Tethered by Letters’ 2016 Fall Writing Contest

The deadline for Tethered by Letters’ 2016 Fall Writing Contest is November 1st, 2016. This time around, Tethered by Letters is offering $1600 in prizes for our Fall Contest winners.

Contest Submissions

TBL is pleased to announce the F(r)iction Fall Literary Competition. There are three submission categories: 1) short stories of any genre ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words, 2) flash fiction with a word limit of 750 words, and 3) poetry no longer than three pages. Winners of the contest will be published in a future issue of F(r)ictionalongside stunning original artwork from TBL’s talented team of artists. F(r)iction is dedicated to publishing the best writing of all kinds, and we encourage submissions that push boundaries and take risks in genre, plot, and style.

Judging: The finalists for each category will be read by a guest judge, who will select a winner to be published in the Spring 2017 issue of F(r)iction. Matt Gallagher, author of Youngblood, will be reading the short story submissions. Renowned performance poet Ken Arkind will be judging the poetry submissions. And Sari Wilson, author of Girl Through Glass, will choose the winning flash fiction submission.

Submission Guidelines: Please visit our formatting guidelines page to properly format your work for submission. Staff members are not eligible for participation. Any work previously submitted to TBL for publication is not eligible if the piece received free edits from our team.

Short Story Contest

The winner of our short story contest will be awarded $1,000.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.
Criteria: Any genre ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words.
Fees: $15.00 USD entry fee for each submission.

Flash Fiction Contest

The winner of our flash fiction contest will be awarded $300.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.
Criteria: Any genre with a word limit of 750 words.
Fees: $8.00 per entry, or three entries for $12.00.

Poetry Contest

The winner of our poetry contest will be awarded $300.00 and publication in F(r)iction. Five finalists will receive free professional edits on their submission and will be considered for publication.

Criteria: Any genre or form, three pages or less per poem.
Fees: $8.00 per entry, or three entries for $12.00.

We strongly recommend checking out an issue of F(r)iction to get an idea of our aesthetic. You can do so at the TBL Store.

#Blink! TBL’s Twitter Contest

TBL is excited to announce a new Twitter contest!
If you think you can tell a story in 140 characters or fewer, we want to hear from you!

Every two weeks an acclaimed judge will choose the winning story. The winner will receive a free digital copy of F(r)iction, and potential publication of the Tweet in a future issue of F(r)iction.

Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it! Tweet your tiny narratives using the hashtag #BlinkTBL, and be sure to check the @TethrdByLettrs and @FrictionSeriesTwitter pages for start dates, deadlines, and judging info!

Notes: Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify TBL if your work is selected for publication elsewhere as soon as possible. We encourage writers to submit as many stories as they wish. All stories will be considered for publication inF(r)iction Series, our triannual print journal.

Our judges also reserve the right not to award a winner in any category if submissions do not meet our standards of publication.

Tethered by Letters reserves the right to discuss contest entries, finalists, and winners in the Untethered Podcast.

Other Categories: Please visit our submissions page for more ways to submit your work to TBL for possible publication and learn about our free-editing policy for work submitted to our journal.

Visit the website: http://tetheredbyletters.com/submissions/contest/

 

Essay Writing Contest by Custom-Writing.org

Custom-Writing.org awards scholarships of $1800 in total to the most vivid, versatile, and talented writers in our upcoming Essay Writing Contest.

• The Essay Writing Contest starts on October 10, 2016, and lasts for two months.
• Any student, regardless of academic level and location of studies, can participate.
• Three winners will receive prizes totaling $1800.

ESSAY WRITING CONTEST 2016

The aim of the Essay Writing Contest is to give students the opportunity to demonstrate their writing talents and win an award for them.

