Closing date: 30th May 2014. Prizes: First prize £500, plus five finalist prizes of £100 each. Entry fee:  £7 per story. The competition is for ghost stories from 2,000 – 5,000 words. For more details, see: http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/ghost-story-competition.php Read last year’s in our anthology ‘New Ghost...

Open to new, emerging and established writers. $300 Prize and online publication.  No theme restriction. Send your best unpublished work. Blind judging. Entry fee $5. Full guidelines available online. Postmark deadline: June 30, 2014. Visit the website for details on how to enter: http://cathleenbailey.weebly.com/jean-toomer-literary-prize-for-short-fiction.html

About As a genre, Dystopian fiction has a remarkable track record – 1984, Brave New World, Farenheit 451, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K. Dick, Neuromancer by William Gibson, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells…the list could go on and on. These are visions of our darkest possible future as a species, but they are the vision of a single individual. Our collective fate will be decided by many, not just one, and that is why...

 $300 for first prize, $150 for second prize, and $50 each for three honorable mentions.  Winners will be published in Mind Magazine’s top talent showcase section.  All poems submitted will be considered for standard publication.  Submit 1–3 unpublished poems, up to three pages each.  Entry fee $10, check or money order to: Mind Magazine, PO Box 387, O’Brien, OR 97534; or via PayPal to mindmagazinestore@gmail.com Deadline for all entries...

Promoting your book on Twitter: a sane strategy for busy writers. Between updating your website and your Facebook, Tumblr, and Pinterest pages – not to mention writing your next book – the idea of spending time and creative energy on another endeavor may be daunting for writers. But, as this handy guide shows, you can do your book and your brand a world of good in just 10 minutes a day on Twitter. “Twitter for Authors in 10 Minutes...

The New York City Publishing & Creativity Conference for Writers is the first ever conference of its kind hosted by the largest book publisher in the world—Penguin Random House. Whether you’ve written a book and are looking to get it published, or you are just starting your writing journey, The New York City Publishing & Creativity Conference for Writers is for you! You will: Be inspired by JULIA CAMERON, the author of the best-selling...