One of the winning authors may be offered to join our editorial staff. We would like to invite writers to take part in our Best Article Contest. ...

Lake: A Journal of Arts and Environment invites creative non-fiction submissions on the topic “Places That Shape Us.” Lake publishes essays, creative writing and visual art related to the environment. The winner will receive $250 and publication in issue #8 of Lake. Non-fiction may include personal essay, lyric essay, narrative essay, and memoir. The $20 entrance fee includes a one-year subscription to Lake, starting with issue #7. Entries...

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Enter the Fifth Annual Real Simple Life Lessons Contest (http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/inspiration-motivation/second-annual-life-lessons-essay-contest-00000000013682/)  and You Could Win $3000. Tell us:  If you could change one decision that you made in the past, what would it be? ONE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:  •  $3,000  •  Round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway...

June 30 submission deadline; Winners and their companions to receive All-Expenses-Paid VIP Trip to Korea in Sept. 2012; Students and military families are encouraged to submit. The first US nation-wide essay contest entitled “Korean War Veteran’s Enduring Legacy” will be hosted by Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI USA), a Korean government agency in New York, to pay tributes to Korean War veterans. The contest, a part of the...