We accept previously unpublished work in many genres of fiction as well as memoir. We accept previously unpublished poetry. We do not accept essays or other nonfiction genres. We do not accept horror or erotica. This means no graphic violence, no overt...

Do you want to make the world a more thoughtful and caring place? American Greetings is seeking new freelance writers interested in using the power of their perspectives to foster connection, inclusion, and expression. Pays $200 per card. 

Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions focused on the craft of writing.

Our Buchanan Dam, TX event features Rachel Starnes presenting on “Problems of Memory in Memoir” and Julie Poole presenting on “Nature Poetry: A Field Guide to Capturing Everyday Wonder”.

We’ll...

We here at World Nomads HQ are nomads ourselves, and it's our mission to uncover the best, the funniest, the freshest, the most gut-wrenching, or just the most beautiful travel stories to share with our community. Whether it’s a written travel essay or photo story, we’re looking for personal, authentic stories about life-changing journeys and experiences. We pay 50 cents per word for written stories.

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 cartoon) that is co...

Entry Deadline: November 22, 2021

Catholic Literary Arts encourages your written submission focused on Walking with Mary: Advent. We will feature three winners on our website and award a cash prize of $25 to each. A virtual even to celebrate the winners and finalists will be held on December 9^th. Final entries will be judged by Maggie Gallagher, executive director, Benedict XVI Institu...

Deadline October 31, 2021. We are looking for true stories about acts of kindness that have happened to you or that you have witnessed firsthand. Stories can be serious or funny or both but they should definitely inspire our readers to look for ways in which they can perform their own kind acts. Pays $200 and ten copies. Limit 1,200 words.

Every two years, the Charles Dickson Chapbook Contest honors poetic achievement in a chapbook-length work. Dickson, an internationally respected poet of the haiku, was the author of A Touch of Wholeness, Taste of Summer, Fragrance of Frost Grapes, and Out of Cassiopeia. The chapbook contest is funded in part by a grant from the estate of John King and Mary Harvey Ottley and a gift from Virgin...

We're looking for feature pitches as we move to increase our culture and lifestyle reporting. That includes interesting profiles of people, groups, and businesses, first-person essays, cultural commentary pieces, useful listicles, trend coverage, etc. We love hyperlocal stories, but anything Houstonians and Texans are interested in goes. Send pitches to sarah.sarder@chron.com  and include a link to your portfolio or p...

All submissions will be conside...

Pull out those magnifying glasses! It's time to lure us in with the first pages of your mystery novel for middle grade readers. This contest is your chance to write a fiction mystery first page for kids ages 8-12 years old. It can be funny or ominous or somewhere in between.

Entries for this contest will include a one-sentence book summary followed by no more than 1,000 words from the...

Honoring Byron Herbert Reece, whose north Georgia upbringing informed five volumes of poetry on themes of nature and the Bible.  This competition is open to GPS members and non-members and will include a first prize of $250, second prize of $100, and a third prize of $50.  Two HM certificates will be awarded.  Length and form:  Open.  Theme:  Nature.

The fee fo...

God’s Constant Presence
http://christwriters.info/index/god-s-constant-presence

You may recall James Stuart Bell’s role as editor for story collection series such as: A Cup of Comfort, Extraordinary Answers to Prayer, and a number of books related to Angels, Miracles, and Heavenly Encounters.  Recently I collaborated on a story collection for Guideposts entitled, Miracles Do Happen: 101 Glimpses of the Hidden Hand of God and later, Angels All around Us. Mr. Stuart is now compiling a story v...

This fall we are hosting our first annual prize for comedy in flash!

We want to feel your razor-sharp wit, share your sideways view of the world, hear your irresistibly bizarre voice. We want to laugh out loud and snort our coffee through our noses. Yes, we want this. All at the same time. Make us smile.

While there is no specific theme for this competition, your work should interpret the idea of co...

Awards will be given as follows: First Place: $100, Second Place: $60, Third Place: $30. All entrants will receive a copy of their score sheet and judge's feedback for each submission.

ALL forms of Poetry are accepted, and must not be longer than five pages. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and not previously published....

