The Iowa Review Awards Guidelines: http://iowareview.uiowa.edu/rules Annual contest in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry Grand prize of $1500 plus publication Runners-up receive $750 plus publication Submit by mail or online: (http://iowareview.submishmash.com/submit) $20 entry fee Deadline: January 31, 2012

Do you have a great proposal story from somewhere in the US? Whether you planned the best proposal of all time, received the proposal of your dreams, helped someone else plan a romantic proposal, or just heard the story- we want to hear from you! Enter our proposal story contest for a chance to win $100 and get your story featured on 50proposals.com! Whenever we hear from all 50 states (or on April 1st, 2012 if that comes first), we will invite...

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL  11:59 p.m., EST, FEBRUARY 15, 2012! We are now accepting submissions of short fiction or memoir (2000 words or fewer) for the Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award. The first place winner’s story will be considered for publication in the Bethlehem Writers Group, LLC’s upcoming anthology, Seasonal Pursuits: Sweet, Funny, and Strange Tales. Our previous publication, A Christmas Sampler: Sweet, Funny,...

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...

The competition is called Libboo Bounty – www.libboo.com/bounty The deadline is the 1st March 2012 and the prize is a publishing deal with Libboo and $500 (shared between the successful authors). The theme is short-stories under the category of ‘Holiday & Vacation Mayhem’ – anything that tells the tale of disasters/comedy during a holiday or vacation, and up to 5 stories will be chosen for the book. The publishing deal includes a 50%...

Colonnade Writing Contest: Open to essays and short stories 10,000 word limit fiction and non-fiction, any genre $12 to enter quarterly winners receive $125 and are eligible for the $600 grand prize of Colonnade Story Of The Year. Deadline is March 31, 2012. Next quarterly deadlines: June 30, 2012; September 30, 2012; December 31, 2012 Details for submission and electronic submission guidelines can be found at:...