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Short story/ essay / prose contest

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest

deadline is March 31, 2011; Prizes: $3,000, $1,000, $400 and $250 — and six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. Accepted: short story, essay or prose; 5,000 max; Entry fee is $15

http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/tomstory/ts_guidelines.php

July 30, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, essay, fiction, short stories, writing | , , , | Leave a Comment

Royalty publisher seeking novel-length fiction, short story compilations & nonfiction works

To learn more about Varsity Prints, go HERE:

http://varsityprints.com/For_Authors.html

July 28, 2010 Posted by askwendy | author, books, creativity, novel | , , , , , | 1 Comment

Paying markets for fantasy, sci fi & horror fiction

PodCastle; The Fantasy Fiction Podcast; buys fantasy, magical realism, urban fantasy, slipstream, high fantasy, etc.

Escape Pod buys science fiction.

Pseudopod buys horror.

generally 2,000-6,000 words for short fiction – pays $100

some flash fiction up to 1,000 words – pays $20

Info on how to submit to any of the 3 is HERE: http://podcastle.org/guidelines/

July 28, 2010 Posted by askwendy | fantasy, fiction, free, horror, sci-fi, short stories, writing | , , , , | Leave a Comment

FREE haunted house/ghost story contest

July 31, 2010 deadline; 3,000 words max; no attachments; put “GHOST STORY” in the subject line; send to editor@litfestmagazine.com

http://www.litfestmagazine.com/Site/Contests_and_other_Goodies.html

July 27, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, free, horror, short stories | , , , , | Leave a Comment

FREE contest to get your novel published

1st Annual Rogue Bud Writing Competition; send 800 words or fewer about why the publisher should partner with you to make your vision of a book a reality. Include a one-page synopsis (which isn’t part of the word count). deadline is Sept. 15, 2010; Send to:

Audrey Semprun at JoyfulNoizMinistries@yahoo.com

For more info, visit: http://joyfulnoizministries2.blogspot.com

July 27, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, books, free, novel | , , , | 1 Comment

FREE writing contest

Poole Literary Festival New Media Prize; Sept. 15, 2010 deadline; 2 categories – adult and student; anything readable on a mobile app or the Web: short Stories, nonfiction, poetry, etc.; First prize is £250 and an Apple i-pad for each age category

MORE INFO & ENTRY: http://www.poolelitfest.com/new-media-prize.php

July 26, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, essay, fiction, flash fiction, free, poetry, writing | , , , , , | Leave a Comment

Short story contest – August Moon Publishing House

Categories:

1. thriller/suspect/crime/mystery/sci fi/fantasy/ horror

2. romance/paranormal romance/historical romance/chick lit

3. literary fiction

$15 entry fee; each genre maxes at 1,500 entries; 10 winners in each category; 4,000 words max; deadline is 10/15/2010; info here:

http://www.augustmoonpublishinghouse.com/contests.html

July 21, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, crime, fantasy, fiction, horror, mystery, romance | , , | 2 Comments

Paying market for horror, dark mystery, dark fantasy

Shroud Magazine; $10 for flash fiction; $25 for short stories up to 5,000 words; $25 for nonfiction up to 3,000 words; submissions close July 31, 2010; info here:

http://www.shroudmagazine.com/info.html

July 21, 2010 Posted by askwendy | fantasy, fiction, horror, mystery | , , , | Leave a Comment

Hallmark’s “Crack ‘Em Up” contest

July 20, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, free, greeting cards | , , , , | Leave a Comment

FREE contest for book-length collection of prose poems

Marie Alexander Poetry Series Book Contest  - No entry fee – prize is $500 plus publication – for U.S. writers – must be min. 48 single-spaced pages; July 31, 2010 deadline; info HERE:

http://www.whitepine.org/submission_guidelines.php

July 18, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, books, poetry | , , | 1 Comment