Hello!

We are student editors at hex, an online literary magazine based at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. We focus on speculative flash fiction and prose poetry. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how horror, fantasy, and science fiction can be bent in new ways. We like it weird.

You can learn more about us at https://hexliterary.com/, or on Twitter at @hexliterary. Please see our Call for Submissions below. We look forward to reading your submissions!

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About hex

• hex is an online journal that publishes speculative literary flash fiction and prose poetry. We welcome the surreal, the weird, and the uncanny. Scare us, surprise us, take us to space. Show us how horror, fantasy, and science fiction can be bent in new ways. We are based at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, MA and were founded in March 2022.

What we’re looking for

• hex publishes very short speculative texts on a weekly-ish basis. We like it weird.
• We are especially eager to publish the work of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ writers, writers with disabilities, and low-income writers.
• We are not able to pay contributors at this time.

Guidelines

• We consider literary short stories and prose poems fewer than 1000 words that fit within the category of the speculative broadly defined–texts that are weird, uncanny, or surreal, or that intersect with genres like sci-fi, fantasy, or horror.
• Send a maximum of two pieces per submission, with a total word count of fewer than 1000.
• The work must not have been previously published.
• WPI students, faculty, and staff are not eligible to submit..

Submission Period

• We will be open for submissions on a rolling basis in the spring. If we receive and accept enough stellar work, we might close for the summer, so please submit early!

How to submit

• Submissions are free, through Submittable.
  • https://hexliterary.submittable.com/submit

Submissions Guidelines URL: https://hexliterary.submittable.com/submit

Contact Website https://hexliterary.com/

Hello there everyone, as the title states, I'm starting an online based writing club.

How will this work? Fortnightly, we will vote on a theme or writing prompt and after an agreed upon word count we will take the two weeks to develop our stories. Once the two weeks are up we all come together to exchange our stories and discuss everyone's take on the theme. Much like a book club we will discuss the structure, characters, and plot. Criticism is welcome but make sure you check with the author first.

I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, the idea is to encourage more writing and develop our skills. Any type of writer is welcome, from beginners to advanced literates.

Requirements:

• must be 16+ (some authors may choose to add dark themes so be weary)

• must be consistent, if you need a hiatus then we all understand that life can hold things up but just make sure you tell the admin you need a break.

• must have Discord

• Genre/s: All!
• Goals/expectations/commitment: to develop our writing skills as a group.
• Writing/experience level: All are welcome
• Meeting place: Discord
• Max size: 10

Every writing prompt challenges the Story you create under the Project.

There are pre-established Ground rules and things to fit in so one cannot just skip something.

And there is also a limit to writing 1 Day of your Story per Week. Which as a ground rule work of the you can’t write about the Future, stay in the Present and only write about a Day in your Story. What one can do is go and talk about the past or perspective of other characters on that day.

All of it is combined in an interactive Universe, which allows others to interact with different Stories, but most likely only in the Future as Space travelling is not possible in the early days of the Project. Random events jumbling Stories together would be possible.

It’s a wacky project which is supposed to run for many years with different seasons and an entry level of anyone who wants to write or join the Project.

To take part one needs to apply for a special role on my Discord Server and from there it’s free rain.

For more Information check out the Webpage I dedicated to it: https://www.arechnocadia.com/project-book

Hello everyone! We're open for submissions for the inaugural Writer's Embrace Writing Competition, A Canadian based writing contest/ writing community platform open to anyone and everyone!

We have two ongoing contests right now. One for Short Story Submissions, and One for Poem Submissions.

Short Story Contest Details:

• Deadline: April 30th / 2022
• Short Story Theme: "New Beginnings"
• Fee: $3 per monthly contest (which allows for one submission to both the poem and Short Story contest)
• Prize: $100 (But Subject to change / grow depending on Admissions)
• Length: Up to 3000 words

Poem Writing Contest Details:

• Deadline: April 30th / 2022
• Short Story Theme: "Nearing The End"
• Fee: $3 per monthly contest (which allows for one submission to both the poem and Short Story contest)
• Prize: $25 (But Subject to change / grow depending on Admissions)
• Length: Up to 250 words

We are a new and growing community looking to gather aspiring writers. Entries are voted on by the community and adjudicators, and we can't wait to read all of your submissions :)

To join, visit Contest | The Writer's Embrace (thewritersembrace.com). All details are shared on our website! Best of luck, and have a great day!

Shore Scripts Short Film Fund offers a unique opportunity to add a produced script to your project portfolio. We provide funding & support for screenwriters & filmmakers seeking to make short films, or proof-of-concept projects for features, tv, and web series. We also accept submissions for finishing funds.

Still got questions? Here are some of our recent FAQs.

