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Writing Competitions and Calls for Submissions

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West Branch journal pays for poetry, prose, and reviews...

0 1.6k 22 Aug 2014

On The Premises short story contest...no fee, cash prize...

0 1.5k 22 Aug 2014

Creative Nonfiction seeks essays on waiting...

0 1.3k 22 Aug 2014

This may be of interest to people here who write plays and stuff...

0 1.4k 21 Aug 2014

Morgen Bailey posts a ton of writing comps on her blog...

1 1.9k 19 Aug 2014

No fee poetry contest...$250.00 first prize...

0 1.5k 19 Aug 2014

The Capilano Review pays for poetry and fiction

0 1.5k 15 Aug 2014

Cincinnati Review, now accepting poetry and prose...

0 1.8k 15 Aug 2014

Music inspired dark tales wanted...pays $200.00...

0 1.4k 15 Aug 2014

No fee, big money essay contest...your "Eureka" moment...

0 2.5k 15 Aug 2014

New antho looking for non-traditional horror stories...

0 1.9k 12 Aug 2014

Contest for a group of poems that have meter and rhyme...$1000.00 first prize...

3 2.6k 4 Aug 2014

Sci-fi/horror stories needed for antho...

0 1.5k 25 Jul 2014

Story Magazine pays for...you guessed it...stories, and poems as well btw...

0 1.5k 25 Jul 2014

Write On Short Story Contest for adults...no fee, first prize $200.00 and publication...

0 1.5k 23 Jul 2014

Short story contest...no fee, $200.00 first prize...

0 1.4k 23 Jul 2014

Midnight Echo needs submissions of dark fiction and poetry for a themed issue...

0 1.4k 23 Jul 2014

Smiles For All pays for funny true stories, photos and podcasts...

0 1.5k 18 Jul 2014

Stories on dealing with loss and grieving wanted...pays $50.00...

0 1.6k 17 Jul 2014

Have a humorous travel tale? New antho pays $100.00 per story...

0 1.5k 17 Jul 2014

Thriving Family pays for all sorts of family related articles...

0 1.5k 17 Jul 2014

MONTHLY/RECURRING COMPETITIONS: A few that might be of interest...

0 1.8k 14 Jul 2014

For my speculative fiction writing friends here...

0 1.6k 9 Jul 2014

Anthology looking for dragon stories, and poems...fiction only btw...

0 1.5k 9 Jul 2014

Bastion is a science fiction magazine that buys short stories 1 to 5k...

0 1.3k 9 Jul 2014

Got published recently? Get paid to tell people about it...can't beat that my friends...

0 1.5k 6 Jul 2014

All about love writing contest...no fee...a cool $2000.00 first prize...

0 1.6k 6 Jul 2014

Triptych pays $100.00 for fantasy and sci-fi short stories...

0 1.4k 5 Jul 2014

SPS Studios Biannual Poetry Card Contest...

1 2.3k 16 Jun 2014

Rattle “Japanese Forms” Issue...poetry submission call...

0 1.4k 16 Jun 2014