Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary is now accepting submissions for its 2010 annual writing competition. The e-journal is looking for unpublished submissions of short fiction, poetry, and essays on Jewish themes that touch the lives and experiences of Jewish women. www.womeninjudaism.org   PRIZES:   Short Fiction First Place: $250 Second Place: $100 Third Place: $50   Poetry First Place: $250 Second Place: $100 Third Place: $50   Essays...

What do the words summer nights conjure up for you? Besides the famous Grease musical, there’s so much more that summer nights are good for. Full of romance, adventure, freedom from school and running around with friends, summer nights are what we look back on fondly and look forward to with longing. Share your summer nights –whether real or not – with other members! For this writing contest, all genres are welcome! There are no page...

Creative Learning’s America’s Unofficial Ambassadors program (AUA) is excited to announce our first annual essay competition! The AUA program aims to foster people-to-people relationships that help to alleviate human development challenges in communities throughout the Muslim World. Creative Learning is looking for positive, interesting, and inspiring non-fiction essays that demonstrate Americans’ exemplary volunteer or development work in the...

National Writing Contest for Teens and High School Students Each month, Stage of Life features a national writing contest for teens and high school students. This student writing competition is a non-fiction, memoir, blogging, essay-style contest for teens in high school.  We want to hear your authentic voice in your submission. June’s Writing Topic/Theme:  “What is the most difficult thing (for you) about college?” Continue...

Love Is … Contest! Entry – How We Visualize Unconditional Love Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=126907267330121&v=info&ref=ts Selected entries will be featured in a book published by Absolute Love Publishing, and winners will receive one complimentary copy of the book. Our Intent: The idea is to showcase a world of unconditional love. Entrants are encouraged to take a broad view of love – love of...

The Bartleby Snopes Dialogue Only Writing Contest is back. Last year we awarded $450 to our winners. Dialogue Only Prizes: A minimum of $290 will be awarded, with $250 going to first place and $10 to our four honorable mentions. Our five finalists will also appear in Issue 5 of the magazine due out in January 2011. Last year we awarded $450 in prize money. For every entry over 25, an additional $5 will be awarded to the first place story. The...

Planet of Death is a travel writing competition for dangerous, exotic or extreme travel experiences. No picturesque schlock please. This round is based in East and South East Asia. Future rounds will cover the globe. Entries must be no more than one page (c.500 words) in length. Suitable for the recycling of blog entries and flash non-fiction. The first 100 entries are free, thereafter $7 for one and $15 for three. There is no closing date....