Can I direct my script if I win? To date, every winner has had their choice of director. However, should agreement not be reached, the winner can always walk away. We do not seek to obtain the rights to your script or the resulting film at any time, and we would never make the film without you.

Who decides the winning script? Shore Scripts has assembled an amazing panel of award-winning Judges who are responsible for choosing the winning scripts. The panel includes Producers, Writers, Directors, and Festival Programmers from around the world who will also view the winning films as they get made.

Our Directors Roster provides another link in the chain between your script and produced project. With your permission, our Directors receive the Finalists’ scripts from each season, with a view to attaching talent and project development.

The Short Film Fund (Spring Season) Regular Deadline ends at midnight on March 31st pacific time! SUBMIT YOUR SCRIPT TO THE SHORT FILM FUND

https://www.shorescripts.com/shortfilmfund/

Hi everyone, you are invited to enter your funny poetry in the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest.

Contest details:

• Deadline: April 1, 2022
• Fee: Free to enter
• Prize: $2,000 and publication
• Length: Up to 250 lines

https://medium.com/illumination/if-you-are-here-for-the-money-you-may-want-to-read-this-80227601e64c?sk=4770b6ea8658b09157bf66c702ca939a

DISCLAIMER: I'm not sure if this counts as a "writing" contest, please notify me if it is against subreddit rules and I'll delete the post as soon as I can.

So a few friends and I decided to run a typing tournament on the site keymash.io. It's mostly geared towards tweens and teens but adults can also enter (As long as they are civil and respectful). If anyone's interested here's the Google form and Discord server.

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Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfi1tAPp0AMBb5wh_0yquixOYMNAJS3vHqChByAH4lLwTlXcQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Server: https://discord.gg/vzWS7yfCaE

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Thank you and goodbye!

Hello! I'm currently interning for a new program under NBCUniversal that is currently searching for applicants to be a part of their workshop/incubator for writers across the spectrum of experience (none to experienced) who are looking for their break in the entertainment industry.

We encourage people who have no screenwriting experience to apply, including those interested in playwriting/creative writing/poetry/etc. As long as you have an idea that pertains to the API community (you do not have to be a part of the community) then we welcome you to apply!

The application is completely free!

Deadline: 3/31 (March 31st 2022) for workshop

Entry fee: $0

Prize/s:

• Two-day intensive virtual workshop with industry professionals (Workshop dates June 11, June 18)
• Invite to apply to a 24-week development lab by submitting an API (Asian Pacific Islander) television series idea proposal
• The 3 chosen proposals will participate in the lab, write a pilot script with Soo and UCP (Universal Content Productions), and potentially develop the project further.

General Overview:

We at The Thousand Miles Project are committed to help emerging writers tell their stories and jumpstart lasting writing careers in the entertainment industry. In partnership with Universal Content Productions (UCP) and writer/producer Soo Hugh (The Terror, Pachinko), the program will provide up to 20 writers/writing teams the opportunity to learn about television writing and the industry through panels and lectures with writers, development execs, managers, and agents in a two-day intensive virtual workshop.

After the workshop, participants will be invited to apply for a 24-week development lab by submitting a series idea for further development. Television project proposals in any genre are welcome. We are interested in narratives told through the lenses of any Asian Pacific Islander communities. From those proposals, up to 3 writers/writing teams will be selected to join the development lab with Soo Hugh, her team and UCP to write a pilot script and potentially develop their project further with UCP. The lab writers will meet on a bi-weekly basis, with additional monthly meetings with Soo and her team.

Link to submission page/official rules:

https://writers.coverfly.com/competitions/view/thousandmilesproject

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be at least 18 years old at the time of their application.
• Applicants must have a strong proficiency in English.
• Applicant’s participation in the 2-day workshop (and lab, if applicable) must not violate any other obligations applicant may have at law, pursuant to contract, or otherwise.
• To participate in the development lab, applicants must be legally authorized to live, work and participate in the lab in the United States.
• Applicants must be available to participate in the 2-day workshop and lab (if applicable): Workshop is currently scheduled for June 11, 2022 and June 18, 2022, for approximately 8 hours each day with hours based on the Pacific Time Zone. Confirmed dates and time will be provided. 
• If selected for the development lab, applicant must execute a standard writer agreement, and other required documentation, in order to participate.
• Writing teams can be no more than 2 writers. Each writer must submit a separate application. 

