Family Travel Forum (FTF), the award-winning resource for family vacation information on the web, announces its 3rd annual FTF Teen Travel Writing Scholarship. This merit scholarship, in association with professionals from the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), encourages teens to share their travel experiences in words and images. Cash awards ($1,000, $500, $200) and a two-night family stay at any Homewood Suites Hotel will be given to...

New publishing company Red Telephone Books has officially opened its 2009 novel competition. The winning novel will be published by Red Telephone Books during 2010. The prize includes editing, design, marketing and distribution, with royalties being paid annually. Runner-up prizes are also offered. Submissions are welcome from any genre – the competition closes on 31st December 2009. If you are interested in entering the competition, please...

www.americanvetpowerof1.com DIRECTIONS: This essay project is open to all teens from the ages of 13 – 17 You may select a veteran who has served in WWII or any preceding period all the way through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veteran might be a member of your family or a person you have known growing up, as long as you admire them for inspiring you or they exhibited the ability to be a role model. If you do not have...

www.scribophile.com Do you love writing science fiction? Then get your word processors ready for the Computer Love Contest! Write a science fiction short story (under 3000 words) featuring the theme “Computer Love.” Find a way to combine that warmest and fuzziest emotion, love, with something cool and mechanical, and the rest is up to you! 1st prize is a $100 Amazon.com gift card, and entries are due Sept. 30. Entry is free....

Deadline: September 20th, 2009 Submit your stories for the opportunity to win a free custom logo design by PhineArtDesigns.com (worth $500) developed specifically to promote the winner’s career. Limit stories to 500-4000 words. We are accepting all unpublished fiction including genre fiction, but no erotica. Three stories will be chosen by a jury to be published in the North Shoreian Magazine. The top story will be awarded a free artist logo...

Deadline 5pm 31st July, 2009 Here’s your chance to get your poem read by the thousands of people who attend the Melbourne Writers Festival, with selected poems Bluetoothed to their mobile phones. RMIT University is calling for poems that will be Bluetoothed to people’s mobiles during the Melbourne Writers Festival. Poems need to be 140 characters or less (including spaces), in any style or subject matter. For more information visit...

www.tennesseewilliams.net/contest Grand Prize * $1,500 * VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), March 24-28, 2010 * Publication in the New Orleans Review * Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans * Public Reading Eligibility: Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words Deadline: November 16, 2009 (postmark) Entry Fee: $25 * Unlimited entries per person * Only open to writers who have not yet published a book...