Articles related to "Fiction Contest"

With $1,000 and a potential publishing contract as the prize, every children's writer should enter this one writing contest.

Free writing contests help teachers meet curriculum requirements and give students a chance of publication, a thrill that starts many a young writer on a career.

Having a sense of humor and a diverse array of interests helped to groom Garrison Spik to be the 2008 winner of this non-traditional writing contest.

James King has won the 2009 Amazon Annual Breakthrough Novel Award with "Bill Warrington's Last Chance," for a publishing contract with Penguin and a $25,000 advance.

February Writing Contests, Fellowships and Awards for aspiring American Fiction authors.

River rafting, back country hiking and sizzling summertime temperatures are what draw people to Lytton, British Columbia, Canada's river-rafting capital.

Suite101 interviews Professor Scott Rice of San Jose State University, creator of the humorous Bulwer-Lytton Awards.

Micro-fiction, postcard fiction, flash fiction: whatever you call it, it's a distinct genre and it has its own markets. These places publish stories under 1,000 words.

Without spending any money, markets for aspiring writers are available for the taking simply by visiting your local bookstore.

Robert Bly's 5-line poem is a fascinating conglomeration of images that results in a facile display of redundancy and a unfortunate missed opportunity.

Zoetrope: All-Story creates a viable bridge between writer and film, with quarterly publications, virtual studio, and annual contests.

Author Lilith Saintcrow talks about her influences, Stephen King's "filters" and her abiding interest in the occult.

Creative writing teachers, contest judges and editors are quick to spot certain warning signs that immediately peg an author as an amateur.

A decision by The Willesden Herald not to award the prize in this year's competition leads to greater understanding of just what makes a short story succeed.