Entries taken from January 2nd to February 2nd folded.wordpress.com/contest Folded Word Press is pleased to announce their first contest. “The Paper Plane Prize” is for the best piece of writing (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, plays, comics etc all genres all forms of writing considered) received during our contest submission period. Since all submissions will also be considered for publication in Shape of a Box we are asking for...

Freshwater, Asnuntuck Community College’s poetry journal, is accepting submissions for our landmark tenth anniversary issue to be published in May 2009. www.acc.commnet.edu/documents/2009FreshwaterPoetryJournalSubmissions.pdf Deadline: December 15, 2008 To celebrate ten years of Freshwater, we are offering a $200 Editors’ Prize for Outstanding Poem. Submit no more than 5 poems, with name, address, and e-mail address on each poem,...

The NEW PLAINS REVIEW seeks writing on the theme of “Service” for its spring 2009 issue. We invite you to interpret “service” broadly: military and community service, school service requirements, jury duty, all forms of volunteering, religious services, food service, customer service, serving a subpoena or tennis ball, etc. We’re interested in poetry, fiction, essays and creative nonfiction that is thoughtful and compelling, and we’ll reprint...

Dear Sir or Madam, Below is information on TheNextBigWriter’s Times Are Tough Droubble/Drabble writing competition. Thank you in advance for providing a link: Take a look at the picture below: It is of a homeless man leaning against a storefront during the Great Depression. Write about this man and the picture. What is he doing there? Where is he? Who is he? Why is he there? Why is he homeless? These are some of the questions open to...

SUBMISSIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN! 3-5 poems sent as an attachment or in the body of the e-mail. 1 short story/column with between 200-1500 words maximum. send us your drawings/paintings/photographs. let us know if you would like your music or books reviewed. please send us previously unpublished work and be sure it is your own. attach a brief biography of yourself for us. send your submissions to thetorontoquarterly@hotmail.com Please note that...

Submit to Postal Poetry! We are accepting submissions of poetry postcards as well as extending our second contest until Dec. 15. For details, see our about page (postalpoetry.org/about) and our contest page (contest.postalpoetry.org/2008/10/october-postal-poetry-contest). Submissions have been light, but we don’t want to give up on this concept. We need you to make the project a success. So submit, and spread the word! In case you think...

Deadline: Extended to December 30, 2008 First Prize: $500, Second Prize: $200, Third Prize: $100 Prizes will be awarded to three stories as selected by Dr. Linda Clifton. Dr. Clifton has been an instructor in literature and writing for over 34 years. The three authors and their stories will be presented on the website, accompanied by explanations regarding these choices. Twenty authors will receive Honorable Mention designations. All entrants...