Writer’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for more than 80 years. Enter our 82nd Annual Writing Competition for your chance to win and have your work be seen by editors and agents! The winning entries will also be on display in the 82nd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition Collection. Wondering what’s in it for you? A 30-minute Platform Strategy Consultation...

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest 21st year. $5,550 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 40,000 subscribers. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $16. Enter...

Green Blotter magazine Call for Submissions Deadline: Feb. 28 Entry Fee: None Categories: Fiction, Poetry & Artwork Prizes: Publication We are looking for the best fiction, poetry and artwork by undergraduate students anywhere in the world. Submit up to 5,000 words of fiction, 5 pages of poetry or 6 images to GB-submissions@lvc.edu See our website, http://www.lvc.edu/greenblotter, for full submission...

Frequency: monthly (submit by last day of each month – e.g. Feb 13 comp will close on 28th Feb 2013 with results posted last week of March) Website: www.MyMateKindle.com Genre: Any theme unless specified for that month (but no children’s or non-fiction) Location: Australia but international entries highly encouraged Word count: 2,000 – 3,000 Entry fee: $8 AUD Prizes: Placed entries will be published on Kindle and offered on Amazon within 2...

1 Grand Prize of  $500 29 Prizes of $100 Overview: 2000-2500 word short stories on the topic of your choice written at a 5th or 6th grade level. Contest ends February 24, 2013   Contest Text: Moby Reading is curating stories for it’s popular web-based reading curriculum. In addition to awarding over $3,000 in prize money for great children’s stories, winning stories will be published and read by millions of students across the nation. We will...

  Unpublished short stories of up to 3,000 words but with no lower limit •       Any genre/theme •       Prizes of £100, £50 and £25 plus a firstwriter.com voucher for each winner •       Closing date: 31st March 2013 •       Entry fee – £5/story. Multiple submissions permitted •       Critique options available. See website for full details •       Website:...