Go to oregonwriterscolony.org for full details. Deadline for submissions for both contests is August 15, 2009. www.oregonwriterscolony.org/contest.htm Short Stories Both True and Imagined (fiction and non-fiction) Awards: 1st place-$200, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50, 1st Honorable Mention-Certificate of Achievement, Additional Honorable Mention credited in “Colonygram” and on the website oregonwriterscolony.org First place winners...

Family Travel Forum (FTF), the award-winning resource for family vacation information on the web, announces its 3rd annual FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. This merit scholarship, in association with professionals from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), encourages teens to share their travel experiences in words and images. Cash awards ($1,000, $500, $200) and a two-night family stay at any Homewood Suites Hotel will be given to...

www.americanvetpowerof1.com DIRECTIONS: This essay project is open to all teens from the ages of 13 – 17 You may select a veteran who has served in WWII or any preceding period all the way through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veteran might be a member of your family or a person you have known growing up, as long as you admire them for inspiring you or they exhibited the ability to be a role model. If you do not have...

bibledude.net/2009/06/now-accepting-creative-writing-submissions-compassion/ Use any of the listed forms of creative writing (or photo journaling) to share what you want to on this topic, and email your submissions to dan@bibledude.net. Submissions on the topic of compassion will be accepted through the end of July, and will be posted on bibledude.net. Please include a short (2-3 sentence) bio that includes links to your website/blog (if you...

DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2009 (POSTMARK) GRANDMOTHER EARTH XVI NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088 PHONE: 901-309-3692; E-mail: gmoearth@aol.com www.grandmotherearth.org Work can be unpublished or published. Money award entries (and selected finalists if permission is given) will be published in Grandmother Earth XIV. Rights to previously published work must belong to the author. No profanity or new age material will be accepted....

I’m writing today to announce Real Simple’s second annual Life Lessons Essay Contest and to ask that you publicize this opportunity widely within your community. The Life Lessons column, which reaches more than two million readers monthly, has featured noted authors such as Mary Gordon, Jane Smiley, Ann Patchett, and many others. We invite all non-fiction writers to submit their work for consideration and potential publication in Real Simple,...