Deadline: Monday, September 15, 2014 Entry Fees $50 per entry Prizes – Entrance to the Book Pipeline event in Santa Monica, CA in November 2014, where one winner is announced (finalists chosen will range from 2-8) The event will include representatives from Energy Entertainment, Benderspink, and Paradigm. – $1,000 cash to winning entry – Airfare to attend the Book Pipeline event (or $500 airfare reimbursement for international...

Deadline: Sunday, August 31, 2014 Entry Fees $2-$3 for GRW members $3-$5 for non-members Prizes 2 Grand Prizes 1st: $175 2nd: $100 3rd: $50 16 Fiction and Poetry Categories 1st: $30 2nd: $20 3rd: $10 Some are higher, varies by category & sponsor Description Offers contests for short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and writing for children in a variety of subjects and forms. Poetry categories include sonnets, limericks, rhymed poems,...

Deadline: Sunday, August 31, 2014 Entry Fees: FREE to enter! Prizes: First Prize: $5,000 Second Prize: $2,500 Third Prize: $1,500 Description: Have you ever met an everyday, ordinary guru who helped you break a myth that held you back, sparked insight, or helped you see the world a little differently? If so, tell us your story by entering the Ordinary Guru Contest. You can submit a short story, essay, memoir, photo essay, cartoon,graphic novel...

Deadline: Sunday, August 31, 2014 Entry Fees £5 for each short story entry and £3 for each flash fiction and poetry entry. Entries are made through the website at http://ht.ly/tlczg where more information, competition rules and guidelines can be found. Prizes There are three prizes in each category of £150 (short story), £75 (flash fiction) and £75 (poetry). Each category winner will receive a copy of the final anthology and an interview to...

Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2014 Entry Fees: $10 entry per 3 poems. Prizes: First place: $300 plus publication; Second place: $150 plus publication, Three honorable mentions: $50 plus publication. Description: 2014 Mind Magazine INSIGHT Poetry Prize Competition. 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 Submit 1–3 unpublished poems, up to three...

We’re looking for short stories! Think you can write a winning story in less than 1,500 words? Enter the 15th Annual Writer’s Digest Short Short Story Competition for your chance to win $3,000 in cash, get published in Writer’s Digest magazine, and a paid trip to our ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference! The winning entries will be on display in the 15th Annual Writer’s Digest Competition Collection. Wondering what’s in it for you? A chance...

Rolling deadline. Tinderbox Poetry Journal accepts unpublished submissions of all forms of poetry—be it formal to experimental, free verse to hybrid voices, lyric and narrative, language and visual, and all else. They are also interested in critical pieces—essays on craft, poetic issues, interviews, conversations, the like. Launching in June 2014, the first issue features work by DA Powell, Ed Skoog, Amy Gerstler, Rachel Richardson, Farrah...