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 story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having 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...

HARK is a magazine of poetry and short fiction. we are looking for writing that “makes strange”. We want experimentation. We want the liminal – the hint of something just beyond reach. We like to see ordinary things looked at in unusual ways. We’re looking for confidence and innovation with language. Magical realism, the fantastic, or the simply bizarre are just fine with us. Above all, we want good writing. Please no genre fiction. That being...

Learn Spanish with the Micro Fiction Contest 2014 Note: This contest is open for everyone whose age is more than 16 years old, whose mother tongue is not Spanish. First, choose your language: Win one of the 5 free Spanish courses. The Escuela Delengua’s Micro Fiction Contest is back! Spanish is something that united us and we like to teach Spanish as a foreign language. This is why the theme of this year is learn Spanish). This contest is open...

The enthusiastic response and the amount of submissions for the first and second issue of our new magazine NOVELLE were quite overwhelming. Now it’s time to gather some great material for issue #3 to be released in June 2014. Submission guidelines: •          The submitted work may be unpublished or published – in the latter case please make sure there is no third-party infringement involved. •          We are interested in all sorts of...

Enter to win the annual Gulf Coast Prizes, judged by Andrea Barrett (Fiction), John D’Agata (Nonfiction), and Rachel Zucker (Poetry). Be sure to get your entries in before the March 15th, 2014 deadline! The contest awards publication and $1,500 each to the best poem, essay, and short story, as well as $250 to two honorable mentions in each genre. The winners will appear in Gulf Coast 27.1, due out in Fall 2014, and all entries will be...

Northern Colorado Writers is hosting its 4th annual contest series, beginning with Short Fiction. You do not need to be a member of NCW or in Colorado to enter. Prizes are 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $250; 3rd: $100. W inners and honorable mentions of this and the other two contests in the series (Creative Nonfiction & Poetry) will be published in and receive a free copy of the winners’ anthology, POOLED INK. Entry fee is $20. Final judge for...