Piousbox joint Computational Arts Corp. announces Best Travel Story Contest I 2011 This contest promotes cross-cultural understanding, international forum and life-long traveling. The way people travel now-a-days is subject to several options: the travel for work, travel for study (semester abroad, exchange student, travel for an academic event), and travel for entertainment (travel to see a concert, save up and travel a lot). There is also...

In partnership with Gotham Writers’ Workshop, The Writer invites submissions of creative, unpublished short stories up to 2,000 words.   The top three entries will receive cash prizes of $1,000/$300/$200. The first-prize winner will also receive a free 10-week online creative-writing workshop from Gotham Writers’ Workshop and publication in The Writer; second- and third-place winners receive free enrollment in “How to Get Published,” a...

19th year. Ten cash prizes totaling $5,550. Top prize $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $15, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: March 31. Judges: John H. Reid, Dee C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short Story Contest 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222...

Have you ever dreamed of being published? Do you have a story to tell? Well, you’re in luck! We are currently taking submissions for our back page nonfiction essay. Here is what we’re looking for: Submit a single work of creative nonfiction, with a maximum length of 600 words. The subject should be a story about love– the presence, absence, complications, hesitations, headlong rush into, etc. The best essays will focus on a specific event or...

CONTEST: Anger & Revenge postmark deadline March 16, 2011 For an upcoming issue, Creative Nonfiction is seeking new essays about anger and revenge, true tales of frustration and retribution, long-buried memories of outrage and reprisal–or the absence of either. We’re looking for stories that explore the lost art of the thoughtful diatribe, illustrate the beauty of the lyrical barb, invent elaborate secret plots, and generally...

WriterAdvice, www.writeradvice.com, is searching for flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that grabs, surprises, and mesmerizes readers in fewer than 750 words. If you have a story or memoir with a strong theme, sharp images, and a solid structure, please submit it to Writer Advice’s Sixth Annual Flash Prose Contest. DEADLINE: April 15, 2011 JUDGES: Former prizewinners, Stephen Bakalyar, Mary Rudy, Denise Turner, and Francine Garson...