The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or...

Eco Arts Awards E-col-o-gy – the totality or pattern of relations between organisms and their environment It has been said that art is an expression of what we aspire to be… It is also true that art is a powerful catalyst for new thinking and cultural values! In our present world, ecology and the balance of humanity with nature is the most important challenge we face. Being ‘green’ is becoming mainstream and top of mind. We want to collaborate...

A new competition for short innovative biographical writing designed to lead to publication by Kingston University Press Ltd. We seek either publication-ready manuscripts and/or proposals with a sample chapter for this competition. Scripts and proposals will be judged separately by a team of judges that includes life-writers and biographers Rachel Cusk, Alexander Masters, Dr Jane Jordan and Peter Porter (all associated with Kingston Writing...

Are you a writer with a great, true story to tell? Or maybe you’re a poet who would love to see your work published. If so, why not enter the 2011 Winnipeg Free Press / Writers’ Collective Non-Fiction and Poetry Contest Deadline: Monday November 14, 2011 This year we are offering TWO themes to get those creative juices flowing: “Now that was funny!” and “A fork in the road.” Choose ONE of the above themes and craft your favourite true story...

Each month SWITCHBACK will provide a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on SWITCHBACK. The November prompt is: “Nobody ever knows anything for a fact.” • Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art. • Submissions must be 500 words or under. • Please send us only one submission per prompt. • Please submit only...

Details Deadline: November 30 Fee: Free It’s November again, and of course that means that everyone’s going to be busy with NaNoWriMo! For those of you who’ve never heard of it, NaNoWriMo is a free challenge where writers try to start and finish a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. It’s a big challenge, but a fun one too. Thousands of writers from around the world participate—and you should too! Since so many...