A $800 cash prize can be won for a debut novel in the Writers’ Village International Novel award, Deadline: 30th June 2014 Novels that have previously been self-published are also eligible. The winning author will be assessed by international literary agency A. M. Heath for possible representation. The top eight contestants will receive personal feedback on their novels by the judge, novelist Michelle Spring, Royal Literary Fellow at...

NO ENTRY FEE. Have you ever met an everyday, ordinary guru who helped you break a myth that held you back, sparked insight, or helped you see the world a little differently? If so, tell us your story by entering the Ordinary Guru Contest. You can submit a short story, essay, memoir, photo essay, cartoon, graphic novel or poem. First Prize: $5,000. Second Prize: $2,500. Third Prize: $1,500. Open only to legal residents of the 50 United States...

PALETTES & QUILLS BIENNIAL POETRY CHAPBOOK COMPETITION $20 ENTRY FEE. $200 cash award plus 50 copies of the published book. Additional copies will be available at an author’s discount. All finalists will receive one free copy of the published book. Deadline September 30, 2014. Visit the website:  http://www.palettesnquills.com/palettes__quills_2nd_biennial_p.htm  

Tallenge, which is a global talent platform. It has ongoing short story and poetry contest where writers amateurs and professionals from all over the world are invited to upload their works in any language. TALLENGE WRITING CONTEST – the winner receives $100 prize money The deadline for the contest is 11:59 PM GMT on 20-May-2014. The winner will be announced on 23-May-2014 You may enter as many times as you wish, provided that each...

The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible. Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) is this Monday, April 28th. We’re looking for submissions of poetry written in response to the Holocaust for next week’s annual Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) issue. Please read and follow these guidelines carefully. Because of the tight turnaround of this submission...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2014 GENRE: Short Stories DETAILS: Submit the worst possible opening sentence for a story up to 60 words max. Enter as many times as you like. PRIZE: a pittance URL: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ The rules to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are childishly simple: Each entry must consist of a single sentence but you may submit as many entries as you wish. (One fellow once submitted over 3,000 entries.) Sentences may be of...