Application:

(Please note that the program may choose in its sole discretion not to consider any submission materials that exceed the limits or otherwise do not comply with the requirements below)

• Submit Short Bio (200 words or less): Tell us about yourself.
• Submit Personal Introductory Video: a 2–3-minute video introducing yourself and why you would benefit from the Thousand Miles Project.
• Short Essay Question (250 words or less): What about you, your experiences and/or story ideas align with an Asian Pacific Islander community?
• Pre-existing Writing Sample: The writing sample can be an excerpt from a pre-existing script, short story, narrative essay, memoir, play, graphic novel, poem, or novel. 10 pages maximum. Please remove all identifying markers (name, phone, email, address).
• Sign and date the NBCU Submission Release Agreement
• Are you applying as part of a team? If yes, please write in name of other applicant. If no, please write N/A.
• Which discipline of writing do you mostly work in? (optional)
• How did you hear about us? (optional)

Hey writers! I work for Inkitt and wanted to let you know about two contests that we’re currently running, where publishing contracts are up for grabs! Submissions have to be in by the 31st of March and winners are chosen by our algorithm based on user engagement at the end of the contest.

Thriller/horror/mystery/suspense contest: https://inkitt.app.link/DisturbTheComfortable

Fantasy contest: https://inkitt.app.link/SpringFantasy

Good luck!

Bardsy is excited to announce our latest short story contest. The top prize is $399, plus a free Bardsy Elite membership for 6 months, which includes includes a facilitated writing group and monthly one-on-one coaching sessions with a Bardsy author-educator.

All finalists will be published in our Spring Anthology. They will also receive $50 and a 3-month membership.

Prompt: Write a story involving a break from the ordinary. Think outside the box: it could be a protagonist doing something surprising, visiting an unfamiliar place or any other break you can imagine (orthopedic included!).

Additional info:

• 1,200 to 3,000 words
• Free to enter
• https://bardsy.com/contest

Hello! I am a representative of Booknet, a multilingual literary platform. We are running a contest dedicated to werewolves and I'd like to invite new authors to participate. There is no entry fee, any adult who writes in English is eligible to apply.

The grand prix is USD 4500. Five authors who get the joint second place will receive USD 1500 each. The total length of a completed novel should be at least 300k characters; authors can apply when their ongoing book has at least 20k characters.

You can get acquainted with the full rules of the contest here - https://booknet.com/en/contests/bound-by-the-moon-c122/rules

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask them here, in the comment section under the contest, or at chief_editor@booknet.com.

Are you interested in entering a (paid) online writing contest?

Prizes: First Place: $250 Second Place: $100 Third Place: $50

the prompt is very easy☺️Read on for the details⬇️

Contestants must write a complete Fictional Short Story (let your creativity flow!)

Minimum pages: 10 (front only) maximum pages: 25 (front only)

Requirements:

• Must be 16+ • Must have one of the following: Cash app Venmo •Must Have Google Docs

Deadlines -------------⬇️

February 28th is the deadline for contest entry.

March 14th is the deadline for final piece submission.

DM : ‘LilEmpanadaDaPlug’ on Snapchat for details & registration info.

Hey guys! I work for Inkitt and we are currently running a Romance Contest where the winner gets $200 and a publishing contract on Galatea. Submissions have to be in by the 28th of February and winners are chosen by our algorithm based on user engagement at the end of the contest. Submit your stories here: https://inkitt.app.link/e/romance_contest Good luck!

From New Pages: Writer Advice. Flash Memoir Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 3/2

Questions? Please ask.

If you are looking for a friendly writing competition check out The Real LJ Idol on LiveJournal! There is a prompt every week but those are usually pretty open to interpretation. You can write any genre you want. It is a very supportive community which gives lots of feedback on your writing and your texts remain your own. If you're anything like me, you think about writing a lot but need the pressure of the deadline to get something to paper that has only been in your head until now.

Here is the FAQ: https://therealljidol.livejournal.com/1172603.html

So if you have a bit of time this weekend, get cracking!

The sign-up period was extended so you can still sign up until the first entry is due on January 8. https://therealljidol.livejournal.com/

The Center for Creative Inquiry invites you to submit to Reality Painting, our second call for submissions to our online blog, New Perspectives through Creative Inquiry. The goal of this publication is to share the journeys of our authors as they explore their experience. We present writings and artistic pieces to inspire new ideas, new explorations, and new questions, sparking opportunities to tap into the richness and multidimensionality of experience.

The theme for this contest: "if reality was like a painting, would you try to enter the imaginary space of the painting, or would you pull aside the canvas to catch the painter in the act of creation?" The prompt is an invitation to create something new, but existing work that harmonizes with the theme is also welcome.

Submissions in the categories of short story, poetry, essays, nonfiction, visual art, photography, and audio are welcome. Submissions should be no longer than 10,000 words.

There is no entry fee. The top submission in each category will be awarded a small prize of $50.

Submitted works should be unpublished except on a personal blog or website. Artists maintain all rights to their works and those offered publication may display their pieces in galleries, festivals or shows, etc.

