Essay Contest! In order to help educate our visitors on the importance of good insurance coverage, Affordable Insurance Options Online is sponsoring an insurance related essay contest! The contest is open to anyone who has a true story to tell about how any type of insurance policy made a big impact on their lives and financial well being. Did adding extra coverage to your homeowners policy save your house? Did a pet insurance plan save your...

Birdsong Micropress Winter 2010 Poetry + Prose Contest [Deadline: 1 October 2010] BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — June 1, 2010. New York literary zine birdsong is now accepting submissions for our Winter 2010 Poetry + Prose Contest. A prize of $50, publication in birdsong #14, 10 complimentary copies of the zine (edition of 200, full color, screenprinted cover), and a featured spot in our Brooklyn reading series in mid-December will be awarded a single...

Do You Love Nature? short fiction, creative non-fiction, poetic prose, or poetry First Prize $500 Two Second Prizes of $100 each Entry fee $12 (US) Entries are now invited for the Earth Vision 2010 Nature Writing contest. The deadline for receipt of entries falls on October 15, 2010. The EV nature writing contest is held to support the cause of writing on the subject of nature and deep ecology. Any outstanding proceeds support the Earth Vision...

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...

Everyone has a story. We want yours. We are looking for true stories that astound, enchant, enlighten and startle us. We want to be swept up and away, pulled from our moorings, left shaken and inspired. We want to think, wonder, imagine, believe. Do you have a story that is especially meaningful to you, something hilarious or harrowing that touched you deeply, changed your heart, your soul, your way of seeing the world? It can be the story of...

www.poemsandgifts.com We offer writers a $1,000 monthly cash prize with increasing cash prizes each month as the membership grows.  Writers can win in multiple categories, which include:  Poems, Quotes, and Short Stories.  We also offer excellent artwork on which, writers can overlay their poems and inspirational sayings.  Quality writing receives bonus votes in each monthly contest.  We also offer other gifts too. For contest rules visit:...