(Ventura, CA – August 30, 2011) Two literary insiders have teamed up to help budding authors craft novels that will catch the eye of an agent and publisher. Shelly Lowenkopf and Toni Lopopolo began the bootcamps with small groups this past spring in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area. Now they are expanding to a larger area of Southern California, bringing their accumulated knowledge as Executive Editors with Macmillan, St. Martins, Bantam...

Undergraduates are returning and locusts are dying. Summer is ending, in other words, and so is the Wag’s Revue Summer 2011 Writers’ Contest. You have until this Wednesday, August 31st, to get your entry to us. We’ll be awarding a first prize of $1000 and publication in Issue 11, a second prize of $500 and  a third of $100 to the three best entries–poetry, fiction or essay. Read all guidelines and such, or upload your...

FREE ENTRY   So, you know how we’ve been kind enough to give you lot some pretty damned fine prizes on comp corner over the last few months, yes? Prepare to spit out your coffee and stand on the cat in amazement at what we’ve got on offer this time. Helen Corner, of acclaimed Cornerstones Literary Consultancy (and our brand new regular contributor), has only gone and offered one lucky reader the chance to win a free General Report on a...

It’s that time again, our second annual Short Story Competition is now open for submissions, and this year we’ve bumped the first prize up to £500! What are we looking for: the best short story of up to 2,500 words. Stories can be any genre, but as we’re always on the lookout for the Best Short Story, we advise not sending bribes. They’re welcome, obviously, but we retain the right to keep them even if you don’t win. Prizes: 1st Prize –...

Join the conversation on the future of feminism in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Ms. magazine.  Stanford University and Ms. magazine invite you to enter an essay contest. Check out 40 iconic Ms. covers from four decades of feminist reporting. Write a 150-word essay that reflects on how it captured an era or moment, or how it may have shaped your own life. Ten $100 cash prizes will be awarded for the best short essays. Entries will be...

2011 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Deadline: October 1, 2011 Judge: Samuel Delany Prize: $1,500 plus publication The deadline for this year’s short fiction contest is approaching! Recently rededicated to the memory of the late author and critic Aura Estrada, and judged in its first year by her husband, Francisco Goldman, the Aura Estrada Short Story Contest is now accepting submissions for 2011. This year’s judge is acclaimed novelist...