Hallmark Cards: A Very Tacky Christmas
http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/page/CONTESTS/contest/AVeryTackyChristmas/

Sometimes the holidays don’t go exactly as planned. Your challenge is to create a funny holiday card featuring your less-than-picture-perfect yuletide moments. Maybe it’s a kitschy homemade gift, a holiday food disaster, some gaudy decor, or tacky Christmas fashions.

Use a photo* with your original writing to make a holiday card that could be sent to anyone. (Photos only this t...

Thriving Family Magazine is looking for a variety of submissions:

Drive Time Devos: Each family devotional includes three sections – play, talk, pray. Audience: 5-8 year olds. Word count: 150 words. Payment $50. Due date: March 20, 2012

Walking Through Grief: Tween ages 8-12 year olds
Share one practical idea that you found helped your tween understand and walk through grief. Word count: 130-250 words. Payment: $50. Due date: March 23, 2012

Teaching a Life Skill/Laundry: Tween ages 8-1...

Saturday Writers 2012 Writing Contest:
Poetry and Flash Fiction
http://www.saturdaywriters.org/sw-contests.html

Deadline:  April 28, 2012
Entries will not be accepted until the dates listed for this contest
Poetry - 50 lines or less
Prose - 500 words or less
Entries may be submitted beginning March 24, 2012 with deadline of April 28, 2012 - see Official Rules for Submission Information

Entry Fees:
Members: $5.00 per entry (limit three entries per contest per member)
Non-Members: $7.00 per e...

Willamette Writers 2012 Kay Snow Writing Contest

http://www.willamettewriters.com/1/guidelines.php
The purpose of this annual contest, named in honor of Willamette Writer's founder, Kay Snow, is to help writers reach professional goals in writing in a broad array of categories.

Entry Dates

Beginning Date: November 1, 2011

Postmark Deadline: April 23rd, 2012

Category Guidelines

Adult Fiction - maximum 2500 words. One complete short story (or novel excerpt; excerpt can be any p...

Texas Writers Conference Poetic Voices
April 3-5, 2012
Lectures, Coffeehouse, Workshops in Kerrville, Texas
All events & workshops are free and open to the community.
http://www.schreiner.edu/cil/texas_writers.html

For more information:
Dr. Kathleen Hudson
khudson@schreiner.edu  
830-792-7409

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Workshop and reading, with Kirpal Gordon (http://www.kirpalg.com)
3:30-5:00 pm Display of writing projects & student work
6:30 pm Open Mic
7:00 pm Kirpal Gordon
Cailloux Activity...

Massachusetts State Poetry Society Contest
http://mastatepoetrysociety.tripod.com/id14.html

AMBASSADOR OF POETRY AWARD

Deadline:  April 15 
Subject and Form:  Poet's Choice
Line Limit:  40 Lines
Prizes:  $50     $30     $20
Poems must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.

Contests are open to all poets.
Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.
Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.
Send two copies of each poem - one with name and addre...

Thriving Family Magazine: Advent Calendar

http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions

Theme: 2012 Advent Calendar

We’re looking for a short piece for each day of Advent. This year’s theme will be “The Names of Jesus.”

-Start with a fun activity — something that can be done in about 5 minutes and includes motion or movement (not “talk about” or “discuss”) and explains the topic of the day.

-Explain the concept in simple terms.

-Mention a cr...

Pockets: Connecting Kids and God the Other Six Days

http://pockets.upperroom.org/writers-guidelines

Designed for 8- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is ...

Forrest Fest Poetry Contest
http://forrestfest.org/about2.html

Submission Deadline April 01, 2012
Peggy Zuleika Lynch Competition
Adults and Children, Submit your poem now:
1. 32 line limit, in the subject line of your e-mail submission put contest
2. by e-mail, add contact info ten lines below poem to forrestpoetry@live.com
3. or by snail mail to: 301 N. 19th, Lamesa, TX 1st Place Adult. 18 and over, $75, 1st Place
Children, under 12, $75.00, 1st Place young people 14 - 17, $75.00
THERE IS NO ENTR...

2012 Passager Poetry Contest
FOR WRITERS OVER 50

http://www.ubalt.edu/passager/guidelines.htm

Submit work through- April 15, 2012 (postmarked date)
Winner receives $500 and publication.
Honorable mentions will also be published.

• Reading fee: $20, check or money order payable to Passager
  Reading fee includes a one-year, two-issue subscription to Passager.
• Submit 5 poems, 40 lines max. per poem
• Introduce yourself with a cover letter and brief bio.
• Include name and address on every page....

Thriving Family Magazine

http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions

Theme: 2012 Advent Calendar

We’re looking for a short piece for each day of Advent. This year’s theme will be “The Names of Jesus.”

-Start with a fun activity — something that can be done in about 5 minutes and includes motion or movement (not “talk about” or “discuss”) and explains the topic of the day.

