Howdy Partners! The Round Up Writer’s Zine is currently courting fresh, new and relatively unpublished writers to submit short stories, poetry, or essays/musings for the 3rd installment. The Round Up Writer’s Zine is an online literary magazine devoted to transgressive pieces, dark humor and works laced in sarcasm. In fact we are partisan to works that are edgy and/or possibly offensive. If this sounds like the type of literature...

 — £7 ENTRY FEE. Deadline Friday, May 30, 2014. The first prize is £500, and there are at least five finalist prizes of £100 each, with both winner and finalists being published in an upcoming Fiction Desk anthology. Stories should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length. Visit the website:  http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/ghost-story-competition.php

Cover Art Contest Send your best photo or artwork and it could be published on the cover of Teen Ink magazine. Nonfiction Contest Two winners selected every month out of the following nonfiction sections: Nonfiction, Focus/Special Issue, College Essays, Heroes, Pride & Prejudice, Health, What Matters, and Sports. Poetry Contest Are you the next Maya Angelou or e.e. cummings? Serious, funny, long or short – send us your poems today!...

The prize is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book. Three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Fees: £6 for one category, £10 for two categories and £15 for three categories. To enter, simply fill in the entry form and send it to us with your entry and fee in UK Sterling. The closing date is 5pm GMT on 25 July 2014. A maximum of 5 poems can be entered and the word limit for Fiction and Life Writing is 3000....

Deadline: Monday, March 31, 2014 Genre: Fiction Entry Fees: None Prizes: $1,000 and feature on Shenandoah’s first online issue. All finalists are eligible for publication in Shenandoah. Description: Open to short story submissions up to 1,000 words. Submit via regular mail between March 1 and March 31, 2014. Contact Information: Bevel Summers, Shenandoah, 17 Courthouse Square, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA 24450. Email:...

Deadline: Sunday, March 23, 2014 Genre: Fiction Entry Fees: C$25 for Canadian entries, US$30 for US and International entries. Prizes: 1st prize $1000, 2nd prize $400, 3rd prize 200. Short listed entries will be included in the Contest Anthology. Description: Maximum word count: 2500 words. Entries must be based on one of Sarah Selecky’s writing prompts (see @SarahSelecky on Twitter or register at www.sarahselecky.com for prompts). Contact...