The Writers’ Workshop: Fiction and Memoirs Contests

  The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville is sponsoring two contests, Fiction and Memoirs, open to any writer regardless of residence. The awards for both contests are:  1ST PLACE:  Your choice of a 3 night stay at The Mountain Muse B&B in Asheville; or 3 free online workshops; or 100 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff 2nd PLACE: 2 night stay at the B&B; or 2 free workshops; or 50 pages line-edited 3rd PLACE:  One free...

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The Time and Place Prize Literary Competition

The Time & Place Prize is an international literary award established to provide the two things every writer requires . . . the time and the place to write.   Join us in France! The winner of The Time & Place Prize receives a month-long stay in an idyllic cottage nestled among the menhirs, myths and mists of Bretagne, France. The Prize includes:   Round-trip airfare to and from Paris, France plus ground transport to and from the cottage...

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Last Call! The London Magazine Short Story Competition

The London Magazine is currently hosting a short story competition! 1st – £500 This will be published in the magazine and featured on the website. 2nd – £300 This will be featured on the website. 3rd – £200 This will be featured on the website. We will consider short stories of up to 4,000 words in length (no flash fiction). The title is NOT included in the word count. The competition is open to everyone: it is not restricted...

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Mookychick.co.uk – FEMFLASH 2013 Flash Fiction Competition

Stories and poems of up to 200 words on the theme of feminism. Judges: Authors Kirsty Logan and Kaite Welsh, and For Books’ Sake Founder Jane Bradley: Prizes: £50, £25, £25 and a one year digital subscription to BUST Magazine 10 finalists will be chosen for online publication with a link to their blog or website. Free entry. Global entries welcome. Closing date: 26 October 2013 URL for entries:...

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Call for Submissions! The Landing Theatre Company: New American Voices 2014 Play Reading Series – Playwriting Festival

Submissions will be accepted September 1st through October 31st, 2013.Play Submissions The Landing Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theater Company are now accepting ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­full-length plays for ­­­­­­­­­­­­the 2014 New American Play Reading Series in Houston, Texas. Four plays will be selected for staged readings during the Landing Theatre Company’s Spring Festival. Selected playwrights must attend the readings. Playwrights must...

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Theatre InspiraTO’s Playwriting Contest

Canada’s Largest Ten-Minute Play Festival: www.inspiratofestival.ca The InspiraTO Theatre Festival, now entering its 9 th season, has produced 134 ten-minute plays to date. Each season over 100 theatre artists participate in Canada’s largest ten-minute play festival. InspiraTO’s Ten-Minute Playwriting Contest is open to everyone without age or geographic restriction. You can only submit one play.  There is no submission fee.   ...

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Announcing NASA’s 2013 Edition of the Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest

The Cassini spacecraft launched in October 1997 and has been orbiting Saturn since 2004. The 2013 Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Contest is open to students in grades 5-12.  Essays must be under 500 words.   There are three essay topics to choose from:  1.  Saturn’s moon, Iapetus 2.  Saturn’s moon, Dione 3.  Saturn Students choose one of these topics and write an essay about why they think this image should be taken by the...

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