Browsing Archive: May, 2013
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 31, 2013,
Grand Finale: Grandmother Earth/Life Press National Contest and Christian Writers Conference
http://www.grandmotherearth.org/index.html
Deadline: July 7, 2013 postmark
National Awards: Open to anyone who pays the entry fees of 1-3 entries: $10; $2 for each additional entry. No limit on the number of entries in each category as long as fees are paid. Critique: $10 for 1-4; $15 for up to 10 entries (limit 4 in each category to be critiqued) but no limit on the number of entr... |
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Massachusetts State Poetry Society Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 30, 2013,
Massachusetts State Poetry Society Contest
http://mastatepoetrysociety.tripod.com/id14.html
NAOMI CHERKOFSKY MEMORIAL CONTEST Deadline: June 30 Subject and Form: Poet's Choice Line Limit: 40 Lines Prizes: $50 $30 $20 Poems entered must NOT have been 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 -... | | |
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Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 29, 2013,
Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
http://www.hungermtn.org/katherine-paterson-prize-for-young-adult-and-childrens-writing
An annual prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature. A chance for your YA and Children’s Lit to be read by Hunger Mountain editors and guest judges!
One overall first place winner receives $1,000 and publication!
Three category winners receive $100 each and publication. The categories are: Young Adult (YA) Middle ... |
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Kentucky State Poetry Society Adult Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 29, 2013,
Kentucky State Poetry Society Adult Contest
http://www.kystatepoetrysociety.org/files/ksps_brochure_2013.pdf
Deadline: June 29, 2013
22 categories to enter.
Entry fee: $2 per category.
Prizes range from $5 to $100.
First Place poems will be published.
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Thriving Family: Teens Battling Stress
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 26, 2013,
Thriving Family Magazine
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
Theme: Helping juniors/seniors in high school battle the stress associated with preparing for graduation and college prep/application. Could also include a sidebar including a practical checklist of what parents can help their teens accomplish during those last one/two years—everything from taking a college entrance exam (ACT/SAT) to sending out graduation invitations. Word Count: 700 words + 200... |
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Wisconsin Writers Association
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 25, 2013,
Wisconsin Writers Association
http://www.wiwrite.org/contests/ContestRules.pdf
First Chapters Contest
First Chapters: first chapter of a completed draft of a book-length manuscript, minimum
55,000 words total. Entry must be minimum 1,000 words, maximum 3,000 words. Entries must be original and unpublished.
Entry fee: $15 Prizes: $100, $70, $40. Deadline: June 15, 2013
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Deane Wagner Poetry Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 25, 2013,
Deane Wagner Poetry Contest
http://www.stlwritersguild.net/images/SLWG_Deane_Wagner_Poetry_Contest_Guidelines_2013.pdf
The Deane Wagner Poetry Contest was named to honor a long time member and poet who tragically passed away in the mid-nineties, but this contest has been an annual tradition of St. Louis Writers Guild since 1921. It is held each spring with First, Second, and Third Prizes and Honorable Mention awards presented in mid-summer. The contest seeks to discove... | |
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Thriving Family: Tween Articles
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 24, 2013,
Thriving Family Magazine: Tween Articles
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
(For tween Ages 8- to 12-year-olds)
Active Listening: Sometimes tweens talk and listen better when they are doing something besides sitting and looking you in the face. What one great way do you get your tween to want to tell you about things in his/her life?
Word Count: 130-250 words
Know Your Kid’s Friends: Friends are at the top of a tween’s list of import... | |
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Thriving Family: 0-3 yr. olds
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 23, 2013,
Thriving Family Magazine 0 to 3 yrs. olds
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
(For Early Years 0- to 3-year-olds)
Disappointment Drama: When things don't go the way toddlers have in mind (or are accustomed to), they often don't know how to cope. Simple changes to the routine or unmet expectations can send toddlers into hysterics. Do you have a creative way to help toddlers become more flexible and cope with disappointment (with less drama)?
Introducin... |
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Thriving Family: Devotions on the Go - December
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 22, 2013,
Thriving Family: Devotions On the Go—December Devotions
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
Theme: Faith and Works Each devotion must include a Play, Talk and Pray element, along with an additional and somewhat related prayer that is based in a specific Scripture. Word Count: 150 words per devotion Rights: All rights Payment: $50 on acceptance Due date: May 31, 2013 Audience: Parents with young children. The concepts should be easy for 5- to 8-year-olds to und... |
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On the Premises: Inner Workings
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 21, 2013,
On the Premises, a web-based fiction magazine current contest #20 http://www.onthepremises.com/current_contest.html
The premise is: “INNER WORKINGS”
One or more characters must examine the inner workings of something important to the story. The “something” can be a physical object, a person’s mindset, a relationship, an idea... anything so long as the concept of “inner workings” can be applied to it literally or metaphorically.
