2014 Houston Writers Guild Fall Contest is open for submission! Entry fee $35 for fiction/nonfiction. $25 for poetry. Open to all writers, regardless of publishing status. Winners will be announced at our annual Fall Conference. $75 prize awarded to first place in each category. Entering is easy. Deadline is September 1, 2014. For more information visit:  http://houstonwritersguild.org/contests

2014 Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest 1st Prize $1500 | 2nd Prize $750 | 3rd Prize $500 Our Topic for 2014 – “Lincoln and the Hard Hand of War” In 1864 the American Civil War became even more savage. Casualties rose and prisoner exchanges stopped. During William Tecumseh Sherman’s March to the Sea and Phil Sheridan’s Shenandoah Valley campaign, civilian property was deliberately targeted. Was Lincoln in part responsible...

Teen Ink has no staff writers; we depend completely on you to send writing, art, and photos. There is no charge to submit or be published. All submissions will be considered for publication in Teen Ink’s print magazine and website. General Guidelines All submissions of writing and artwork will be considered for publication in our monthly print magazine and on TeenInk.com, and are also automatically entered into any relevant contests. Teen Ink...

Deadline: Extended to July 30, 2014   AWARDS: 1ST PLACE: Your choice of a 3 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B, 3 free workshops, or 100 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.                                                                              2nd PLACE: 2 night stay at our B&B; or 2 free workshops; or 50 pages line-edited.                                  3rd PLACE: One free workshop; or 25 pages line-edited.  ...

Brandt Street Press is now accepting story submissions for the next anthology in our Dammit Nonfiction Series: “Dammit, I Love You.” We seek stories that reveal a lesson learned from love. The story must be true and not published somewhere else. It should amaze and inspire. And, more than anything else, it should be entertaining. Deadline: October 15, 2014 For complete submission guidelines, please visit www.dammitbook.com and click...

The Malahat Review, Canada’s premier literary magazine, invites emerging and established writers from Canada, the United States, and elsewhere to enter. $1,000 awarded to the best work that embraces, but is not limited to, the personal essay, memoir, narrative nonfiction, social commentary, travel writing, historical accounts, and biography, all enhanced by such elements as description, dramatic scenes, dialogue, and characterization. All...