Browsing Archive: December, 2020
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, December 31, 2020,
California Federation of Chaparral Poets
https://www.chaparralpoets.org/PDFs/AnnualContest21.pdf
Postmarked Deadline: January 31, 2021
OPEN TO ALL POETS
Prizes: 1st prize: $50 00 2nd prize: $40 00 3rd prize: $25 00
Categories Titles are not counted as part of line limits Line Limit:
1. Fixed Forms (specify form) what form requires
2. Short Poem - 13 lines
3. Any Subject, any style - 32 lines
4. Light or Humorous Poem - 28 lines
5. Nature: any aspect - 28 lines
6. Science, Technology and Media: any aspec...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, December 30, 2020,
Gulf Coast Writers Association Writing Contest
Deadline: January 31, 2021
All categories--Poetry, Fiction, Children's and Nonfiction--are open to all writers, published or unpublished. We will accept most genres, except pornography, erotica, graphic violence/horror, or anything racial or biased toward any religious or moral preference.
Entry Fee - $20 for fiction, nonfiction, poetry or children’s.
Prizes - $100, $50, $25
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, December 28, 2020,
Snapshots Haiku Calendar Competition
Entries should be emailed or postmarked by January 31, 2021.
Prizes - £400/US $600 total prize money.
12 haiku will be selected as monthly winners and will be published prominently in The Haiku Calendar 2021. The prize money will be divided equally between the 12 winners. 40 additional haiku will be selected as runners-up and these will also be published in the calendar. Entrants may win ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, December 27, 2020,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Eldercare
Eldercare on an ongoing basis is a very difficult task, whether the care is in your home, the person’s home, or an outside facility. Eldercare requires the caregiver to be patient, kind, compassionate and giving. And having a little humor doesn’t hurt! Are you providing eldercare for a spouse, partner, or sibling due to dementia, chronic illness, permanent physical or mental disabilities,...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, December 21, 2020,
WOW! Women On Writing 2020 Quarterly Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest
Seeking creative nonfiction essays on any topic (200 - 1000 words) and in any style -- from personal essay and memoir to lyric essay and hybrid, and more! The mission of this contest is to reward bravery in real-life storytelling and create an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives.
Electronic submissions via email only; reprints are okay; simulta...
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, December 20, 2020,
Focus on the Family Magazine - Developing Attitudes of Hope
Topic: What have you done to help your children feel hopeful about the future, regardless of disease, politics, news reports, etc.? How does it relate to their hope in Christ? We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place for yo...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, December 19, 2020,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Fears
Topic: What is one way you helped your child overcome one fear related to their school, school peers, teacher, etc. (Remember, this has to be about parenting and not just what children learned on their own about dealing with school problems.) We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, December 18, 2020,
Stories welcomes creativity and originality in your approach to your subject and maintains no clearly recognizable editorial biases. We do, however, encourage you to consider that by the inherent nature of written expression, we find that a well-wrought passage that narrates a specific story or a finite moment within a life is far more effective at presenting something essential about that life than volumes of generalizations or summary.
We welcome y...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, December 17, 2020,
Highland Park Poetry New Writing Opportunities
2021 POETRY CHALLENGE - Amateurs, semi-professionals, professionals and students of all ages are invited to submit original poetry in response to the 2021 Poetry Challenge. Deadline is Friday, January 29, 2021. Download Submission Guidelines and Entry Form. This year Highland Park Poetry challenges poets to write a response to one of the following prompts:
Fruits and Vegetables (the United Nations has declared 2021 the...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, December 16, 2020,
The following is from editor James Stuart Bell -
I am now compiling a story volume for Guideposts with a working title of Angels All around Us. The main themes of this book as given by Guideposts are:
Guardian angels/Angelic Rescues
Angels Unawares (a la Hebrews 13:2)
Angelic Messages, Signs, and Warnings
Angel Visitations and Sightings
Angelic Comfort, Prayers, and/or Help
Hospital Angels/Angelic Healings
Story Guidelines:
First person experience of an angel/angelic encounter
Between 800 and 1,200 wo...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, December 14, 2020,
In the Mood for Love Anthology
We’re hopeless romantics who want to leave the world a better place than we found it. In the Mood for Love seeks love stories odd and ordinary, light and heavy, real and fictional. We highlight the best romantic shorts.
