Symphony Space: "SELECTED SHORTS WRITING CONTEST!
ENTER TO WIN THE STELLA KUPFERBERG MEMORIAL SHORT STORY PRIZE
An exciting new contest for writers. The winning entry will be read in the Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space and the winner will receive $1000.
Story requirements:
--Story length: 1-4 double-spaced typed pages
--Required Opening line: I’m not sure I knew I was setting out on an important journey…
--Required Final line: I understood I had finally come home.
Where to submit your story:
Email all submissions to shorts@symphonyspace.org (with “CONTEST” in subject line),
or send to:
CONTEST, Selected Shorts, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, NY, NY 10025
Deadline: All submissions must be received by March 31, 2007
The Prize: $1000 and two tickets to the May 30 closing night of the Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space, when the prizewinning story will be read."
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Bent Pin Quarterly
BENT PIN, a new journal online, is accepting poetry, essays, and flash fiction for its first issue, Spring 2007.
Poetry & the Foley Poetry Contest at America Magazine
Poetry & the Foley Poetry Contest at America Magazine: "Each entrant is asked to submit only one poem of 30 lines or fewer for consideration. No poems will be returned. Only typed, unpublished poems not under consideration elsewhere will be considered. The winning poem will be announced on this Web page in early June and published in America. The cash prize will be $1,000. Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked between January 1 and March 31, 2007. "
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Quick Fiction Deadline Extended
The deadline for submissions to Quick Fiction issue 11 has been extended to February 8, 2007. As always, we look forward to reading your stories under 500 words.
Visit us online to read excerpts of work previously published in the journal and to use our new online submission system. Setting up an account is simple and easy, and you will be able to log in any time to check on the status of your submission or to submit more work. Sign up at our website here:
http://quickfiction.org/submit/
Visit us online to read excerpts of work previously published in the journal and to use our new online submission system. Setting up an account is simple and easy, and you will be able to log in any time to check on the status of your submission or to submit more work. Sign up at our website here:
http://quickfiction.org/submit/
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Quay - a journal of the arts
Quay - a journal of the arts
"We would like to announce to the world the arrival of Quay, A Journal of the Arts.
QUAY.
Symmetry with error. A pattern you would think is incomplete but is not.
Please consider visiting our site [quayjournal.org] and submitting your work. We are shaping our creative collection, so, at this time, we will only say that we are interested in fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, short plays or monologues and multi-media pieces.
Our goal is to publish three issues a year, online and in print.
* Spring Issue: submissions in January and February
* Summer Issue: submissions in May and June
* Fall Issue: submissions in September and October"
"We would like to announce to the world the arrival of Quay, A Journal of the Arts.
QUAY.
Symmetry with error. A pattern you would think is incomplete but is not.
Please consider visiting our site [quayjournal.org] and submitting your work. We are shaping our creative collection, so, at this time, we will only say that we are interested in fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction, poetry, art, short plays or monologues and multi-media pieces.
Our goal is to publish three issues a year, online and in print.
* Spring Issue: submissions in January and February
* Summer Issue: submissions in May and June
* Fall Issue: submissions in September and October"
Monday, January 15, 2007
Choka On It
Contribute to the worlds largest Choka:
Choka On It: "Choka is a Japanese form of poetry, related to, but pre-dating haiku. It starts with three non-rhyming lines of 5-7-5 syllables, then repeats with 7-5, 7-5, 7-5. That's where you come in ..."
Choka On It: "Choka is a Japanese form of poetry, related to, but pre-dating haiku. It starts with three non-rhyming lines of 5-7-5 syllables, then repeats with 7-5, 7-5, 7-5. That's where you come in ..."
Karen Quinn’s Wife in the Fast Lane Contest » No Entry Fee
Karen Quinn’s Wife in the Fast Lane Contest » Official Rules: "4. CONTEST DESCRIPTION: The Contest is comprised of three separate online skill-based contests in which participants may express themselves on the subject of juggling love, children, work, self, parents, life passions, to-do lists, etc. in any of three ways (the “Categories”):
a.Video contest 1 (“Video Contest”): Create a video up to 2 minutes in length that is a humorous but truthful expression of your view from “the fast lane.” Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Video on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
b.Essay contest 2 (“Essay Contest”): Write a humorous, truthful essay up to 800 words (excluding the title) entitled: Confessions from the Fast Lane. Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Essay on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
c.One-Liner contest 3 (“One-liner Contest”): Using humor and truth, finish this thought – I knew I was living in the fast lane when… Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Essay on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
Entries may be submitted beginning January 10, 2007 through February 16, 2007, after which judging and voting will take place."
a.Video contest 1 (“Video Contest”): Create a video up to 2 minutes in length that is a humorous but truthful expression of your view from “the fast lane.” Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Video on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
b.Essay contest 2 (“Essay Contest”): Write a humorous, truthful essay up to 800 words (excluding the title) entitled: Confessions from the Fast Lane. Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Essay on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
c.One-Liner contest 3 (“One-liner Contest”): Using humor and truth, finish this thought – I knew I was living in the fast lane when… Specific instructions for completing the Entry form and putting your Essay on-line can be found at www.wifeinthefastlane.com.
Entries may be submitted beginning January 10, 2007 through February 16, 2007, after which judging and voting will take place."
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