Short Story Competitions

Retell & Share Stories with the World @ Tell It My Way.org

TellItMyWay’s stories are written by its users. You can vote on, share, retell, and publish stories. Tell it my Way is e-storytelling on steroids. The bard at the tree gone viral. Click  tell it my way to the right of any story title to retell the tale. Watch story chains grow! Vote. Vote on any story!  One story, one vote. Publish. As the first contributor of a tale, your name will always be shown with your story. Sign up to publish! How...

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Last Call for Our Sports Fiction & Essay Contest

Deadline: May 31, 2014 Now in its third year, this contest seeks published and unpublished work on themes related to sports. Jendi Reiter will judge, assisted by Ellen LaFleche. $16 fee for each entry of up to 6,000 words. $3,000 in prizes. Submit online. Also open now, our Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, with $3,000 in prizes. New this year, the fee is a flat $16 for 1-2 poems of any length. Deadline: September 30, 2014. Visit the...

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Call for submissions: Duenda online literary journal

Please send prose, poetry, hybrid work, translations, visual art & literary collaborations to DUENDE: the new, online literary journal of Goddard College’s BFA in Writing Program. DUENDE seeks authenticity & soulfulness, earthiness & expressiveness; as Lorca said, DUENDE “climbs up inside you, from the soles of the feet.” Submissions for our inaugural issue accepted through June 1, 2014. First issue debuts online in October. Writers...

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Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Summer 2014

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry and/or writing a story that is worth telling everyone. Welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00! All works must be original. Guidelines: http://www.dreamquestone.com/rules.html Write a poem, thirty...

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Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry & Short Story Competitions

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION Closing Date: 31-May-2014 For original, previously unpublished poems in English Language, on any subject, in any style up to 50 lines long. This competition is open to all poets regardless of nationality, living anywhere in the world. Judge: Dominic James. Prizes: £200 (First), £75 (Second), £50 (Third), £20 x 3 (High Commendation). The winners and commended poems will receive first publication in...

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ON THE SAME PAGE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OPENING OF 2014 WRITER’S COMPETITION

West Jefferson, NC – Ashe County’s On the Same Page Literary Festival, now in its seventh year, is opening the Festival’s annual writing competition. In association with the 2014 Festival, which will take place September 16-20 in Ashe County, NC, the Page Crafter’s Prize recognizes writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with cash awards. Winning writers will have the opportunity to read their work during the On the Same Page Literary...

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