Established in memory of the late James Knudsen, author, teacher and Creative Writing Workshop Director (2001-2003) at The University of New Orleans, “The James Knudsen Editor’s Prize for Fiction” aims to encourage and celebrate the work of emerging fiction writers. Submissions must be previously unpublished work, no longer than 7500 words. The top prize is $500 and publication. All other entries will be considered for...

The latest competition from Writelink offers prizes of £50 for the winner plus two runners up prizes of £25 and publication on the website.   Stories should begin with … “The only thing the children had in common was they’d all disappeared on Christmas Eve … Word count is 1500.  Entry fee is £5.00.  Last year’s winner and the adjudicator’s report can be read on the website.  As entry is limited to 100, writers can register for a place...

Site Name- Xomba.com Contest Name- Time Machine: A Posthumous with a Deceased Musician Description- We’d like you to pick a dead rock star and create a mock interview. Yep, set it up just like a real interview: You ask the questions and make up their answers. Ask anything you like (and answer for them. They won’t mind; they’re dead.) The interview can be serious, humorous, insightful or incendiary. The more inventive, the better. Entries must...

The Strange Circle Magazine showcases the best new dark fiction from around the world. We are currently looking for submissions for our December 2010 issue. The best short story will receive a prize of £50 (payable through PayPal), with the runners up receiving tokens for the excellent FirstWriter writing site. The Strange Circle Magazine is primarily published in electronic formats, including iPhone/iPad applications and secure pdf. Submission...

Submit a poem in the Southern Gothic genre of literature.  Think about William Faulkner, Flannery O’Conner, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, Harper Lee, Anne Rice, Katherine Anne Porter.  And then forget about them and go for it.  It doesn’t have to have anything to do with our record – but it could.  There’s a little info on what we’re up to HERE and you can also check out some stuff on the BLOG if you’re so inclined. Everyone who enters...

BLOOMINGTON PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT (Founded 1979) 107 West 9th St, Bloomington, IN  47404; (812) 334-1188 literarymanager@newplays.org, www.newplays.org Josie Gingrich, Literary Manager (contact) Chad Rabinovitz, Artistic Director Submission procedure:  accepts unsolicited scripts for a New Musical Series (small-scale only).  All comedies and dramas will be accepted only through our Woodward/Newman Drama and Reva Shiner Comedy Contests (see...

Break free! It’s Thin Air Magazine’s 2010 “Best In Show” All-Genre Contest! Why talk about the important of blurred genre if it is not rewarded when people write it? Send us your best work that: blurs poetry and prose, fiction and nonfiction, and show us there are more than three ways to see the world. Submissions (non-contest or contest) accepted in traditional poetry/prose/nonfiction as well—the choice is yours! Prize-$500...