We accept previously unpublished work in many genres of fiction as well as memoir. We accept previously unpublished poetry. We do not accept essays or other nonfiction genres. We do not accept horror or erotica. This means no graphic violence, no overt...

Do you want to make the world a more thoughtful and caring place? American Greetings is seeking new freelance writers interested in using the power of their perspectives to foster connection, inclusion, and expression. Pays $200 per card. 

Texas Writes is a statewide program that brings accomplished authors to rural libraries for a half day of presentations and panel discussions focused on the craft of writing.

Our Buchanan Dam, TX event features Rachel Starnes presenting on “Problems of Memory in Memoir” and Julie Poole presenting on “Nature Poetry: A Field Guide to Capturing Everyday Wonder”.

We’ll...

We here at World Nomads HQ are nomads ourselves, and it's our mission to uncover the best, the funniest, the freshest, the most gut-wrenching, or just the most beautiful travel stories to share with our community. Whether it’s a written travel essay or photo story, we’re looking for personal, authentic stories about life-changing journeys and experiences. We pay 50 cents per word for written stories.

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 cartoon) that is co...

Entry Deadline: November 22, 2021

Catholic Literary Arts encourages your written submission focused on Walking with Mary: Advent. We will feature three winners on our website and award a cash prize of $25 to each. A virtual even to celebrate the winners and finalists will be held on December 9^th. Final entries will be judged by Maggie Gallagher, executive director, Benedict XVI Institu...

Deadline October 31, 2021. We are looking for true stories about acts of kindness that have happened to you or that you have witnessed firsthand. Stories can be serious or funny or both but they should definitely inspire our readers to look for ways in which they can perform their own kind acts. Pays $200 and ten copies. Limit 1,200 words.

Every two years, the Charles Dickson Chapbook Contest honors poetic achievement in a chapbook-length work. Dickson, an internationally respected poet of the haiku, was the author of A Touch of Wholeness, Taste of Summer, Fragrance of Frost Grapes, and Out of Cassiopeia. The chapbook contest is funded in part by a grant from the estate of John King and Mary Harvey Ottley and a gift from Virgin...

We're looking for feature pitches as we move to increase our culture and lifestyle reporting. That includes interesting profiles of people, groups, and businesses, first-person essays, cultural commentary pieces, useful listicles, trend coverage, etc. We love hyperlocal stories, but anything Houstonians and Texans are interested in goes. Send pitches to sarah.sarder@chron.com  and include a link to your portfolio or p...

All submissions will be conside...

Pull out those magnifying glasses! It's time to lure us in with the first pages of your mystery novel for middle grade readers. This contest is your chance to write a fiction mystery first page for kids ages 8-12 years old. It can be funny or ominous or somewhere in between.

Entries for this contest will include a one-sentence book summary followed by no more than 1,000 words from the...

Honoring Byron Herbert Reece, whose north Georgia upbringing informed five volumes of poetry on themes of nature and the Bible.  This competition is open to GPS members and non-members and will include a first prize of $250, second prize of $100, and a third prize of $50.  Two HM certificates will be awarded.  Length and form:  Open.  Theme:  Nature.

The fee fo...

God’s Constant Presence
http://christwriters.info/index/god-s-constant-presence

You may recall James Stuart Bell’s role as editor for story collection series such as: A Cup of Comfort, Extraordinary Answers to Prayer, and a number of books related to Angels, Miracles, and Heavenly Encounters.  Recently I collaborated on a story collection for Guideposts entitled, Miracles Do Happen: 101 Glimpses of the Hidden Hand of God and later, Angels All around Us. Mr. Stuart is now compiling a story v...

This fall we are hosting our first annual prize for comedy in flash!

We want to feel your razor-sharp wit, share your sideways view of the world, hear your irresistibly bizarre voice. We want to laugh out loud and snort our coffee through our noses. Yes, we want this. All at the same time. Make us smile.

While there is no specific theme for this competition, your work should interpret the idea of co...

Awards will be given as follows: First Place: $100, Second Place: $60, Third Place: $30. All entrants will receive a copy of their score sheet and judge's feedback for each submission.

ALL forms of Poetry are accepted, and must not be longer than five pages. Entries must be entirely the work of the entrant and not previously published....