West Jefferson, NC – Ashe County’s On the Same Page Literary Festival, now in its sixth year, is opening the Festival’s annual writing competition. In association with the 2013 Festival, which will take place September 17-21 in Ashe County, NC, the Page Crafter’s Prize recognizes writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry with cash awards. Winning writers will have the opportunity to read their work during the On the Same Page Literary...

Deadline: May 15, 2013 Write Words. Make Money. Paper Darts Short Fiction Award $800 for 800 words. Plus, the winning story will appear fully illustrated, all beautified and sexy on its very own custom website. JUDGE: Elliott Holt Holt’s short fiction has appeared in The Pushcart Prize XXXV (2011 anthology) among other places. Her debut novel You Are One of Them will be published by The Penguin Press on May 30, 2013. Submission process:...

THE INAUGURAL LORAINE WILLIAMS POETRY PRIZE Postmark deadline/Online submission deadline: May 15, 2013 The Georgia Review announces the first annual Loraine Williams Poetry Prize—$1,000 and publication in The Georgia Review for a single poem, originally written in English and never before published either in print or online. The submission period is April 1, 2013–May 15, 2013, with the winning poem to be announced on August 15, 2013. Current...

Two Publishing Pros to Offer Fiction Writing Bootcamp May 3-5 in Santa BarbaraTwo literary insiders team up to help budding authors craft novels that will catch the eye of agents and publishers. Shelly Lowenkopf and Toni Lopopolo began the bootcamps in 2010 in the Santa Barbara/Ventura area. The latest edition is “Bare Knuckles Bootcamp” which brings their accumulated knowledge and street creds as Executive Editors with Macmillan,...

About The Producer’s Club Short Play Contest is to encourage emerging writers and find original shows we can produce. There is no fee to submit your play to the contest. We select the best of 5 plays from the submissions we receive. Once you are accepted, a $300 refundable deposit will be required. The deposit will be returned as long as your play sells 20 tickets in total to all three performances assigned to your show. All plays selected will...

– The Cupboard’s Third-Ever Contest – Deadline:  Tues., May 7th, 2013 Prize: $500 & publication Judge: Kevin Wilson! There’s still time to submit to The Cupboard’s Third-Ever Contest. The winning author receives $500, and the manuscript will be published as an upcoming volume. We’re looking for prose submissions between 4k and 10k words. In the past, we’ve published short stories, essays,...

Guidelines Topic The topic for Volume I of the Glint Awards Anthology is open.  In general, submissions should aspire to “show, not tell” in keeping with the spirit of our organization’s adopted quotation by Anton Chekov, “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” Eligibility The contest is open to all writers age 18+.  All submissions must be original, the writer’s...