Browsing Archive: March, 2021
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 31, 2021,
Force Majeure Flash Contest
$5 ENTRY FEE. Deadline April 30, 2021. Top prize for a single flash $300; two runners-up $100 each. Limit 1,000 words. May contain fiction, nonfiction, hybrids, marks, or images, in any combination. May bend genre.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 30, 2021,
The War Cry: Leadership and Power
The War Cry represents the Salvation Army’s mission through news, profiles, commentaries and stories. It looks to bring people to Christ, help believers grow in faith and character, and promotes redemptive cultural practices from the perspective of Salvation Army programs, ministries and doctrines. Readership consists of those in and involved with The Salvation Army as well as the general public. It is distribut...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 29, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Cleaning Up Christmas
Topic: How did you get your kids excited about cleaning up Christmas decorations? We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place for you to refine your voice as an author. At this time, this call for submissions is only for North American...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, March 27, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Conversation Starters
Topic: What are your top two conversation-starter questions, and what did they help you learn about your kids? Please do not include high-low or best-worse kinds of questions, since we already have them. Also, make sure they are general enough that other parents can use them with their kids. At this time, this call for submissions is only for North American authors.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, March 26, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Caring for Others at Easter
Topic: What is one way that you and your children have intentionally shown Christ’s love to classmates, friends and relatives during the days before Easter? Or what is one unique way that you’ve helped your children invite someone to an Easter service, independent of your church’s invitations? (This should be a parenting tip and not something your kids did on their own...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, March 25, 2021,
Writecorner Press E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award
For unpublished fiction, any style, any theme.
First Place Award: $1,100
Editor's Choices: $100 each
Ten stories will be named Stories of Distinction
Maximum length: 3000 words
Submission deadline: April 30, 2021.
Entry fee: $15 for the first story and $10 for each additional story.
Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 24, 2021,
Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest
The Astra International Picture Book Writing Contest is a unique competition open to writers for children, both published and unpublished. The purpose of this contest is to encourage, discover and honor talented writers of texts for picture books from all over the world; to foster literary excellence in books for young children; and to promote international cooperation and understanding through picture b...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 23, 2021,
Saturday Writers Quadrilateral Family Poetry Contest
Everyone is invited to enter our writing contests, listed below. Some contests are members only. Entry fees are $5 per entry for members and $7 per entry for nonmembers, no entry limit. (Please submit your entry online. Paper entries will have an additional fee.) Winners earn a place in our anthology and 1st, 2nd and 3rd win cash prizes. Anthologies are usually published in December.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 22, 2021,
WOW! Women On Writing 2021 Quarterly Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest
Seeking creative nonfiction essays on any topic (200 - 1000 words) and in any style -- from personal essay and memoir to lyric essay and hybrid, and more! The mission of this contest is to reward bravery in real-life storytelling and create an understanding of our world through thoughtful, engaging narratives.
Electronic submissions via email only; reprints are okay; simulta...
Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, March 20, 2021,
Saturday Writers Curved Shapes Poetry Contest
Everyone is invited to enter our writing contests, listed below. Some contests are members only. Entry fees are $5 per entry for members and $7 per entry for nonmembers, no entry limit. (Please submit your entry online. Paper entries will have an additional fee.) Winners earn a place in our anthology and 1st, 2nd and 3rd win cash prizes. Anthologies are usually published in December.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, March 18, 2021,
Warren Publishing
Currently, we are seeking the following manuscripts for our 2021/2022 publishing list: Specialty subject matter such as photography, travel, cookbooks, health and fitness, inspirational and motivational, and legacy books; Trade fiction, suspense, romance*, and historical fiction; Memoir; Nonfiction; Poetry; Self-help; Children's books: ages 2+ through Young Adult. Don't see your genre listed? Send us an e-mail with your idea an...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 17, 2021,
Saturday Writers Triangle Poetry & Prose Contest
Everyone is invited to enter our writing contests, listed below. Some contests are members only. Entry fees are $5 per entry for members and $7 per entry for nonmembers, no entry limit. (Please submit your entry online. Paper entries will have an additional fee.) Winners earn a place in our anthology and 1st, 2nd and 3rd win cash prizes. Anthologies are usually published in December.
2021 Con...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 16, 2021,
Poetry Society of Colorado: April Contest
Submission Deadline: April 17, 2021
Sponsors: Cheryl Wilkie & Curtis Pierce
Theme: Open
Form: Open
Line Limit: 50
Entry fee: $5 per poem
Prize Structure: 1st $50; 2nd $30; 3rd $20
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 15, 2021,
Passager Journal Poetry Contest
Submission period: February 15 – April 15
Publication: August/September
Accepted genres: poetry only
Up to 5 poems, 40-line max ea.
$20 reading fee, includes 1-year subscription to Passager
$1000 prize. Honorable mentions will be published.
Writers must be age 50 or older at the time of publication to submit.
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, March 14, 2021,
Sequestrum: Optimism
Just a brief note that Sequestrum has opened a new theme which is also closing soon: Optimism.
Yes, we know how un-literary optimism sounds. But after the last year, we think a little dose of "good" is long overdue. To be clear, we aren’t looking for any sickly-sweet submissions. We’ll pass on Chicken Soup/thirty-five pages about the power of a child’s imagination. We want tense, imaginative, literary-quality wri...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, March 13, 2021,
The Kraken Book Prize for Middle-Grade Fiction
The Kraken Book Prize will be issued to a work of compelling fiction for the Middle-Grade market.
Submission fee: $25. Minimum of 120 pages, maximum of 350 pages.
Deadline: April 6, 2021
Prize: $750 and book publication by Regal House Publishing
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, March 12, 2021,
Northeast Texas Writers Organization Short Story Contest
Deadline April 5, 2021
Genre: Author's choice (exception: no erotica)
Word limit: 2500 words or less
Awards: 1st place $100, 2nd place $75, 3rd place $50
Entries must be short stories 2500 words or less.
Entry fee is $10.00 per story.
Judges’ score sheets will be returned to author.
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, March 11, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Hard Conversations
Topic: What is one thing you’ve done successfully with your kids to promote deep conversations? We are looking for something beyond taking a walk together or writing back and forth in a journal together. We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is n...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 10, 2021,
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
This poetry contest and writing contest is open to everyone and international. We are excited about showcasing the creative writing and poetic talent, skill, and ability of all poets and writers. We hope that you have the inspiration to display the beauty and art of writing short stories and poems for the entire world to see your “gift of a dream.”
Writing Contest entries may be written on a maximum of (5...
Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 9, 2021,
National Writers Association Novel Contest
The purpose of the National Writers Assn. Novel Contest is to encourage the development of creative skills, recognize and reward outstanding ability in the area of novel writing. Any genre or category of novel manuscript may be entered. All entries must be postmarked by April 1. Only unpublished works may be submitted. All manuscripts must be typed, doub...
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 8, 2021,
Bible Advocate Magazine
2021 Bible Advocate Theme: Faithful
The focus of the Bible Advocate in 2021 will be “Faithful.” Unlike recent years, we’ve decided not to have sub-themes for each of our six annual issues. This is good news for writers: You are free to submit an article on any subject of your choosing. Please be sure to review our writer’s guidelines at baonline.org (About/Write For Us) before you submit, and read several back issues in our arch...
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 8, 2021,
Foley Poetry Award 2021
America Media is the leading provider of editorial content for thinking Catholics and those who want to know what Catholics are thinking. America Media leads the conversation about faith and culture by producing excellent, unique, relevant and accessible content across multiple platforms. Our contributors are the principal figures in the American church; the decision-makers and opinion leaders who lead ...
Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, March 7, 2021,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times
The deadline for story and poem submissions is March 31, 2021.
Tough times won’t last but tough people will. It’s time for us to share our own stories about how we’ve overcome tough times ourselves, both during the pandemic and prior to that. This book will be published November 2, 2021 so we’re hoping the pandemic will be in the rearview mirror at that point.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, March 6, 2021,
Heart of Flesh Spring Literary Journal
Heart of Flesh is a biannual, online literary journal that seeks quality writing and art with a Christian element. We are not a typical “Christian fiction” journal. We believe God’s truth as written in the Bible can be found in both the secular and the non-secular, in nearly every work of literature and every part of the human condition.
We like hopeful. We also like bleak. We like desperation and gri...
Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, March 5, 2021,
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels
Angels and miracles are all around us if we keep our eyes open. Have you experienced a divine intervention, answered prayer, or other miraculous occurrence courtesy of someone you think just might have been an angel. Do you have a guardian angel who seems to swoop in and help you when you need it?
We are looking for true personal stories about how an angel has touched your life – stories...
Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, March 4, 2021,
The War Cry: The Pursuit of Happiness
The War Cry represents the Salvation Army’s mission through news, profiles, commentaries and stories. It looks to bring people to Christ, help believers grow in faith and character, and promotes redemptive cultural practices from the perspective of Salvation Army programs, ministries and doctrines. Readership consists of those in and involved with The Salvation Army as well as the general public. It is distr...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, March 3, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Learning About Differences
Topic: What have you done to help your children learn to respect other kids who are different from them? (This should be kid-related differences, not political or big issue related.) We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you or someone you know have done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place fo...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 2, 2021,
Saturday Writers Quadrilateral Family Prose Contest
Everyone is invited to enter our writing contests, listed below. Some contests are members only. Entry fees are $5 per entry for members and $7 per entry for nonmembers, no entry limit. (Please submit your entry online. Paper entries will have an additional fee.) Winners earn a place in our anthology and 1st, 2nd and 3rd win cash prizes. Anthologies are usually published in December.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, March 2, 2021,
Focus on the Family Magazine: Stop Interruptions
Topic: What is one way that you have trained your 8- to 12-year old kids to not interrupt you, other adults, or their friends? We are not looking for lectures or object lessons. Instead, we want hands-on, practical. ideas that you have or someone you know has done and that other parents can try to do. This is not the place for you to refine your voice as an author. At this time, this ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, March 1, 2021,
What Lurks Behind: Finding the Emotional Current Behind Your Story (online class)
Instructor: Rhonda Wiley-Jones
Maximum Enrollment: 10
Class Term: 03/16/2021 - 05/11/2021
Tuition/Fees - SCN Member: $160.00
Non-Member: $200.00
Class synopsis: Whether writing a memoir or an essay, the trick is to discover the emotional depth behind the events of the story. It's...
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Like finding shells on the beach, I love doing market research! And what I find, I love to share! I write in a variety of genres including children's, Christian, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, so these post follow along those lines. Check out my web site: www.sallyclark.info, for more about me.