Sanguine Theatre Company announces our 4th annual playwriting competition. Project Playwright is a result of Sanguine’s love for playwrights and new works. Once all submissions have been read a panel will select a number of scripts from which Sanguine Theatre Company will produce a staged reading in New York City of excerpts from the plays that will be determined by Sanguine Theatre Company in collaboration with the playwrights. From there, a...

We are invite you to enter the 2013 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize, and we are pleased to announce that the finalist judge is Melissa Pritchard. As with all our submissions, we highly recommend reading a copy of the magazine to better understand what we are looking for. The 2013 Short Story Prize winning story “Saturdays He Drove the Ford Pickup” by David Brendan Hopes appears in Issue 27: Glimpses. The 2012 Short Story Prize winning story...

We have started a magazine aimed at encouraging writers to produce quality work in the short story form. Being writers ourselves we found being charged to submit work a bit dry, albeit necessary for the larger prizes. We wanted to fill that gap for writers of the short story who want to have a bit of fun and get some exposure, as well as all-important constructive feedback. The competitions are bi-monthly, themed, and carry a fifty pound prize....

“Dark” International Call For Writers by ArtAscent – Deadline October 31, 2013 The competition theme is Dark. Shadows, expectation, foreboding, mystery, villains, secrets, memories, challenges, hauntings. Show us the darkness you have imagined. Entries may include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, short stories and other written explorations (up to 1000 words). Previously published or unpublished are eligible. Writers retain copyrights. $50...

Stories and poems of up to 200 words on the theme of feminism. Judges: Authors Kirsty Logan and Kaite Welsh, and For Books’ Sake Founder Jane Bradley: Prizes: £50, £25, £25 and a one year digital subscription to BUST Magazine 10 finalists will be chosen for online publication with a link to their blog or website. Free entry. Global entries welcome. Closing date: 26 October 2013 URL for entries:...

The Cassini spacecraft launched in October 1997 and has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. The 2013 Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest is open to students in grades 5-12.  Essays must be under 500 words.   There are three essay topics to choose from:  1.  Saturn’s moon, Iapetus 2.  Saturn’s moon, Dione 3.  Saturn Students choose one of these topics and write an essay about why they think this image should be taken by the...