We are excited to announce our newest contest, the 2011 Gulf Stream Award. One winner in each genre will win $250 and publication in Gulf Stream Online #5, due out in April, 2011. The judges are: John Dufresne: Fiction Les Standiford: Nonfiction Denise Duhamel: Poetry Guidelines Entry fee is $10. Entries will be accepted from September 24th to December 1st, 2010. Prose submissions are limited to 7,500 words. Poetry submissions are limited to...

We are looking for people who are interested in sharing their camping tips & tricks, advice, expertise or experience . The article can cover any topic on camping, be from anywhere around the world and does not have to be recent. Articles will be judged on their quality and use of helpful information. Please share with us what you’ve learned about camping that makes it a more enjoyable or exciting experience. And What’s in it For Me?...

www.litfestmagazine.com All SEPTEMBER contests begins SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 and end SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 at 5pm EST. Email editor@litfestmagazine.com to submit to contests. ARTICLE CONTEST: SEND US AN ORIGINAL ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL BOOKSTORE. AT LIT FEST WE ARE BIG FANS OF THE INDEPENDENT BOOK SHOP. TOP FOUR WILL BE FEATURED ON LIT FEST IN OCTOBER, ONE EACH WEEK. HORROR STORY: WRITE US A 1,500 word horror story. The top four will appear...

Finish this sentence: “I never thought I’d. . .” Have you ever taken a huge, surprising risk? Did you climb a mountain? Go back to school? Get married (again)? Tell us about it: Enter Real Simple’s Third-Annual Life Lessons Essay Contest and you could have your essay published in Real Simple; win round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway play, and a lunch with Real Simple editors;...

Choose one of the morning writing prompts posted daily on the Basement Writing Workshop Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/basementwritingworkshop, or on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/basementwriting, and complete the prompt in 2,500 words or less.  The prompts are attached to a multitude of genres: you can write us a poem, a short story, an essay, a novel (just write the first chapter for the contest), or, yes, instructions for...

There is no entry fee and there are cash prizes. Details are below and here: http://www.short-story-time.com/short-story-writing-contest.html 1st Place – $100 plus a one-year membership to the CBI Clubhouse , which includes a 12-month electronic submission to the Children’s Book Insider newsletter, as well as full access to all Clubhouse content. 2nd Place – $75 3rd Place – $50 Short Story Writing Contest Rules: 1) There...