DEADLINE: June 30, 2013 Contest Rules Open to women 18 years or older. Women Who Write will retain one-time publication rights (print and electronic), after which all rights revert to the author. Entries to the contest must be previously unpublished. Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. $12 entry fee for each prose piece submitted or for up to two poems. Submissions will not be returned. Entry fees...

Contest Two: “Una Mujer” runs from May 2, 2013 to June 1, 2013, and winners will be announced July 1, 2013 to coincide with the launch of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume II. Awards: Grand Prize We will award one Grand Prize for poetry, and one for prose. Each of the two Grand Prize winners will receive: US$500.00 Publication in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III Lifetime Premium Membership at Scribophile, the online writing group for...

In anticipation for release of Chronic Resilience: 10 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Women Coping with the Stress of Illness (Cornari Press, August 2013)  Author Danea Horn is pleased to announce a Summer 2013 Essay Contest. The topic is “Who inspires your chronic resilience?”  She is inviting the nearly 45% of American’s coping with chronic illness to honor the special people in their lives who motivate them every day. Essays must be submitted...

  2013 Theme: “Provide an example of how you became an active participant in your care”; cash prizes to be awarded   Renal Support Network (RSN), a nonprofit, patient-focused, patient-run organization that provides nonmedical services to those affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), encourages people with kidney disease to let their voices be heard by entering the 11th Annual RSN Essay Contest. This year’s theme is,...

Deadline: Postmarked by June 30, 2013 Awards: 1ST PLACE:  Your choice of a 3 night stay at The Mountain Muse B&B in Asheville; or 3 free online workshops; or 100 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff 2nd PLACE: 2 night stay at the B&B; or 2 free workshops; or 50 pages line-edited 3rd PLACE:  One free workshop, or 25 pages line-edited 10 Honorable Mentions Guidelines: Write about a difficult experience in your life, how...

    *** $1,000 First Place Prize ***     Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2013      Our annual contest awards $1000 plus publication for the first place winners in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Finalists in each genre will be recognized as such, published, and paid in copies. Cost of entry: $15, checks or money orders payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2014 issue, a $10...