World’s Best Short-Short Story Contest
500 words max; $500 prize; $16 entry fee; deadline is March 15, 2012; details HERE:
http://southeastreview.org/contests.html
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March 5, 2012 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, fiction, flash fiction, short stories, Uncategorized | flash fiction, flash fiction contest, short story contest, writing contest | Leave a Comment
FREE flash fiction chapbook contest
Big Wonderful Press FREE flash fiction chapbook contest; deadline is Jan. 15, 2012; Submit 20-40 pages of flash fiction (each piece should be fewer than 520 words); details here: http://www.bigwonderfulpress.com/submissions/
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January 1, 2012 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, creativity, fiction, free, short stories, Uncategorized, writing | chapbook, contest, fiction, flash fiction | Leave a Comment
Contest for short stories in legal setting
5,000 words; march 15, 2012 deadline; details here:
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202536122902&This_prize_goes_to_the_best_lawrelated_short_story&slreturn=1
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December 27, 2011 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, fiction, short stories, Uncategorized, writing | contest, fiction, legal contest, legal setting, short story | Leave a Comment
Esoteric Awards – short story contest
up to 8,000 words; $8 entry fee; deadline is Dec. 31, 2011; no genre fiction; cash prizes; details HERE:
http://carve.submishmash.com/submit
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December 9, 2011 Posted by askwendy | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Multiple writing contests
The 2012 Fish Anthology; 10 best entries in each category will be published:
• Short Memoir ($2,500) – deadline Jan. 30, 2012
• Flash Fiction ($1,300) – deadline March 20, 2012
• Poetry ($1,300) – deadline March 30, 2012
Details HERE:
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December 6, 2011 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, flash fiction, memoir, poetry, Uncategorized | CONTESTS, essay, fiction, flash fiction, memoir, poem, poetry, short story, writing contest | 1 Comment
FREE short story contest
BEVEL SUMMERS PRIZE IN THE SHORT STORY; deadline is 3/31/2011; flash fiction up to 1,000 words; $250 prize; details HERE:
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February 25, 2011 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, fiction, free, short stories, Uncategorized, writing | Leave a Comment
Seeking stories/poems about birth & miscarriage
stories 5,000 words max; poems any length; anecdotes up to 500 words; no submission deadline as of Jan. 24, 2011; details here:
http://www.mostlyformothers.com/birthstory.html
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January 26, 2011 Posted by askwendy | essay, fiction, short stories, Uncategorized | anthology, birth, book, essay, miscarriage, short story, women | Leave a Comment
Fish Short Story Prize (good size cash prizes)
#11 Fish Anthology is looking for short stories; 5,000 words max; 11/30/2010 deadline; big cash prizes; (note that entry fee and prizes listed are all in Euros – though contest is open to anyone writing in English); Info and details HERE:
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October 8, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, fiction, short stories, Uncategorized | contest, fiction, prize, short story, writing | 3 Comments
FREE flash fiction horror contest
Oct. 11 deadline; submit through the terribleminds.com site; 1,000 words max; Read about the theme HERE:
http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/09/18/will-flash-fiction-keep-this-blogmachine-a-churning/
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October 3, 2010 Posted by askwendy | CONTESTS, flash fiction, free, horror, Uncategorized | contest, flash fiction, free, horror, writing | 3 Comments
Publisher seeks fiction and graphic nonfiction
Myriad Editions (based out of the United Kingdom) is seeking manuscripts to publish as books. Novels must be COMPLETED. For info on how to submit, visit: http://www.myriadeditions.com/submissions
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Wendy Burt-Thomas, full-time freelance writer
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Wendy Burt-Thomas is the author of:
• “Oh, Solo Mia! The Hip Chick’s Guide to Fun for One” (2001, McGraw-Hill)
• “Work It, Girl! 101 Tips for the Hip Working Chick” (2003, McGraw-Hill)
• “The Writer’s Digest Guide to Query Letters” (Dec. 2008, Writer’s Digest Books)
• “The Everything Creative Writing Book” (June 2010, Adams Media)
Other credentials include more than 1,000 published articles, short stories, essays, reviews, poems and greeting cards. She taught “Breaking Into Freelance Writing for eight years and has worked as an editor, columnist, writer and PR specialist.
Wendy lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, two kids and two black labs. She is a full-time freelance writer, editor and PR consultant.
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- Neil Postman Award for Metaphor (FREE writing contest) May 30, 2012rolling deadline; winner gets $500; details HERE: www.rattle.comaskwendy
- 2012 Rattle Poetry Prize (writing contest) May 29, 2012$5,000 prize; 10 finalists also get $100 each; details HERE: www.rattle.comaskwendy
- Autumn House book-length poetry, fiction and nonfiction contests May 28, 2012all categories have a June 30, 2012 deadline; winners get $1,000 advance and $1,500 travel grants; $30 entry fee per book; details HERE: www.autumnhouse.orgaskwendy
- 2012 Guy Owen Poetry Prize contest May 26, 2012June 15, 2012 deadline; submit 3-5 poems with $20 entry fee (includes 1-year subscription to Southern Poetry Review); $1,000 prize; details HERE: www.southernpoetryreview.orgaskwendy
- Lots of free contests May 25, 2012FanStory.com has more than 50 new contests every month. Contests are free to paid members and have cash prizes. Some upcoming contests: 5-7-9 poetry contest – May 31 deadline Horror Story writing contest – June 6 Faith Poetry Contest – June 13 Free Verse Poetry Contest – June 19askwendy
- Wabash Prize for Nonfiction May 24, 2012entry fee is $15; deadline November 1, 2012; $1,000 prize plus publication; 7,500 words max; details HERE: www.sycamorereview.com/contest/askwendy
- Southern Sin Essay Contest May 23, 20124,000 words max; prize is $5,000; deadline is July 31, 2012; entry fee is $20; details HERE: http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#southernsinaskwendy
- Seeking submissions on PARENTHOOD for Chicken Soup book May 22, 2012From ChickenSoup.com: They always say it’s the best job and the worst job. But basically it’s the best! We are looking for your stories about parenting – the hard work, the joy, the unconditional love, the funny times and the occasional sad ones too. Whether you’re a new parent of one or an “experienced” parent [...]askwendy
- Chicken Soup call-out: Advice for making changes May 21, 2012From the Chicken Soup website: Have you ever read a Chicken Soup for the Soul story that had a wonderful nugget of advice in it that made a difference in your life? We are looking for stories that contain great pieces of advice, whether they are little things that improve our everyday lives, or major [...]askwendy
- De-Framing the Frame – FREE writing contest May 31, 2012
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