Our Essay Writing Contest is not only about finding people who can write well. Indeed, the aim of the contest is to identify individuals who have both critical thinking and writing skills. The 2016 Essay Writing Contest focuses on two aspects:

• The ability to think critically
• The ability to express thoughts clearly and logically

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

There are no strict requirements for participants. Custom-Writing.org requires the following:

• Participants must be students of any educational institution in any location. Academic level and major do not matter.
• Each student must write an essay on one of three given topics that fulfills all instructions and submit it before the deadline to contest@custom-writing.org.
• Participants must share this post on their Facebook, Google+, and Twitter accounts and attach screenshots to prove it when submitting the essay.
• By submitting an entry, students agree to the terms and conditions of the contest and acknowledge that the choice of the judges is final.

WHY PARTICIPATE

Scholarships of $1800 in total will be awarded to the best three essay writers:

1^st place — $800

2^nd place — $600

3^rd place — $400

Winners get more than just significant cash prizes—their talent will be recognized by our proficient writers and editors, and their works will be published on the Custom-Writing Blog.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESSAY SUBMISSION

Participants must follow all instructions to be eligible to win the contest.

1. Write one essay on one of following three topics:

• Why do you think it is important for students to improve their essay writing skills?
• How can having less homework help improve learning?
• Are the requirements of academic writing too strict? Should writing be simpler for students?

2. Essay requirements:

• Has a word count of 450 – 650 words (excluding footnotes, bibliography, title page, and article title)
• Is written in US English
• Contains no plagiarism
• Has a file name of “Essay Writing Contest_Last Name”
• Is submitted in .doc or .docx format
• Has a bibliography that lists two or more peer-reviewed sources and no sources older than five years
• Uses the APA formatting style

Please note that to be accepted, your essay must contain all required elements of APA formatting style:

• Title page formatted correctly
• Header with running head and page numbers on each page
• References page

Send your completed essay to contest@custom-writing.org by the deadline given below. Late submissions will not be accepted.

ESSAY WRITING CONTEST SCHEDULE

Start of Essay Writing Contest — October 10, 2016

Duration — 2 months

Final deadline for submission — midnight EST on December 10, 2016

Winners announcement — January 20, 2017

GRADING CRITERIA

Each participant can earn 100 points in total.

All works will be checked by the team of professional writers and editors at Custom-Writing.org.

Review the grading criteria below to make your essay perfect:

• Correct APA style — 20 points
• Excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation— 20 points
• Focused content — 20 points
• Clear expression of thought and style — 20 points
• Strong organization — 20 points

ONLINE VOTING

On December 28, 2016, the best 15 essays will be published on the Custom-Writing Blog, where readers will have the opportunity to help us determine the three winners.

Each reader will be able to vote for his or her favorite essay by sharing it only once on each social media account: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

Online voting will last until midnight EST on January, 18, 2017.

Taking into consideration the results of online voting and the grades from our expert writers and editors, we will determine the final three winners of the Essay Writing Contest.

AWARDS

Winners will be announced on January 20, 2017, on the Custom-Writing Blog.

To receive a prize, winners must provide proof of enrollment. In case the winner is unable to provide proof of enrollment, the prize will be given to the next eligible participant.

Visit the website:  http://custom-writing.org/blog/essay-writing-contest-by-custom-writing-org

[The Poetry Market Ezine] October 2016 Poetry News

Poetry News Update Reminders:  Send in your poetry news for inclusion in an upcoming issue (as space permits).  Poetry news can be poem publications, chapbook or book publications, awards, etc.  News items must be poetry or writing related.  Poetry contest info should include contact info.

TIPS:  Do not send Press Releases.  We don’t publish poems.

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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY Call for Submissions: A Poet’s Siddur

This is an open call for poetry submissions for “A Poets’ Siddur” poetry anthology to be published by Ain’t Got No Press in 2017, and edited by Rick Lupert.

The Siddur is the Jewish prayer book used for daily worship services as well as on Shabbat (the Sabbath) by Jewish communities all over the world. The idea is to fill this unique book with reinterpretations of the themes and original text of the siddur, written through the lenses of poets, and using a Friday night Shabbat evening service as the template.

