Creative writing students can learn a lot from others in the industry, whether they’re fellow students, educators, or successful writers. You can find advice, inspiration, and more, just by checking out creative writing blogs online, and we’ve found 50 of the best to share here. Visit the website: http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2010/09/27/50-best-blogs-for-creative-writing-students/

Create a child’s bedtime story that will help calm and settle even the most active minds into sleep. Simply click the “Create Your Own Story” button, and begin a step-by-step journey through writing your story. Enter – Craft an original story and enter it into our easy-to-follow template. Vote – Enlist the help of friends to vote on your story. Win – The Grand Prize winner will become a published author! Their book will be professionally...

2010 Anderbo Poetry Prize   For up to six unpublished poems   Winner receives: $500 cash Publication on anderbo.com Judged by Linda Bierds 2010 Contest Assistant: Anderbo Poetry Editor Charity Burns Guidelines: –Poems should be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 paper with the poet’s   name and contact information on the upper right corner   of each poem –Entries must be postmarked by December 15, 2010 –Limit six poems per poet –Poet must not have been...

The 2011 Paris Literary Prize will be awarded for a Novella. The prize is 10,000 euros, a weekend in Paris and a reading at Shakespeare and Company bookshop on the left bank. Longer than a short story, shorter than a novel, small but perfectly-formed, the novella holds an important place in literature and includes such classics as The Old Man and the Sea, Animal Farm, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and Of Mice and Men. In keeping with...

IdeaMI is the contest which puts creative talent (in graphic design or writing) from all over the world, whether professional or amateur, to the test.   Participants must depict Milan through a slogan, or through a t-shirt design. The contest is open to people of all nationalities and ages, and there is no participation fee.   The IdeaMI contest is divided into two categories:   IdeaMI Visual. Create a T-shirt for Milan. Send your design of a...

Once again, Creative Nonfiction is seeking narrative blog posts to reprint in an upcoming issue. We’re looking for: Vibrant new voices with interesting, true stories to tell. Narrative, narrative, narrative. Posts that can stand alone, 2000 words max, from 2010. Something from your own blog, from a friend’s blog, from a stranger’s blog.   Deadline for nominations: Monday, September 27, 11:59 PM EST. For more details and to nominate a blog post...

We are excited to announce our newest contest, the 2011 Gulf Stream Award. One winner in each genre will win $250 and publication in Gulf Stream Online #5, due out in April, 2011. The judges are: John Dufresne: Fiction Les Standiford: Nonfiction Denise Duhamel: Poetry Guidelines Entry fee is $10. Entries will be accepted from September 24th to December 1st, 2010. Prose submissions are limited to 7,500 words. Poetry submissions are limited to...