2012 Toronto Book Awards

The Toronto Book Awards is now accepting submissions of books of literary or artistic merit that are evocative of Toronto.

To be eligible for the 2012 awards, books must be published between January 1 and December 31, 2011. The deadline for submission is March 30, 2012.

Finalists are expected to attend scheduled readings hosted by the City of Toronto and the Toronto Public Library at the Word On The Street festival to be held the last weekend in September.

For more information, please visit their website.

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The Binnacle Annual Ultra-Short Competition

The Binnacle will sponsor its Eighth International Ultra-Short Competition in the 2011-2012 academic year. They are looking for prose works of 150 words or fewer and poetry of sixteen lines or fewer and fewer than 150 words.  A minimum of $300 in cash prizes will be awarded, with a minimum prize of $50. At least one of the prizes will go to a UMM student.

There is no submission fee. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Writers’ Village Best Writing Award Spring 2012

The Writers’ Village is looking for writers to submit any form of short story up to 3000 words and in any genre for their Spring 2012 Writing Awards.

Entries must be received with payment by midnight (GMT) Saturday 31st March 2012.  The entry fee is £10 (approx $16).

The prizes are: First Prize £400 ($660); Second Prize £100 ($160); Third Prize £50 ($80). Five further shortlisted entrants will gain a free entry for their story in the next round.

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Writing Exercise Competition Week 7 Voting: Remorse

The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

This week, there are seventeen entries from which to choose. You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM MST Thursday

Select the entrant with the best story for the IU writing exercise competition, "Remorse."

  • 5. Dianna Stover (48%, 38 Votes)
  • 6. Joe T Velikovsky (18%, 14 Votes)
  • 16. Jacqueline Hopkins (8%, 6 Votes)
  • 12. Yvonne Hertzberger (8%, 6 Votes)
  • 4. Erin Miller (5%, 4 Votes)
  • 9. William C. Busch (4%, 3 Votes)
  • 17. Emmly Jane (3%, 2 Votes)
  • 8. RG Bud Phelps (3%, 2 Votes)
  • 7. Vickie Johnstone (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 11. Linda Rae Blair (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 3. Garrett Hise (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 15. A. L. Kaplan (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 1. Renee Goudeau (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 10. Megan DaGata (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 13. Carolyn Tody (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 14. Morgen Bailey (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 2. R. A. Boyd (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 80

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