The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 May 17-23 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission…
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Chanticleer Book Reviews Short Stories, Novelettes, and Novellas Contests
(International, Annual, Fiction, Entry Fee) We are now accepting submissions for Winter/Holiday Reads Submissions Deadlines: Winter/Holiday Reads/Summer Submissions Submissions Deadline: June 15 Finalists announced: August 15 First Place and Runners Up announced Oct. 15 Prize awarded at CAC 2016 Awards Gala Word count: 45,000 maximum firm No Flash Fiction, please. Minimum word count: 500 Dates…
Glimmer Train Fiction Contests
(International, Year-Round, 5 Short Fiction Categories, Reading Fees) 2015 SUBMISSION CALENDAR AND CATEGORIES We have five submission categories from which to choose, including our standard category (no reading fees and payment for accepted pieces is $700), and four contests (reading fees allow for 1st place prizes from $1,500 to $2,500). Contests vs. standards. Click on…
Commonwealth Short Story Prize
(Commonwealth, Annual, Short Story, Free) The Commonwealth Short Story Prize brings stories from new and emerging voices, often from countries with little or no publishing infrastructure, to the attention of an international audience. You don’t need an agent, just an internet connection to submit your unpublished story of 2000-5000 words. Entry is always free and stories translated…
Canada Writes: CBC Literary Prizes
(Canada, Annual, Short Story/Creative Nonfiction/Poetry, Entry fee) Submission Deadlines Short Story Competition opens: September 1 Deadline: November 1 Creative Nonfiction Competition opens: January 1 Deadline: March 1 Poetry Competition opens: April 1 Deadline: June 1 Participants must verify the exact deadlines on the cbcbooks.ca website. Please note that CBC/Radio-Canada is permitted to modify these deadlines…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 May 10-16 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 May 10-16 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 May 3-9 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 May 3-9 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 April-May 2 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 April 26-May 2 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 April 19-25 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 April 19-25 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 April 12-18 Edition
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 April 12-18 Edition Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to literary…
TWP Weekly Writing Post 2015 Easter Edition (April 5-11)
The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM 2015 Easter Edition (April 5-11) Welcome to The Writing Pool’s Weekly Writing PostTM! We provide you with a free weekly newsletter filled with notices about contests, events, conferences, and other information that might be useful or of great interest to writers of all leanings. Meanwhile, calls for submission to…
City Centre Community School 2015 Creative Writing Class
We finally concluded the 2015 Winter term at the City Centre Community School, where I taught a short story writing class. Of the 10 weeks + 3-week extension, we still missed 6 class days because of storms that fell every Tuesday this year, unlike last year, when they fell every Wednesday! So we really had…
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