Less Than 10 Days To Go | Gemini Magazine $1000 Annual Flash Fiction Contest

Less than 10 days left to enter for the 10th annual Flash Fiction Contest featuring a $1,000 prize and a low entry fee of $5. The deadline is Friday, August 31. Except for the 1,000 word limit, no rules! We are open to any subject, genre or writing style.

Second prize wins $100 and four honorable mentions each receive $25. All six finalists will be published online in our October 2018 issue.

Read more on how to submit here.
https://www.myaceworld.org/2018/08/less-than-10-days-to-go-gemini-magazine.html

Win a copy of Other People's Love Affairs, by D. Wystan Owen

Now’s your chance to win a copy of Other People's Love Affairs, the debut story collection from D. Wystan Owen.

In these ten luminous stories, the people of a picturesque village on the rugged English coast are haunted by longings and deeply held secrets. Each story takes us into the lives of characters reaching for connections to the people they have loved. Surprising and powerful, Owen’s interconnected stories strike a deep and resounding emotional chord.

“Owen writes exquisite stories that lodge somewhere in my chest and keep detonating—loudly, devastatingly—again and again.”—Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You

Enter to win here
http://www.myaceworld.org/2018/08/win-copy-of-other-peoples-love-affairs.html

Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest 2018 [August] | Enter Now

Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers invites poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over the world to enter their poems for the July 2018 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This month’s theme is ‘JOURNEYING’.

Participants should note that Judges will consider ORIGINALITY, WORD ECONOMY, adherence to THEME, CREATIVITY in LANGUAGE and STYLE as well as the use of LITERARY DEVICES in the poems.

Prize to be won:

The winning poem will be awarded a cash prize of N8000, a certificate of award and a copy of the BPPC 2018 anthology
All top 10 poems will be automatically entered for the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2018
All top 10 poems will be published in the annual BPPC 2018 anthology
All top 10 poets will receive a free copy of the BPPC 2018 anthology

Guidelines:

Contestants are invited to submit one poem on the theme
Submissions should be sent to SUBMISSIONS@WRR.NG
All entries must be the original work of the poet submitting it
No ATTACHMENTS. Please submit the poem and other details as the body of the mail

The CONTESTANT NAME, CONTEST MONTH, & POEM TITLE must be mentioned clearly, as the subject of the e-mail. For example: ‘Abubakar Nnamdi Adekunle, BPPC July 2018, ‘MY VISION’

The maximum length of the poem should be 28 lines (plus the title). Poems exceeding this length, or having excessively long lines, will be disqualified.

Authors must provide their full names and Facebook ID [for identification]and a 50-100 word biography in the body of the e-mail
Submission deadline is 11:59 PM Friday, August 24, 2018.

Note that:

Poems containing profanity, racism or vulgarity will be automatically disqualified
The poems will be judged based on their artistic quality and creativity
The judges’ decision is final and under no circumstances will they enter into any correspondence with entrants regarding their decisions
The copyright of each submission remains with its owner but we retain the right to publish ALL and ANY entry in the annual BPPC anthology
Poets resident in any part of the world are eligible

No entry fee required

Past winners may enter for the competition, but a poet can only one once in a calendar year (Season). If a past winner makes the TOP 10, the poems will ONLY be awarded a certificate and be featured in the anthology.

Read more about the theme and contest from the organizer here
http://www.myaceworld.org/2018/08/brigitte-poirson-poetry-contest-2018.html

Participate in The Read Me First Literary Campaign | Cash Prize & Blog Feature

This is Read Me First Literary Campaign 1, focused on engaging as many people as possible involved with the situation of our dear country (including you), making them realize why and how the revolution we have always clamored for is in the hands of the youths. It's been the aged leaders for decades & we are tired. Let the vibrant do it. There isn't going to be any tomorrow; we are the leaders of TODAY!

Theme: Why Nigeria Needs Young Leaders

Eligibility/­Guidelines/Rules:
1. Participants must be active Facebook users.
2. Write according to theme (word length: 150-200)
3. Submit to readmefirst08@gmail.co­m
4. Submit by pasting in the body of the mail; 'RMFLC' as subject.
5. Make sure you include your facebook profile link. E.g www.facebook.com/­adeyemijoe
6. Deadline: 31th August, 2018.

Prize: #1,000 (cash/airtime) & Blog feature (more than 10,000 readers per week)

NB: This is not a contest so winner will be decided based on post engagement (Reactions & comments). Other details will be forwarded to participants on Facebook, after submission.