Dear Writers, Do you realize that Wag’s Revue Winter Contest closes in two days? Like this Friday, March 9th?* Have you been paying any attention? Sure, AWP was distracting and exhausting, but, can you really afford to not enter to win the $1000 first prize? (And that’s not to mention publication in the magazine, which is priceless, nor the second prize of $500 or $100 third.) The answer is you can’t. We know because we...
Poetry Contests
Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of...
The Aesthetica Creative Writing prize offers existing and aspiring writers the chance to showcase their work to a wider, international audience. We’re really keen to see more writers from across the world involved in the competition and are looking for work across a wide range of themes, styles and subjects. Please find more information below, and for up-to-the-minute updates, join us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/aestheticamag. Aesthetica...
The 34th Nimrod Literary Awards The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction & The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry Founded by Ruth G. Hardman FIRST PLACE: $2,000 and publication SECOND PLACE: $1,000 and publication Contest Rules Postmark Deadline: April 30, 2012 Poetry: 3-10 pages of poetry (one long poem or several short poems). Fiction: 7,500 words maximum (one short story or a self-contained novel excerpt) No previously...
Vallum Award for Poetry 2012 DEADLINE JULY 15, 2012 (postmark) Some of the best poets in the world have graced the pages of Vallum: new international poetics. Time to join the ranks! Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2012. ENTRY FEE: $20 CDN for Canadian residents, $20 USD for international entrants, which includes a free one-year subscription to Vallum. Payment can be...
Cactus Heart, a new e-literary journal, seeks original poetry, fiction, nonfiction, art & photography. We seek spiny writing—writing that is sharp, relentless, coursing with energy and able to thrive in the harshest of places, all while maintaining a vulnerable, succulent interior. We want writing that makes us swoon (Same goes for drawings and photography.) Inaugural issue – in full-color PDF format – is expected to go live May 15....
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