-Explain the concept in simple terms.

-Mention a craft, traditional ...

Poetry International Prize

http://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/Contests.htm#guidelines

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. Jericho Brown will judge. Submit up to 3 poems with a $15 entry fee. You may submit additional poems for a $3 reading fee per poem. Please make checks payable to Poetry International. The winner will be announced on our website in the fall of 2012.

Please mail your submissions to:

Poetry Internationa...

Competition Guidelines: http://tebotbach.org/clockwise.html

Winner will receive Book Publication in Perfect Bound Editions

Winner announced in September 2012 with Publication in April 2013

Deadline: April 30, 2012

Judge: Gail Wronsky

The competition is open to all poets writing in English.

Individual poems in the manuscript previously published in magazines, print or web journals, or anthologies are acceptable, but the work ...

Whispering Angel Books is pleased to announce that we are now accepting submissions for our next anthology.

The Cancer Poetry Project
http://www.cancerpoetryproject.com

$5 ENTRY FEE

The Cancer Poetry Project is accepting cancer-related poems for the second volume of its award-winning national anthology. Approximately 150 poems will be selected for the new book. Of those selected, a dozen winning poets will each receive both a cash prize and an invitation to select a cancer organization to which the Cancer Poetry Project will make a donation. Poems will be accepted through April 30, 2012.

Three wi...

Hallmark Cards: A Very Tacky Christmas
http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/page/CONTESTS/contest/AVeryTackyChristmas/

Sometimes the holidays don’t go exactly as planned. Your challenge is to create a funny holiday card featuring your less-than-picture-perfect yuletide moments. Maybe it’s a kitschy homemade gift, a holiday food disaster, some gaudy decor, or tacky Christmas fashions.

Use a photo* with your original writing to make a holiday card that could be sent to anyone. (Photos only this t...

Thriving Family Magazine is looking for a variety of submissions:

Drive Time Devos: Each family devotional includes three sections – play, talk, pray. Audience: 5-8 year olds. Word count: 150 words. Payment $50. Due date: March 20, 2012

Walking Through Grief: Tween ages 8-12 year olds
Share one practical idea that you found helped your tween understand and walk through grief. Word count: 130-250 words. Payment: $50. Due date: March 23, 2012

Teaching a Life Skill/Laundry: Tween ages 8-1...

Saturday Writers 2012 Writing Contest:
Poetry and Flash Fiction
http://www.saturdaywriters.org/sw-contests.html

Deadline:  April 28, 2012
Entries will not be accepted until the dates listed for this contest
Poetry - 50 lines or less
Prose - 500 words or less
Entries may be submitted beginning March 24, 2012 with deadline of April 28, 2012 - see Official Rules for Submission Information

Entry Fees:
Members: $5.00 per entry (limit three entries per contest per member)
Non-Members: $7.00 per e...

Willamette Writers 2012 Kay Snow Writing Contest

http://www.willamettewriters.com/1/guidelines.php
The purpose of this annual contest, named in honor of Willamette Writer's founder, Kay Snow, is to help writers reach professional goals in writing in a broad array of categories.

Entry Dates

Beginning Date: November 1, 2011

Postmark Deadline: April 23rd, 2012

Category Guidelines

Adult Fiction - maximum 2500 words. One complete short story (or novel excerpt; excerpt can be any p...

Texas Writers Conference Poetic Voices
April 3-5, 2012
Lectures, Coffeehouse, Workshops in Kerrville, Texas
All events & workshops are free and open to the community.
http://www.schreiner.edu/cil/texas_writers.html

For more information:
Dr. Kathleen Hudson
khudson@schreiner.edu  
830-792-7409

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Workshop and reading, with Kirpal Gordon (http://www.kirpalg.com)
3:30-5:00 pm Display of writing projects & student work
6:30 pm Open Mic
7:00 pm Kirpal Gordon
Cailloux Activity...

Massachusetts State Poetry Society Contest
http://mastatepoetrysociety.tripod.com/id14.html

AMBASSADOR OF POETRY AWARD

Deadline:  April 15 
Subject and Form:  Poet's Choice
Line Limit:  40 Lines
Prizes:  $50     $30     $20
Poems must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.

Contests are open to all poets.
Poets may enter as many poems as they wish but only one prize may be won by any poet.
Entry Fee is $3.00 per poem.
Send two copies of each poem - one with name and addre...

Thriving Family Magazine: Advent Calendar

http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions

Theme: 2012 Advent Calendar

We’re looking for a short piece for each day of Advent. This year’s theme will be “The Names of Jesus.”

-Start with a fun activity — something that can be done in about 5 minutes and includes motion or movement (not “talk about” or “discuss”) and explains the topic of the day.

-Explain the concept in simple terms.

-Mention a cr...

Pockets: Connecting Kids and God the Other Six Days

http://pockets.upperroom.org/writers-guidelines

Designed for 8- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is ...