Working Title: And Then It Shifted: Women Open Up About Leaving Men for Women (Seal Press, 2010) 2,000-4,000 words Payment: Upon publication. Amount will vary, depending on experience and other variables ($50 and up). Please include a list of any previous publication credits with your query or submission. Contributors will also receive two copies of the published book. Deadline: December 1, 2009. That said, we strongly encourage you to send us...

2009 Contest Rules and Regulations Types of Material: Full-length two or three act comedies only. No screen plays, musicals or adaptations. Frequency: Annual Remuneration: 1st place: $500 cash prize and a full production in our BackStage Theatre. *Cash Prize funded externally by the family of Bob Lee; no administrative fees go to fund the prize. Finalists (2nd and 3rd place): Announced and possibility of a staged reading in our BackStage...

Enter Real Simple’s second-annual Life Lessons essay contest and you could have your essay published in Real Simple; win round-trip tickets for two to New York City, hotel accommodations for two nights, tickets to a Broadway play, and a lunch with Real Simple editors; and receive a prize of $3,000. Deadline: September 7, 2009 For information:...

The Lumberyard Magazine, a biannual publication that merges the arts of poetry and design, is pleased to announce its inaugural Roark Prize in Poetry. The recipient of The Lumberyard Roark Prize will have a special spring 2010 issue entirely dedicated to her/his poems. The Roark Prize issue will be designed and letterpressed by Firecracker Press in the same unique style that readers have come to expect (writers who are not familiar with The...

Win a trip to the Frankfurt Book Fair GuideGecko.com holds an international writing contest for travel, food and lifestyle guides in conjunction with the world’s largest book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. The contest is open to all aspiring and established authors on all career levels. Authors from all over the world can submit their own travel, lifestyle or entertainment guides, and the winning titles will be showcased on the fair. The top prize...

Step 1: Envision your dream wedding scenario. Step 2: Find a free wedding invitation design from www.Optimalprint.co.uk to represent your dream wedding. Step 3: In 250 words or less, summarize your dream wedding. Step 4: Send your dream wedding idea along with: 1. The matching wedding invitation design number to wedding@optimalprint.com 2. Your name [Last name optional] 3. Your country of residence More information:...

7th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning...