Toasted Cheese is holding a "Dead of Winter" fiction contest for a horror story set in Winter with a theme of “hidden grave.” Deadline is December 21, 2009. Winning stories will be published in their March issue. Winners receive Amazon gift certificates: 1st: $20; 2nd: $15; 3rd: $10. Word limit is 4,000. You can follow Toasted Cheese on Twitter.
The folks at Creative Nonfiction have two upcoming contests:
- An essay of 5,000 words or less that explores death, dying, and end of life care, for a collection to be published for the Southern Methodist University Press. There is a $20 reading fee, and the first prize winner receives $1,500. The postmark deadline is December 31, 2009.
- For an upcoming issue of Creative Nonfiction Journal, editors are looking for an essay of 5,000 words or less about the bonds - emotional, ethical, biological, physical or otherwise -- between humans and animals. There is a $20 reading fee. The postmark deadline is April 2, 2010. A $1000 prize will be given for best essay, and $500 for a runner-up.
You can follow Creative Nonfiction on Twitter.
Ocean Magazine is holding their first writing contest. They are looking for stories, essays, poems and articles relating to the ocean. Deadline is January 15, 2010. The winning entry will appear in the Ocean Magazine and online. No reading fee.
The First Line is looking for stories between 300-3,000 words with the first line: "Working for God is never easy." The deadline is February 1, 2010. There is no submission fee. They pay on publication ($20) and you receive a copy of the issue in which your story appears. The first lines for May, August and November 2010 are also posted on their web site if you wish to check it out.
How about you? Up for any contests? Or is current work keeping you busy, with the holidays on top of it all? Worn out by NaNo? Let us know!
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8 comments:
Hi Kathy,
Once again you've provided us with a fabulous variety of contests and calls.
I am very pleased to discover Ocean magazine as I like to write old fashioned poetry (meter, rhyme scheme, the works) about nature. If time allows, perhaps I'll submit.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Thanks.
Terrie
Hi Terrie,
Yet another talent you have -- poetry! I'm so glad the Ocean magazine contest has appealed to you -- the very reason I love to write about these varied contests/calls for submissions -- you never know which one might strike a chord for someone. I hope you do give it a whirl. I know it's the busiest month of the year, though! Good luck!
Fantastic collection of varied opportunities, Kathy! Great stuff. There were a couple of tempters, that is, if I weren't already overcommitted, but I like to know about everything. Sometimes, I just can't help myself.
I know the feeling all too well, Clare! So busy with so many projects, then we must try to fit life in, with details like cooking, laundry, shopping, etc...and we are to magically have more time in December than any other month of the year!
It is always tempting, though, isn't it? There are so many whose deadlines whoosh by, but I simply can't get to them all! I hear ya, Sister!
Love the "Emotion Thesaurus." What a fabulous idea!
Hi Laura,
Isn't that a wonderful writer's tool? I have to remember to consult it every now and then. Glad you checked it out!
Thanks for mentioning my contest at The Bookshelf Muse! Good Luck to everyone who enters!
Angela,
Thanks for stopping by! I'm so happy to tell our readers about your wonderful contest, and we love your Emotion Thesaurus -- it's so valuable.
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