The Chanticleer Book Review (CBR) is looking for published novels and unpublished manuscripts in the following categories: Fantasy and Science Fiction (deadline Jan. 31) Narrative … Read More “Chanticleer Book Review Blue Ribbon Awards”
How to Enter: 1. Pick a prompt from one of the 10 available pages. 2. Write your story and make sure it’s between 500 and … Read More “1,000 Prompts, 1,000 Dollars”
The competition theme is “Home.” Home can be a building, a room, a space. Home should feel comfortable, a place where you belong. It might … Read More ““Home” International Call For Writers by ArtAscent”
In recognition of up-and-coming artists, YoungArts awards • Cash prizes of up to $10,000 • Access to scholarships, professional contacts and career opportunities including the … Read More “YoungArts 2014”
Writers, publishers, editors and educators engage in literary conversation and celebration with fellow lovers of literature from across the region and the world. The conference … Read More “AWP Annual Conference and Bookfair”
Science fiction/fantasy/horror workshop for young writers, ages 14-19. Some scholarship funding available. Application deadline: March 2.
Hosted by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Schedule includes craft classes, conversations, panels and readings, as well as … Read More “Desert Nights, Rising Stars”
The Gauntlet is a new format, underground writing contest for speculative fiction. We welcome pros, amateurs, hobbyists. If you can pick up a pencil or … Read More “WYRM’s Gauntlet”
The competition theme is Dark. Shadows, expectation, foreboding, mystery, villains, secrets, memories, challenges, hauntings. Show us the darkness you have imagined. Entries may include fiction, … Read More ““Dark” International Call For Writers by ArtAscent”
Whether you’re a beginning writer or a published professional, the San Diego State University Writers’ Conference is for you. Now in its 30th year, this … Read More “SDSU Writers’ Conference”
Working on a book for young readers? Here’s what not to do. Read More “5 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad children’s book mistakes”
Fully developing the setting of your work can lead to richer characters and deeper plotlines. Read More “Beyond the backdrop: Mastering setting in fiction”
All writers will receive rejection letters, but all “no’s” are not equal. Read More “Ranking rejection”
