I had to share this strange yet apparently true factoid about journalists…who show up in the top 10 jobs that attract the most psychotic individuals!
Prairie Wolf Press. The editor says:
Place and description are important to me. I want to see, hear, and experience a story while reading. I respond to writing that feels alive, where the writer has tapped into creative energy, and developed real characters, a vivid sense of place, and unique, lively language.
Google is offering a $25,000 fellowship for journalism.
Crazy Horse is a highly respected journal. Winning or placing in their contest would be a great victory.
Another contest that offers prizes in several formats: short story, essay, poetry, and interview.
This contest specifies that you must submit a collection of short fiction. You can submit a novella for the award but it can’t stand alone; you must submit more than that one work.
From the Iowa Review.
A Room of Her Own (AROHO) offers several prizes. Here’s the information for their Orlando Prize.
Colorado Review offers $2,000 for a short story.
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We seek art, writing, and music that demonstrate a dedication to craftsmanship, a willingness to challenge boundaries, and a deep passion for the work. We welcome art that compels, provokes, inspires, or amuses. We’re seeking out manifestos and rhapsodies, confessions and litanies, crimes of passion, stolen moments, and loves. We’re looking for something brave, something gone a bit ’round the bend, something on the run, something gone wild.
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