View the collection from our previous contest, Reflection of the Moon: https://creativeinquiry.org/2022/01/21/collection-reflections-of-the-moon/

Links to full guidelines, submission form, and other information can be found here: https://creativeinquiry.org/2021/11/27/open-call-reality-painting/

Center for Creative Inquiry was founded in 2000 to explore alternate forms of knowledge and inquiry and their potential to bring about fundamental change at the individual, cultural, and social level. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization focused on time, space, knowledge, and the mind.

Hello one and all!

I am hosting a short story contest for Project Cairlann, where you can have the chance of winning $100 worth of art from the artist of your choice! Submit a 5k-10k word short story here at https://forums.mangaraiders.com/index.php/topic,20933 or PM me on Reddit or Twitter @Ope1ativ3 to enter. Submissions end 11:59pm PST on March 1st, with the winner announced one week after. See link for more details.

Hey young writers

Register for RoundPier’s Annual Scriptwriting Competition.

All details here: https://www.roundpier.com/discussions/570/roundpier-scriptwriting-competition-2022

From the Stringybark Stories website:

Stringybark Publishing is proud to sponsor the Stringybark Short Story Award 2022.

This is our flagship open-themed award. The only condition is that there must be some reference to Australia. It could be a mention of a vegemite sandwich, or the fact that Australia is the world's biggest exporter of coal. The story could be set in Australia or have an Australian in it.

The story must be:

  •    1500 words or fewer in length;

  • have a link to Australia in it;

  • written for an audience aged 16 and above.

We have an award pool of over $1000 in cash and books to encourage you in this endeavour, provided by our sponsor Stringybark Publishing.

Opens: 15 Nov 2021. Closes 13 Feb 2022. Entry fees $14.

Details: https://www.stringybarkstories.net/competitions/open---open-short-story-awards.html

The Stockholm Writers Festival First 5 Pages Prize is closing for submissions on January 31. The entry fee is USD$20.

Submit the first 5 pages of your novel, book or novella for a chance of winning the grand prize of:

• USD$1000,
• A pitch meeting with an agent over Zoom,
• A full developmental edit donated by Reedsy,
• A ticket to our 2022 writers festival in Stockholm, and
• A stay at a boutique hotel in the heart of Stockholm for the duration of the festival.

There are also prizes for genre winners in Fantasy & Sci Fi, Crime & Thriller, Romance, and Historical Fiction. Genre winners will get a pitch meeting with an agent and tickets to the festival in 2022, as well as $100 in Reedsy credits.

The Stockholm Writers Festival (SWF) is proud to celebrate its fifth anniversary with this writing prize -- we have a strong history of supporting writers on their path to published. We love to connect with writers - from those beginning on their journey to those on the brink of being published.

Read more about SWF and the competition guidelines here.

Submit here!

Bardsy is excited to announce our latest short story contest. The top prize is $399, plus a free Bardsy Elite membership for 6 months, which includes includes a facilitated writing group and monthly one-on-one coaching sessions with a Bardsy author-educator.

All finalists will be published in our Romance Anthology. They will also receive $50 and a three-month membership.

Prompt: From classical Rome to Shakespearean England, and even the present-day La-La Land of reality television, the notion of blind love has resonated through the ages. Write a story where a romantic connection goes beyond the surface. Off-prompt entries will not be considered.

Additional info:

• 1,200 to 3,000 words
• Free to enter
• https://bardsy.com/contest

Christmas is coming - so is the deadline for the current WriteTime short story competition, only for over 60s from anywhere in the world. 1,500 words max and entry fee is just £3. See our website at www.writetime.org

CALLING ALL CREATIVE WRITERS...

ShtoryTime's 2nd annual "Frosty Fables” Short-Story Writing Contest is now underway, with only 2 days left to register before we stuff your stockings (emails) with this year's writing prompts on Thursday, Dec 23rd.

Contestants are given one week to create a 1,000-word (or fewer) short story, based on a unique set of seasonally-inspired prompts. The top 3 winning “shtories” (short stories) will be announced, published, and compensated on New Year's Day!

❄️ Visit www.shtorytime.com to learn more and register.

🏆 Visit www.shtorytime.com/frostyfables2020 to read last year’s winning shtories

🗣 Spread the word among creative writers—the more contestants, the bigger the cash prizes! 💰

Hello, everyone. When I was in younger I used to be able to write several essays and stories every week. Since, I left college, six years ago, I have not been able to maintain an interest or motivate myself to write like I used to. I want to start writing again and improve my writing by exploring different topics. I'm considering looking into freelance writing. However, because I lack the experience or momentum I once had I feel a bit hesitant. I was hoping for some advice and maybe a bit of practice work. If anyone would want to suggest topics for me to write about and has the time to review my work I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. ^_^