Submission Guidelines:

1) Send no more than three pieces of any style or length which specifically relate to one of the themes / prayers or liturgy of a Friday evening Shabbat service. We’re open to all styles and forms of poetry, but particularly would enjoy those that:

• use accessible language and imagery
• use humor (not a requirement, but don’t shy away from it either.)
• would appeal to both poets and those who don’t normally identify as likers of poetry
• provide a modern context / setting for the theme in the prayer/liturgy
• are shorter (yes, we’ll read any length, but generally we’re of a “less is more” sensibility)

Here’s an outline of the Shabbat evening service: http://www.reformjudaism.org/shabbat-worship-services (click on the prayer title for the text/translation)

Here’s a list of some of the general themes in the prayers/liturgy: http://www.bnaitorah.com/worship/shabbat/sse

2) Please indicate which prayer or liturgy from a Friday night service you have in mind with each piece you send.

3) We will consider work by anyone, regardless of religion (or lack thereof) but the work submitted must connect with a specified piece or theme from the Jewish Friday night service.

4) Previously published material is ok, but we’re eagerly looking for pieces which specifically relate to the themes, prayers and liturgy of a Friday evening Shabbat service. (If previously published, please indicate where and when so we can properly credit if selected.)

5) Please include a maximum 75 word bio. (For your reference, 76 words is more than 75 words. Please stick to our guideline here.)

6) Work may only be submitted by e-mail to siddur@poetrysuperhighway.com (Word .doc/.docx, Apple Pages Document, or text pasted into an e-mail)

7) The deadline to submit your work is December 31, 2016.

8) If your work is accepted for publication in A Poet’s Siddur, you will receive one physical copy of the published book, signficant discont on purchasing additional copies, and we may call on you to participate in live (virtual or in person) events revolving around the publication of the anthology.

9) Submission does not guarantee publication.

10) You will be notified by March 31st, 2017 whether or not your work was accepted for publication.

Need more info or clarification? Send an e-mail to agnp@poetrysuperhighway.com (please don’t send submissions to this address. Submissions go to siddur@poetrysuperhighway.com )

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Ain’t Got No Press is a publisher of uniquely themed poetry anthologies such as A Poet’s Haggadah (Passover themed poetry), Ekphrastia Gone Wild (Poet’s respond to art) and The Night Goes on All Night (Noir poetry).

New Contests – Gotham Writers Workshop

Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize

Deadline – March 1, 2017

The Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize is a writing competition sponsored by the stage and radio series, Selected Shorts. This long-running series at Symphony Space in New York City celebrates the art of the short story by having stars of stage and screen read aloud the works of established and emerging writers. Selected Shorts is recorded for Public Radio and heard nationally.

The 2017 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize will be judged by Lauren Groff, author of Fates and Furies. The winning work will be performed and recorded live at a Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space in May 2017, and published on Electric Literature. The winning writer will receive $1000 and a free 10-week course with Gotham Writers.

Contest Details and Guidelines:

• Entires should be 750 words or less.
• Stories can be on any theme.
• There is a fee of $25 to enter.
• Submissions must be entered by midnight EST on March 1, 2017.
• Writers of all ages and nationalities are eligible.
• The story must have a title.
• We do not accept work that has been previously published in print, online, or any other medium.
• We do not accept works in translation.
• All entries must be submitted electronically. We do not accept entries by mail.
• Once entered, we do not accept revisions for any stories. Your $25 is nonrefundable.
• You may enter as many stories as you like, but a $25 fee is required for each story.
• The winner will be announced in May 2017.

For more information, visit the Selected Shorts site.

Go here to enter – https://www.writingclasses.com/contest/stella-kupferberg-memorial-short-story-prize-2017

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Frightening First Line Contest

Deadline – November 21, 2016

Description – Create the first line of a frightening story. We want it to be so intriguing or chilling or scary that it makes our skin tingle and our nerves twitch. Winner gets the free Gotham class of his or her choosing.

