Last call for entries! Fish Publishing: Flash Fiction Prize 2024

Deadline: February 28, 2024     

The ten winning flash stories will be published in the Fish Anthology 2024.

Judge: Michelle Elvy

Word Limit: 300

Closes: 28 Feb 2024

Results: 10 April

Anthology Published: July ’24

Entry Fee: €14 (US$15, £12) (€9 subsequent entries)

Flash critiques available.

Prizes:  

Ten winning flash stories will be published in the FISH ANTHOLOGY 2024.

1st: €1,000

2nd: Online Writing Course + €300

3rd: €300

How to enter, visit: https://www.fishpublishing.com/competition/flash-fiction-contest/

Visit the website: https://www.fishpublishing.com/

The Writers’ Workshop: HARD TIMES WRITING CONTEST 2024

Deadline: Postmarked by June 30, 2024

1^ST Place:  Your choice of 3 workshops or 35 pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff

2nd Place: Two free workshops; or 20 pages line-edited

3rd Place:  One free workshop, or 15 pages line-edited

10 Honorable Mentions

Guidelines:

Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style. Stories should not exceed 5,000 words (double-spaced, 12-point font).  

All work must be unpublished and in Word Doc format. Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone, email, and title of work should appear on the first page. The entry fee is $25 for every story. All entries receive comments from the judges.

Enclose self-sealing SASE for comments and winners’ list, and mail to:

The Writers’ Workshop Hard Times Contest

807 West Lynn St., #220

Austin, TX 78703

 Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com with “Hard Times Contest” in the subject. Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org

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The Writers’ Workshop: ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST 2024

Deadline: Postmarked by March 30, 2024

The Writers’ Workshop of Asheville, NC, is sponsoring our Annual Poetry Contest, open to any writer regardless of residence. The awards are:

1^ST Place:  Your choice of 3 workshops or 25 poems (or pages) line-edited and revised by our editorial staff

2nd Place: Two free workshops; or 20 poems (or pages) line-edited

3rd Place:  One free workshop, or 10 pages line-edited

10 Honorable Mentions

Guidelines:

All work must be unpublished and in Word Doc format. Each poem should not exceed two pages. Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone email and title of work should appear on the first page. The entry fee is $25 for every 3 poems. All entries receive comments from the judges.

Enclose self-sealing SASE for comments and winners’ list, and mail to:

The Writers’ Workshop Poetry Contest 

807 West Lynn St., #220

Austin, TX 78703

Emailed submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com with “Poetry Contest” in the subject. Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org

Visit the website: www.twwoa.org

Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Winter 2023-2024 is accepting entries!

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who enjoys expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings in the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story worth telling everyone! Welcome to all, having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00! All works must be original.

Guidelines:

Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand-printed.

And/or write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, on any subject or theme, fiction, non-fiction, and creative nonfiction (including essay compositions, diary, journal entries, short screenplays, stageplays, and screenwriting). Also, all entries must be either typed or legibly hand-printed.

Multiple and simultaneous poetry and short story entries are accepted.

Deadline: March 31, 2024

All contest winners will be published on May 26, 2024

Prizes(USD):

Writing First Prize is $500. Second: $250. Third: $100.

Poetry First Prize is $250. Second: $125. Third: $50.

Entry fees(USD): $5 per poem, $10 per story

To send entries: Include title(s) with your story (ies) or poem(s), along with your name, mailing address, phone#, email, and brief biographical info. (Tell us a little about yourself), on the coversheet. Add a self-addressed stamped envelope for entry confirmation. Fees payable to: “DREAMQUESTONE.COM”

Mail to:

Dream Quest One

Poetry & Writing Contest

P.O. Box 804632

Chicago, IL 60680

Visit https://www.dreamquestone.com for details on how to enter!

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. “And remember, in whatever you do, it’s okay to dream, for dreams do come true.” –Dream Quest One

TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID FICTION & ESSAY CONTEST

32nd annual contest sponsored by Winning Writers and Duotrope. $10,000 in cash prizes, including $3,500 for the best story and $3,500 for the best essay. The top 12 entries will be published online. Both published and unpublished works are welcome. Fee: $22 per entry. Final judge: Mina Manchester. Deadline: May 1, 2024.

This contest is recommended by Reedsy. See guidelines, past winners, and submit online at https://winningwriters.com/tomstorypsh2402

For writing resources and contest opportunities, follow Winning Writers on Facebook and Twitter.

Poetry Super Highway Great Poetry Exchange

The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people’s poetry as possible.

What?

Send a book – Get a book. A free exchange of poetry books amongst poets worldwide. It’s not a contest. There are no judges, entry fees, winners, or losers.

Last year, 101 poets participated, sending and receiving a poetry book to and from another randomly selected participant.

By agreeing to participate, someone will be exposed to your poetry, and you will be exposed to someone else’s poetry.

How?

To participate you’ll agree to mail a physical copy of one poetry book that you have written (or a collection you’ve edited) to one other participant. Just one book. In exchange, you will receive in the mail one copy of one poetry book written or edited by another participant.

It’s a circular exchange. You will (probably) be sending your book to a different poet than you will be receiving one from.

E-books are not eligible for the Great Poetry Exchange. (Save those for our annual e-Book Free-For-All in November!) Your book must be a physical entity. Self-published and chapbooks are welcome…but please, no e-books.

In early March, we will randomly assign the books to each participant and email you the name and address of the person you are supposed to send your book to.

