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...

Guidelines Please note that these are the complete guidelines. Queries are not necessary. Submission Deadline: January 31, 2011. Eligibility, Contestants: The contest is open to anyone writing in English who has not yet published a book of 45 pages or more in the genre of application, except faculty and administrators employed by the University of New Orleans. Eligibility, Work: Work submitted must be unpublished and eligible for publication in...

Break free! It’s Thin Air Magazine’s 2010 “Best In Show” All-Genre Contest! Why talk about the important of blurred genre if it is not rewarded when people write it? Send us your best work that: blurs poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction, and show us there are more than three ways to see the world. Submissions (non-contest or contest) accepted in traditional poetry/prose/nonfiction as well—the choice is yours! Prize-$500...

Free Entry! Send in Your Essay Now! Do you have a story or a memory about your mother’s kitchen table? I am hosting a writing contest during the month of October for the best essay with the theme “At Mama’s Kitchen Table.” Each essay submitted will be posted under the “Read the Essays” link for all visitors to view! On November 1st, I’ll open up voting to everyone who visits my website to vote for their favorite essay. The two writers who...

The 2011 Paris Literary Prize will be awarded for a Novella. The prize is 10,000 euros, a weekend in Paris and a reading at Shakespeare and Company bookshop on the left bank. Longer than a short story, shorter than a novel, small but perfectly-formed, the novella holds an important place in literature and includes such classics as The Old Man and the Sea, Animal Farm, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Of Mice and Men. In keeping with...

Once again, Creative Nonfiction is seeking narrative blog posts to reprint in an upcoming issue. We’re looking for: Vibrant new voices with interesting, true stories to tell. Narrative, narrative, narrative. Posts that can stand alone, 2000 words max, from 2010. Something from your own blog, from a friend’s blog, from a stranger’s blog.   Deadline for nominations: Monday, September 27, 11:59 PM EST. For more details and to nominate a blog post...