The Sugar Creek Review is a publication of creative writing and art for students in grades 10 through 12. Students may submit work in one more of the following categories: poetry, fiction, personal narrative, multi-genre, and photographs or photographs of artwork. Only one entry per category per author will be considered. Teachers should submit work from no more than two students. Top submissions in each category will be published in The Sugar...

Moon Taxi is an academic project collecting original short fiction with the following properties: 1) Start with “Take me to the moon” 2) The narrative is being told by one or more passengers in a taxi to the moon 3) In some way, involve why the passenger(s) are going to the moon The best submissions will be included in an upcoming video game. Audio performances of stories are desired but not required. No entry fee. Creative-commons...

Abbey Hill Literary invites entries for its 4th Quarter 2009 Quick Lit Challenge. Visit www.ahliterary.com for details, review the writing challenges posted there, and write a story incorporating those challenges. Prize List ($US): 1st-$250, 2nd-$100, 3rd-$50, and Evolving Talent-$25. Electronic entries preferred, current deadline November 30, 2009. Entry fee: $10 OR $20 for entry fee PLUS critique to be returned within 45 days of contest...

1st prize — $100 2nd prize — $50 3rd prize — $25 Looking for essays dealing with matters of culture, race, and/or a sense of place, either within the smaller microcosm of self-identity or within the larger environment of family, society, and world interactions. Essays in the traditional form, the definition being the conscious shaping of nonfiction prose around a central idea or subject. Winners and finalists are invited but not required to...

Life—and love—can turn on a dime. Gotham Writers’ Workshop has teamed up with Ellen Hopkins and Simon & Schuster publishing, for a truly unique poetry writing competition – The Tricks Writing Contest. Writing in verse, Ellen Hopkins deals with tough subjects—addiction, abuse—in her books and her latest, Tricks, is no different. Now it is your turn to write about a tough subject or trying life experience—real or imagined—spun into four...

Submissions are now open for the Dark Idol 2009-2010 contest. Dark Idol is an elimination contest where ONE winner will walk away with the grand prize – an EDITOR to provide them with a personal critique and full edit of one manuscript of their choosing. Entrants can submit their original work of 500 words or less on a theme of their choice. All entries must be submitted to darkidolcontest@gmail.com 12:00 a.m. EST Friday october 23rd,...

There is no entry fee; there are prizes for first place ($100), second place ($30), and third place ($15). Our purpose is to encourage and reward young authors in a creative pursuit often overlooked in high school academic settings. Our rules and guidelines can be found on our website at www.pricklypearcontest.com and we can be contacted with any questions at pricklypearcontest@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is November 1.