Go here to enter – https://www.writingclasses.com/contest/frightening-first-line-contest-2016

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#storieseverywhere

Deadline – monthly

Description – Each month we invite you to post a story on Twitter using #storieseverywhere for a chance to win a free class. Your stories (which can be true or made up) will be inspired by what you see, know, or do, and they should relate in some way to our monthly “themes.”

Our theme for the month of September: What happened in school today

Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest – $4,000 in Prizes – Last Call!

14th year. Deadline: September 30, 2016.

Top prize for a poem in any style: $1,500. Top prize for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style: $1,500.

Total prizes: $4,000.

Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Fee: $10 per poem. Length limit: 250 lines. Final judge: S. Mei Sheng Frazier. Winning Writers is one of the “101 Best Websites for Writers” (Writer’s Digest).

See past winners, advice from the judge, and submit online at:
https://winningwriters.com/tompoetry

Join our 74,000 followers on Twitter at:  https://twitter.com/winningwriters

Hermeneutic Chaos Journal: ​The Jane Lumley Prize for Poetry

T H E   J A N E   L U M L E Y   P R I Z E

 

We will read submissions for the third annual Jane Lumley Prize between September 1 and November 1, 2016.

 

Jane Lumley was primarily a translator, and was the first writer to translate Euripedes into English. However, she was also a prolific author and wrote over 120 poems in her lifetime. These never found publication due to the societal inhibitions placed on women in the sixteenth century English society.

The Jane Lumley Prize is awarded annually to a poet whose written work revels in the full spirit of creating a literary architecture that inspires the readers to engage with its being beyond the words and feelings that constitute it.

The winner, judged in a blind review by a guest judge, will receive a prize of $300 and will be featured in the January 2017 edition of Hermeneutic Chaos. The winner will also receive a certificate, 10 broadsides of the winning poem, and three chapbooks from our press catalog. Publication will also be awarded to the two finalists, along with certificates. We will also select up to seven honorable mentions who will be offered publication. In addition, all the entries will be considered for publication in the forthcoming issues of the journal.

We are pleased to announce that this year, our contest will be co-sponsored by Duotrope, the award winning writers’ resource, which has generously contributed a one year subscription gift certificate to be awarded to the winner.

All the participants will be notified about the status of their submission by November 30, 2016.

Please note that there is no entry fee for submissions. You may, however, choose to make a donation of $3 with your submission to support our endeavor.

 CLICK  HERE  TO  SUBMIT  TO  THE  JANE  LUMLEY  PRIZE  2016

Eligibility:

The Jane Lumley Prize will be awarded to poets who have not published more than one full length collection, and/or have only published chapbooks, and/or have published work in literary magazines and/or anthologies. We also strongly encourage unpublished writers to submit their work for consideration.

Guidelines for Submission:

You may submit a maximum of eight poems (totaling not more than ten pages) per submission in a single word document for consideration.

Submissions should be original and previously unpublished. All the entries must be sent to us via our online submission manager Submittable. 

We welcome submissions of all forms and styles of poetry, including hybrid, prose poetry and poetic-prose. Translations are not eligible for this prize.

Screening for the The Jane Lumley Prize is blind. Therefore, we request you to not include your name or any other contact information in your submission packet, as well as the filename. You may, however, include a brief biographical note in the cover letter.

We encourage simultaneous submissions, but we request you to inform us promptly in case your work is accepted elsewhere. If you need to withdraw a part of your submission, please leave a note in Submittable. Please only use the “Withdraw” feature if you need to withdraw the submission in its entirety.

Please do not submit more than twice in order to allow a fair opportunity to all the participants. You may, however, submit to us again if you withdraw your work from consideration.

If you have any questions, please send an email to us at editor.hermeneuticchaos (at) gmail.com.

We are thrilled to announce that the winner of 2016 Jane Lumley Prize for Poetry will be selected by E. Kristin Anderson. We respect her for her dedication to the poetic craft, and her admiration towards, and expertise of a wide variety of poetic forms and themes.

