Have you survived an illness, personal tragedy, devastating loss, abusive relationship, financial ruin, or other life experience that brought you to your knees? Did the song “I Will Survive,” by Grammy Award-winning songstress Gloria Gaynor, inspire you to rise, survive, and move forward? If so, we’d love to share your story in a new book of personal narrative essays that tell the story of how you survived the experience and how the song...

First Chapter Writing Contest Contest Submission Period: April Fool’s Day-June 1st, 2013 Entry Fee: Zilch. Nada. Zippo. It’s totally free to enter! Contest Benefits: I will provide a short critique for all submissions highlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is a HUGE benefit of entering my contest. We writers crave feedback. Feedback makes us better. Prize: The winner will receive a $25 gift card to Amazon. But wait there’s more! As...

One could travel down a million different paths when considering women in art, and I’m inviting you to pick one of these paths and write your heart out! I am excited to be joining up with Ashley from Small  Strokes as the editor of this month’s Feminist Odyssey Blog Carnival and I am calling on you to further shake the trees where women are missing, problematic, celebrated, or empowered making art. This means I will post a list of all of your...

Sweet Violet Bride Dream Wedding Essay Contest Could you use an extra grand for your wedding? I thought so. I’m super excited to announce that Sweet Violet Bride is having an essay contest and the winner will get $1,000 to help make their wedding dreams come true! There is a lot you can do with $1,000 and we want to hear your creative ideas. Prize $1,000 Reading Fee: $5 Enter by May 1st, 2013 Visit the website for details:...

Poisoned Pen Press Now Accepting Submissions for the Second Annual Discover Mystery Award; will award a $1000 cash prize and publishing contract to this year’s winner   Poisoned Pen Press is now accepting entries for its second annual Discover Mystery Award. A first book contest specifically for unpublished writers trying to break into the mystery genre, the Discover Mystery Award will include a $1000 cash prize, the Discover Mystery title, and...

Valentine’s Day Ideas Romantic Story Writing Content, an international contest on love and friendship. The competition is open to authors worldwide. http://valentinsdayideas.com is specially designed for all those people who are in love or are searching for their soul mate.  Since Valentine’s Day is here so we are starting a writing competition where people can share their special moments in form of a story. Love is a special feeling which...