Tag: writing competition

The Black Orchid Novella Award

2016_Black_Orchid_Award_flyerMystery writers from around the world will want to check out this contest sponsored by the Nero Wolfe Society. The Black Orchid Novella Award is now accepting original, unpublished works of fiction from 15,000 to 20,000 words in length.

Deadline: May 31, 2016

Entry fee: FREE

Payment: $1000, and publication in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Flash Fiction Writing Prompt: Discoveries

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Photo copyright K. S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.

How about we try that again this week? Use the photograph to the left as the inspiration for your flash fiction story. Write whatever comes to mind (no sexual, political, or religious stories, please) and after you PROOFREAD it, submit it as your entry. There will be no written prompt this week.

Welcome to the Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. In 250 words or less, write a story incorporating the elements in the picture at left.  The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.

Please keep language and subject matter to a PG-13 level. Continue reading “Flash Fiction Writing Prompt: Discoveries”

Flash Fiction Writing Prompt: Falling Water

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Photo copyright K. S. Brooks. Do not use without attribution.

How about we try something different this week? Use the photograph to the left as the inspiration for your flash fiction story. Write whatever comes to mind (no sexual, political, or religious stories, please) and after you PROOFREAD it, submit it as your entry. There will be no written prompt this week.

Welcome to the Indies Unlimited Flash Fiction Challenge. In 250 words or less, write a story incorporating the elements in the picture at left.  The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced.

Please keep language and subject matter to a PG-13 level. Continue reading “Flash Fiction Writing Prompt: Falling Water”

2016 Toronto Book Awards

The Toronto Book Awards is now accepting submissions from indie presses for books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto. To be eligible for the 2016 Toronto Book Awards, books must be published between June 1, 2015 and May 31, 2016. Authors do not necessarily have to reside in Toronto.

Deadline: April 30, 2016

Entry fee: None (6 copies of the book are required)

For more information, please visit their website.

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Indies Unlimited is pleased to provide this contest information for the convenience of our readers.  We do not, however, endorse this or any contest/competition.  Entrants should always research a competition prior to entering.