Gemini Magazine is pleased to announce its 2011 Short Story Contest featuring a grand prize of $1,000. Absolutely no restrictions on content, style, genre or length–just send your best. Second place wins $100 and there will also be three honorable mentions. All five finalists will be published in the June 2011 issue. Entry fee: $4. Deadline: March 31, 2011. Visit the website for full details:...

America’s Got Stories is a new national short story contest intended to excite America’s interest in writing. The top twenty or so stories will be published in print and for online download on a Kindle or iPad (with full royalties for the writers), and the author of the best story will receive also win an Apple iPad. This year’s theme is “supernatural.” Fiction or non-fiction, 2,500 – 5,000 words. Deadline is Feb 28th, 2011. The first ten...

RUMINATE Magazine has a new exciting contest opportunity. Would you mind passing the information along? “Ruminate is thrilled to announce our first annual Ruminate Nonfiction Prize. The first place story will win a $500 prize and the runner-up will win a $50 prize. The entry deadline is February 1st, 2011 and the finalist judge is award-winning author, Al Haley. (Haley is the published author of Home Ground: Stories of Two Families and...

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The 5th annual NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge is now open for registration! This fun writing challenge is open to writers around the world. Here are the details:   ● There are two rounds of competition. ● 1st Round (February 4-12, 2011):  Writers are placed randomly in heats.  Each heat is assigned a genre and a subject.  Some examples of past genre and subject combinations are: Comedy / Hunting, Fantasy / Steps, Horror / A family reunion,...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves arranging words 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 form, typed or neatly hand...