TreadBikely is excited to announce that we’re currently accepting submissions for our first free, open format story contest! Prize payouts, processed via PayPal, are as … Read More “TreadBikely Cycling Story Contest”
The International Organization for Migration and Fordham University invite writers of all ages and backgrounds to submit original non-fiction essays or memoirs, short fiction or … Read More “Unmapped: migrants stories of New York”
The Little Journal of Northeast India is inviting submissions of poetry, personal essays, travel essays, photo essays, art, illustrations, and more for its Spring 2020 … Read More “The Little Journal of Northeast India – Spring 2020 Issue – Inviting Submissions”
The year 2020 reminds us of the phrase: Hindsight is 20/20. So we invite you to look back on your life and tell us about … Read More “Mistakes Were Made”
The Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition, sponsored by the North Carolina Writers’ Network, encourages the creation of lasting nonfiction that is outside the realm of … Read More “Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition”
The Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize honors Harriet Jacobs and Thomas Jones, two pioneering African-American writers from North Carolina, and seeks to convey the rich and … Read More “Jacobs/Jones African-American Literary Prize”
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine is given twice yearly for a travel-specific short story, long-form creative nonfiction piece, poem or essay … Read More “Nowhere Magazine Fall 2019 Travel Writing Contest”
There is a choice of four prompts for your entry. See the website: http://www.wildwords.org/competition The piece can be oral or written, fiction or non-fiction, prose … Read More “Wild Words Winter Solstice Competition”
Porter House Review seeks submissions for its second annual Editor’s Prize contest through December 1st. This year’s judges are Carmen Maria Machado (fiction), Leslie Jamison … Read More “Porter House Review Editor’s Prize Contest”
The Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, sponsored biennially by the Washington-Centerville Public in conjunction with the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop, pays tribute to Erma Bombeck, one … Read More “Erma Bombeck Writing Competition”
Read the first-place winner of our 2019 Essay Contest Read More “2019 Essay Contest Winner: What I wish I’d known”
Here are the benefits of using writing prompts to help boost your creativity and stir up your writing. Read More “Rekindle the flame: 8 writing exercises to boost your creativity”
Treat the writer on your list to one of these excellent craft books published in 2019. Read More “Here are our picks for the best writing books of 2019”