Any genre except chi...
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First Annual Colony Collapse Novella Prize
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 21, 2013,
First Annual Colony Collapse Novella Prize
https://colonycollapse.submittable.com/submit
$10 ENTRY FEE
Colony Collapse Press will award a prize of $300, publication, and 20 complimentary copies for the best novella, as judged by our editorial board. Deadline July 31, 2013. Length: 15,000 words minimum and 50,000 words maximum per each individual submission. These pages must comprise a single work of fiction or novella-length narrative nonfiction.
from: www.fundsforwriter... |
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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dating Game
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 20, 2013,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Dating Game
http://www.chickensoup.com
We're publishing a book on dating! First dates, blind dates, group dates... we want to hear about all of them. Meeting the family, embarrassing moments, break-ups and make-ups... we want all of your war stories. Did you meet your perfect match online? Did you have an office romance or start a relationship with someone who was just a friend? How about first dates after divorce, reconnecti... | | |
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Alive Now: Priorities
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 18, 2013,
Alive Now is a devotional magazine that supports the spiritual lives of small groups as well as individuals. The magazine invites readers to enter an ever-deepening relationship with God, helps them reflect on contemporary issues from a faith perspective, and supports them in acting on these issues.
General Guidelines
Each issue of this bimonthly, 48-page magazine focuses on a contemporary topic that impacts the faith life. Divided into sections that move readers through exp... |
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NASA English-language Haiku Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 18, 2013,
NASA English-language Haiku Contest
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ201305050012
NASA is accepting entries for an English-language haiku contest that will put the three best poems aboard a space probe that will orbit Mars. The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration opened the contest on May 1. The deadline for entries is July 1.
The three winning haiku will be selected through online voting. They will be recorded on a DVD that will be loaded o... |
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Weavings: Recovery of Sight to the Blind
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 16, 2013,
Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life http://weavings.upperroom.org/write-for-weavings
Articles 1000 to 2000 words, sermons and meditations 500 to 2000 words, stories (fiction or nonfiction) 750 to 2000 words, poems, prayers and liturgical pieces. Weavings is neither a popular devotional guide nor a technical scholarly journal. We are looking for material that has spiritual depth expressed in simple, even poetic, prose. We hope authors will show ou...
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Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 16, 2013,
Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/fiction-contest $10 ENTRY FEE Deadline July 1, 2013. The winning story will be published in the Jan/Feb 2014 edition of the magazine and on our website. The winning writer will receive a payment of $500. Five runners-up will be published on our website and receive payment of $100 each. Entries should be character- or plot-driven pieces in any genre of fiction. Stories must be 1,500-5,000 wo... | |
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Supernatural Stories, Volume 2
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 15, 2013,
Supernatural Stories, Volume 2
James Stuart Bell is putting together a sequel volume of stories that will follow Angels, Miracles, and Heavenly Encounters, published by Bethany House Publishers in the first half of 2012.
The content will be similar to the original volume. The supernatural realm consisting of God and His angels, as well as evil spirits, is ever present in our midst. On rare occasions this realm becomes visible or we see its direct effects that can in no way be expla...
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Write for Light
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 13, 2013,
Write for Light
http://writeforlight.com/?page_id=58
Write for Light is a creative writing programme that is open to everyone. There is only one thing that we want you to do, and that is to write a short autobiographical story based on the following prompt:
Tell us about a time in your life when you found light in the darkness.
Your true story could be about a time when you: Overcame an obstacle. Achieved something against all odds. Felt hopeless but you found hope. Were n... |
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SouthWest Writers Flash Fiction Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 13, 2013,
SouthWest Writers 2013 Third Bimonthly Writing Contest
Flash Fiction or Short is Good
http://southwestwriters.com/contestBiMonthlyCurrent.php
Write a short story that contains the classic story elements of a protagonist, conflict and resolution. Double-spaced, 750 words maximum. Any genre. Please note if you grant publication permission.
Tweak our interest and win $150/$50/$25 or an honorable mention. Your entry may also be published in the Sage newsletter, if your permiss... |
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Proud To Be, Volume 2
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 12, 2013,
Proud To Be, Volume 2
http://warriorsartsalliance.com/contest-call-for-submissions
NO ENTRY FEE
Open to all military personnel, veterans and their families.
Deadline July 1, 2013.
Five categories of poetry, fiction, essays, photography, interviews with warriors.
Theme: Created by the Missouri Humanities Council, the Warrior Arts Alliance, and Southeast Missouri State University Press, this series of anthologies preserves and shares the perspectives of our military and ve... |
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Humpty Dumpty Magazine
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 10, 2013,
Humpty Dumpty Magazine
(ages 5-7)
http://www.uskidsmags.com/writers-guidelines
FICTION: Short stories 450 words or less. Payment: $70 and up.