E. Kristin Anderson is the author of seven chapbooks including A GUIDE FOR THE PRACTICAL ABDUCTEE (Red Bird Chapbooks 2014) PRAY, PRAY, PRAY: Poems I wrote to Prince in the middle of the night (Porkbelly Press, 2015), 17 DAYS (ELJ Publications) ACOUSTIC BATTERY LIFE (ELJ 2016), FIRE IN THE SKY (Grey Book Press 2016), and SHE WITNESSES (dancing girl press, 2016). Her nonfiction anthology, DEAR TEEN ME, based on the popular website of the same name, was published in October of 2012 by Zest Books (distributed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) and her next anthology, HYSTERIA: Writing the Female Body, is forthcoming from Sable Press. She’s published poetry in many magazines worldwide, including Barrelhouse Online, Nashville Review, [PANK], Asimov’s Science Fiction, American Journal of Nursing, and Cicada.

The Process of Selection

In the first round, the editor-in-chief will read all the submissions without viewing any personal information. From these submissions, a total of 15 finalists will be selected. Their manuscripts will then be sent to the judge, who will review them anonymously, and then select the winner, finalists and honorable mentions.

Our Policy

The Jane Lumley Prize respects and upholds the code of ethics outlined by the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, defined as such:

“CLMP’s community of independent literary publishers believe that ethical contests serve our shared goal: to connect writers and readers by publishing exceptional writing. We believe that intent to act ethically, clarity of guidelines, and transparency of process form the foundation of an ethical contest. To that end, we agree to 1) conduct our contests as ethically as possible and to address any unethical behavior on the part of our readers, judges, or editors; 2) to provide clear and specific contest guidelines—defining conflict of interest for all parties involved; and 3) to make the mechanics of our selection process available to the public. This Code recognizes that different contest models produce different results, but that each model can be run ethically. We have adopted this Code to reinforce our integrity and dedication as a publishing community and to ensure that our contests contribute to a vibrant literary heritage.”

To submit, please visit our  online submission manager here.  Thank you so much for your participation and support. We look forward to reading your work!

 

23rd ANNUAL MEMOIRS CONTEST

Deadline: Nov. 30, 2016.

The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, a nonprofit literary center founded in 1984, is sponsoring its 23rd Annual Memoirs Contest, open to any writer regardless of residence. The deadline is: postmarked or emailed by Nov. 30, 2016.

 

Awards:

 

1st Place: Your choice of a 2 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B in Asheville, NC; or 2 free workshops (in person or on-line); or 50 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff.

2nd Place: Two free workshops, in person or on-line; or 35 pages line-edited.

3rd Place: One free workshop; or 25 pages line-edited.

10 Honorable Mentions

Guidelines:

Submit a memoir of 5,000 words or less.  Multiple entries are accepted.  All work must be unpublished.         

All work must be double-spaced, in 12 point font.

Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on the first page. The entry fee per submission is $25 ($20 for Workshop members).  

Enclose self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to:  Memoirs Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC  28805. Or pay online at www.twwoa.org.

Emailed submissions may be sent in Word document to writersw@gmail.com with “Memoirs Contest” in the subject. The entry fee is payable online atwww.twwoa.org. No SASE is necessary as judges will email their comments.

Writing contest by EssayPro

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will be awarded $50 each and recognition from some

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the best articles on our website and share through

every social media channel we have (If author’s permission is granted).

Entries should be previously unpublished.

Deadline: 09.21.2016

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2016 Saroyan Prize: Winners and Finalists Announced

We are thrilled to announce the winners and finalists of the 2016 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing:

 

In the fiction category –

Winner: Welcome to Braggsville by T. Geronimo Johnson

Finalists: Now We Will Be Happy by Amina Gautier and Counternarratives by John Keene

 

In the nonfiction category –

Winner: Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe by Lori Jakiela

Finalists: Russian Tattoo by Elena Gorokhova and Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War by Susan Southard

 

Read the announcement from the Stanford News Service, and more about the winners/finalists on our website.