We will also list your book and description on this page along with the link to your website for all to see.

Please note, that the Great Poetry Exchange is open to everyone on planet Earth. You may be required to send your book to someone outside of your own country which will, of course, cost you more in postage than it would to send it domestically.

Also as our readership our primarily English speakers, included books must be written in English or at least include an English translation.

Also. we’ll ask that you send us an e-mail in March once your book has actually been sent so we can keep track and make sure that all participants who send a book also get one.

You also must agree to send out your book within 2 weeks of being notified of who to send your book to.

To submit your book, please go to our website at:

https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/

ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM

Write By The Sea Festival 2024: Writing Competition

Write By the Sea is a dynamic boutique literary festival set in the beautiful fishing village of Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford.

Deadline: Friday, 21st June 2024, competition closes at 11.59pm

Entries for the writing competition will open on March 2nd, 2024 and information for submissions is now available on our website: https://writebythesea.ie/writing-competition/

There are four competition categories with cash prizes for the winners and runners.

1. Fiction Short Story (maximum 2,500 words)
2. Flash Fiction (maximum 700 words)
3. Poetry (maximum 40 lines)
4. Memoir/Personal Essay (maximum 1,000 words)

An independent panel of judges will select the winners and each category winner will be invited to read their work at a public event as part of the festival.

Prizes
The winner of each category will receive a cash prize of €500 and a free weekend pass to Write By The Sea festival 2024. All four winning pieces will be published on the Write By The Sea website.

The runners-up in each category will receive €300 and third place will receive €200.

Entries must be submitted via the Online Entry Form on the Competition Page of the WBTS website, writebythesea.ie where entrants will upload their names and contact details.
All entries must be in English.
Entrants can submit as many entries as they wish at €10 per entry, or enter 3 pieces, in the same or different genres, for €25.
Should your entry win a prize or be published elsewhere, please let us know so that we can remove it from the WBTS 2023 Writing Competition.
The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence/contact will be entered into and no feedback will be given to individual entrants.
Entrants should retain copies of their work as entries will NOT be returned.
Committee members and relatives of committee members of the Write By The Sea festival, its agents, contributors or sponsors are not eligible to enter the competition.
All non-winning entries will be deleted from our records after three months from the date of the announcement of the competition results.
Note A: It breaks our hearts when we have to disqualify entrants who break the rules. Sadly, each year we have to disqualify a significant number of the entries for disregarding simple rules such as not submitting text in double-spacing or including their names and addresses in the text of their submissions. Please remember to spell-check and proofread your work. We look forward to receiving your entries and we wish you every success in the 2024 competition.
Timeline
Saturday 6th March 2024 – submissions open through writebythesea.ie
Deadline: Friday 21st June 2024, competition closes at 11.59pm
Friday 2nd August 2024– shortlist of the winning entry titles will be posted on the WBTS website, writebythesea.ie
Sunday 1st September 2024 – winners will be notified by WBTS
Each category winner will be invited to read their work at a public event as part of the festival.
October 2024 – the winning pieces will be published on the WBTS website

Visit the website for details on how to enter at:

Last call! How, in 2024, did we pull off saving the world?

I have $12,000 on offer to talk about how to change our worldview to where we care about each other as much as we care about ourselves. I worked with the prestigious Scientific and Medical Network to formulate it and they are promoting it as a member’s project, urging other organizations to let their members know.

No entry fee. Due February 14, 2024. No word count but, “Be as concise as you can so as not to lose readers while giving details that demonstrate the workability of your ideas.”

The ploy is that it’s 2050 and the world is working. From the mess we’re in in 2024, starting with something you did, how did that come about?

To pass along:

ESSAY CONTEST with Cash Prizes! Due February 14, 2024.

It’s January 1, 2050. How, in 2024, did we pull off saving the world?
How to enter: https://suzannetaylor.substack.com/p/an-essay-contest-its-january-1-2050

Last call! Letter Review Prize for Unpublished Books

Deadline: 29th February 2024, at 11:59 pm ET.

Prizes: Three Winners are announced who share in the $1000 USD total prize pool. Winners may choose to have an extract published, and receive a letter of recommendation from our Judges. Twenty writers are Shortlisted. Feedback available.

Entry Fee: $20.

Words: Please submit the first 5000 words of your prose manuscript or 15 pages of poetry.

Details: Open to anyone in the world. The entry must not have been traditionally published. We are seeking all varieties of novels, short story collections, nonfiction, and poetry collections. We will accept manuscripts that are unpublished, self-published, and some that are indie-published. Review full entry guidelines for further details.

Enter Here: https://letterreview.com/information/

Last call for entries! WOW! Women on Writing Winter 2024 Flash Fiction Contest

Deadline: February 28, 2024

Guest Judge: Literary Agent Hannah Andrade with Bradford Literary Agency

Seeking short fiction of any genre between 250 – 750 words. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants.

Electronic submissions via e-mail only; reprints/previously published are okay; simultaneous submissions are okay; multiple submissions are okay. Open internationally.

Limit: 300 entries.

Prizes (20 winners!):
1st Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
2nd Place: $300, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
3rd Place: $200, publication, interview and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate
7 Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards, publication and interview
10 Honorable mentions receive $20 Amazon Gift Card
Top 10 stories are published in the WOW! Women On Writing e-zine, and contestants are interviewed on WOW’s blog, The Muffin.

Entry: $10 entry fee; critique option for an additional $10

How to enter, visit: https://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php