NONFICTION: We accept short articles of 300 words or less on science and nature, as well as age-appropriate how-to projects. Payment: $70 and up.
POETRY: We accept poems 4-12 line poems. Please remember the age of your audience. Payment: $35 and up.
RECIPES: We accept simple, healthful recipes of 200 words or les... | |
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ParentLife
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 10, 2013,
ParentLife
http://blog.lifeway.com/parentlife/about-parent-life/
A Christian parenting magazine designed to take parents from pregnancy through the preteen years. ParentLife brings a Christian worldview to today’s top parenting and cultural issues, covering topics related to health, development, education, discipline, and spiritual growth. Each issue of ParentLife gives practical ideas and insights to help parents meet the responsibilities and celebrate the joys of parenting. Par... |
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Elderberry Biography Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 8, 2013,
Elderberry Biography Contest
http://scribulo.us/rules.shtml#bio
$18 ENTRY FEE
Each submission for the Biography contest must fit within a fairly traditional definition of biography. It must be a non-fiction account of the life of a real person, written by someone other than the subject of the biography.
Submissions should be no longer than 5,000 words, and while there is no lower limit to the acceptable word-count we are generally expecting work in the 3,000 to... | |
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Thriving Family: Redeeming Relationships
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, May 7, 2013,
Thriving Family Magazine
Call for Submissions
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
Theme: Redeeming relationships with extended family (can be somewhat Thanksgiving related but doesn't have to be); this needs to be a parenting article, so you would need to show how to parent your children through your family's difficult relationship with one or more extended family members in a way that helps children better understand the role of redemption in the Christia... |
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Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, May 6, 2013,
Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize
http://caseyshaypress.blogspot.com
NO ENTRY FEE
The winner of the Mary Ballard Poetry Chapbook Prize will receive $500, 25 printed copies of the chapbook, and a book contract for the sale of physical and electronic versions of the chapbook. Deadline June 30, 2013. Manuscripts may be either a collection of poems or one long poem and should be a minimum of 20 pages and a maximum of 40 pages.
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SOAR! Words of Inspiration for Graduates
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, May 5, 2013,
June Cotner announces that Andrews McMeel will be publishing SOAR! Words of Inspiration for Graduates in Spring 2014.
http://junecotner.com/jccallsub.html
The purpose of SOAR! is to provide inspirational wisdom, motivational quotes, and positive reminders for students who are graduating from any school such as high school, college, graduate school, or any specialized school such as nursing school.
In addition, about one-third of the selections will have a spiritual emphasi... |
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Women Who Write Poetry & Short Prose Contest
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, May 4, 2013,
Women Who Write 2013 International Poetry & Short Prose Contest
http://www.womenwhowrite.com/Submit.html
DEADLINE: June 30, 2013
Contest Rules: 1.Open to women 18 years or older. 2.Women Who Write will retain one-time publication rights (print and electronic), after which all rights revert to the author. 3.Entries to the contest must be previously unpublished. 4.Prose pieces can be fiction or non-fiction and are limited to 3,000 words or less. 5.$12 entry fee for each prose piece ... |
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Thriving Family Magazine Advent Articles Needed
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, May 3, 2013,
Thriving Family Magazine
Advent Articles Needed!
http://www.thrivingfamily.com/extra/call-for-submissions
Advent Calendar
Help families prepare their hearts for Christmas through activities they can do together. These family activities should be under 200 words total.
Word Count: 100-175 words, not counting the suggestion
Article type: Activity and devotional explanation with fun extra suggestion
Rights: All rights
Payment: $25, on acceptance, for each activity/expl... |
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Pelican Publishing
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, May 2, 2013,
Pelican Publishing
http://www.pelicanpub.com/viewer.php?region=92
As a general trade publisher, Pelican produces travel guides, art and architecture books, Christmas books, local and international cookbooks, motivational and inspirational works, and children’s books, as well as a growing number of social commentary, history, and fiction titles.
from: www.fundsforwriters.com
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Saturday Writers Short Story Contest - Purple/Brown
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, May 1, 2013,
Saturday Writers Short Story Contest - Color Prompt: Brown/Purple
http://www.saturdaywriters.org/sw-contests.html
Deadline: May 25, 2013 Short Story - Any Genre Color Prompt: Purple and/or Brown 2,013 word limit
Here are some ideas to work color into your story:
The story can take place near the muddy Mississippi River, in middle-ages England or the old west where roads are dirt and mud. Your story could happen at sunset, beneath a purple sky. Sci-Fi stories can make anything pu... |
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