The 2014 Grayson Books Poetry Prize, open to all poets writing in English, is accepting submissions! Deadline is Aug. 15th, 2014. Use below link to submission manager for electronic submission or visit our website: Submit or send with your fee of $25 to Grayson Books, PO 270549, West Hartford, CT 06127. If sending by mail, include two cover pages (one with complete contact info, one with no contact info) along with your 50-80 page manuscript,...

Vallum Award for Poetry 2014 DEADLINE JULY 15, 2014 (postmark) 1st Prize: $750 2nd Prize: $250 + publication in Vallum   Some of the best poets in the world have graced the pages of Vallum: Contemporary Poetry. Get your word on! Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2014. ENTRY FEE: $25 CDN for Canadian residents, $25 USD for international entrants, which includes a free...

£5 ENTRY FEE. FREE FOR YOUTH. Deadline August 31, 2014. Prizes offered in two categories for a poem on ‘Conflict and Community’. Entries may want to focus on particular conflicts and their effect on a community or write from the perspective of an individual experiencing conflict. OPEN CATEGORY (Over 16s). 1st: £250, 2nd: £150, 3rd: £100. Poems, up to 40 lines, in English. YOUNG CATEGORY (Under 18s). 1st: book tokens, 2nd: book...

Speakers include Lyle Ernst, Kim Sigafus, Lori Perkins, Anthony Wedgeworth and Keynote C. Hope Clark of FundsforWriters and The Carolina Slade Mystery Series   Saturday, July 12, 2914 9 a.m. — 4 p.m. State Bank of Cross Plains Conference Room Black Earth, WI Cost $50 (includes catered lunch) To register of for further information call: 608-278-8575 or email Kathy Erdman at:...

ENTRY FEE $35 for Canadian entries, $40 for U.S. entries, and $45 elsewhere. Canada’s premier literary magazine invites emerging and established writers from Canada, the United States, and elsewhere to enter the 2014 Constance Rooke Creative Nonfiction Contest. A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the best work that embraces, but is not limited to, the personal essay, memoir, narrative nonfiction, social commentary, travel writing,...

The BlueCat Screenwriting Workshops UPCOMING SCHEDULE http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/workshops/ Gordy Hoffman, the Sundance award-winning writer/director (LOVE LIZA, A COAT OF SNOW) and founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, is leading upcoming screenwriting workshops in LA, Pittsburgh, Honolulu, and San Francisco. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for LOVE LIZA, Gordy Hoffman has taught...

 WRITING COMPETITIONS  The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville is sponsoring two writing competitions, open to any writer regardless of residence. The awards for both contests are: 1st Place: Your choice of a 3 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B, 3 free workshops, or 75 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff. 2nd Place: 2 night stay at our B&B; or 2 free workshops; or 50 pages line-edited 3rd Place: One free workshop; or...