In the Mood for Love is an online anthology focused on fresh, short works that appeal across all walks of life. For our first issue, we’re seeking works that defy tropes...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, December 13, 2020,
Poetry Society of Virginia Annual Contest
Prizes - $20 to $100
Entry fee - $5 per poem
21 categories - formal or free verse, sonnets, friends or friendship, farm life, limericks, heroism, women, nature, birds, for children, bereavement, fathers, sestinas, ekphrastic, & more.
Postmark deadline: January 19, 2021
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, December 12, 2020,
Pennsylvania Poetry Society Annual Contest
http://www.nfsps.com/pa/PPS-Competitions.html
14 categories to enter including Pennsylvania, Sea & Sand, Ancestors, Gratitude, Sonnet, Humorous, Environment, Nature, Memories, Art, Spirituality, Love, and Travel . Entry fee - $3 per poem. Prizes range from $10 - $200.
Deadline is January 15, 2020.
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, December 11, 2020,
MUSE Magazine: Layers of Meaning
MUSE is a discovery magazine for children and teens ages 9-14. It takes intellectual curiosity seriously, while never taking itself too seriously. The editors seek fresh and entertaining articles from the fields of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Timeliness and trustworthiness is essential, but humor, irreverence, and atypical angles are also hallmarks of MUSE. We seek articles that describe how things...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, December 10, 2020,
Massachusetts State Poetry Society
OF THEE I SING CONTEST
Deadline: January 15
Subject: Praise of Someone - Someplace - Something (human - vegetable - animal - mineral - flora, etc.)
Form: Poet's Choice
Line Limit: 40 Lines
Prizes: $50 $25 $10
Entry fee: $3
Poems must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, December 10, 2020,
ASK Magazine: Making Musical Instruments
ASK is a nonfiction magazine for children 7–10 years old who are curious about science and the world they live in. Each edition of ASK is built around a central theme or question.
ASK introduces kids to the joys of thinking and questioning scientifically, and presumes them to be active members of the international community of knowledge-seekers. The ideal ASK article is an engaging nonfiction story (or carto...
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, December 8, 2020,
Literal Latte Fiction Awards
K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Awards
First Prize $1000 Second Prize $300 Third Prize $200
Send unpublished stories, 10,000 words max.
All subjects and styles welcome.
Postmark by January 15th.
Name, Address, Telephone Number, Email Address (optional) — on Cover Page only.
Include Self Addressed Stamped Envelope or Email Address for reply.
Include $10 Reading Fee per story — OR — $15 reading Fee for two stories...
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, December 5, 2020,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Foster Care Adoption Ideas
Topic: What is one thing you learned that would help make the transition easier for a child in foster care that you eventually adopted? Or how have you helped your foster-care adopted child with one particular challenge? This should be what you did that could easily be practiced by others who have foster-care children that they’ve adopted. At this time, this call for submiss...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, December 4, 2020,
FACES Magazine: Alaska
Lively, original approaches to the subject are the primary concerns of the editors in choosing material. FACES: World Culture & Geography is written for ages 9-14. FACES Writers are encouraged to study recent past copies for content and style. (Sample copies are available for viewing at the Cricket Media Store, where you can also purchase a current issue.) Issues are also available at many local libraries. All material...
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, December 2, 2020,
North Carolina Poetry Society Annual Contest
Entry fee: $5 per poem entered for nonmembers
Prizes: $60 and $30 for each category
Postmark deadline: January 09, 2021
10 category contests include: poems written by adults for children 2 to 12 years of age, love, haiku, light verse, sonnet, American heritage or nature, courage or crisis, contemporary events or issues, sestinas, and free verse.
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, December 2, 2020,
Mississippi Review Literary Journal Contest
Entry fee - $15
Our annual contest awards prizes of $1,000 in fiction, nonfiction and in poetry. Winners and finalists will make up next winter's print issue of the national literary magazine Mississippi Review. Contest is open to all writers in English, except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi. Fiction and nonfiction entries should be 1,000-8,000 wor...
Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.