Call for Entries: Poetry and Short-short fiction/essays inspired by THE SPIRIT OF THE FEMALE BEATS Jack Kerouac defined the original “beat generation” in 1957 as “a generation of furtives…a weariness of all the forms, all the conventions of the world.” Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” ignited a controversy over freedom of speech and expression; the publisher was arrested but in 1957 the courts ruled the poem was not obscene.   Ginsberg and Kerouac,...

Writer’s block is the bane of anyone and everyone who writes. You’ll be cruising through a story, your words are flowing nicely, until suddenly you’ve hit the brakes and can’t restart the engine. Most of us try to work through the road block, endlessly searching for inspiration, but sometimes you just can’t produce anything worthwhile. Instead of cursing the writing gods or pressing the delete button, take your hands off the keyboard, take a...

Wag’s Revue invites you to enter its Winter 2011 Contest in fiction, poetry, and essays. Submissions of electronic writing are also encouraged in any of the above genres. First prize receives $1,000 and publication in Wag’s Revue; second prize is $500, third is $100, and all submissions are considered for publication. The contest deadline is January 15, and winners will be announced with the publication of Issue 9 in April 2011. There is no...

Write A 12+ Chapters Ebook in 2 Months… Earn Glory… WIN $US200!! Chapters of Glory! is a FREE writing contest designed to kick the brains of genius authors into overdrive. Frantic, coffee-fuelled days and nights pit authors one against the other – all within a supportive, vibrant and creative literary community of ‘Facebooking/Twittering-types’ – and the chance to win $US200! Entrants are challenged to write...

The contest is open for entries from November 9, 2010 to January 31, 2011. Guest judge Steve Almond (http://www.stevenalmond.com/) will award the first prize of $100, the second prize of $50, and the third prize a signed copy of Mark Budman’s novel “My Life at First Try” (http://markbudman.net/) and publication in Vestal Review. Entry fee is $4. Results will be announced at Vestal Review website http://vestalreview.net on or about March...

 The FBFT Sports Writing Competition 2011 is open to anyone aged 18 years or older.  Entries may be up to 1000 words in length and must be related to sport in some way. The three winning articles will receive the cash prizes as detailed and will be published on the website. We are particularly interested in sports writing that is original, exciting or somehow out of the ordinary.  Prizes: First place, £50; Second place, £30; Third place, £20...

Help Creative Writing Institute celebrate its second year! Here’s your opportunity to strut your stuff. Rules:Short Story Writing Contest, any genre (Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Drama, Children, Adult) Must be 1,000 – 1,500 words NO READING FEE – NO ENTRY FEE All rights to the story remain the property of the author Entries must be G-rated Contest ends November 20, 2010 Mail entries to: deborahowen@cwinst.com Put ‘WRITING CONTEST’...