Calling all goddesses–CONTEST!—-Website not required for nomination; deadline JANUARY 31, 2012

It’s the last day of the year, and I want to start 2012 with wild, succulent energy.  I would love to meet other women who are joyous about life and who feel like this next year is going to explode with good things.  I’ve been making changes in my life, and one of my goals is to connect with happy, passionate people.  I realized this yesterday when I read this post.  #1 states, “Stop spending time with the wrong people. – Life is too short to spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.”

Right? 

One of my best friends recently introduced me to a circle of women online who are part of a goddess network that’s reminiscent of Sark. (And for good reason:  Sark says, “Leonie is a gifted goddess and illuminated creator. I featured her in my book Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper and happily recommend her and her lilting work.”  )

Leonie’s website is an exhilarating offering of all you need to center yourself and to create the life you dream of, and here’s the kicker: a whole bunch of it is free.  The paid subscription I’m offering to one lucky goddess will give her access to 10 e-courses on business, meditation, and creativity, as well as access to a thriving online community.  As Leonie puts it,

• You’ll get your own personal blog-haven — a place to upload photos & videos. It’s Inspiration Central just to wander through all the Goddesses’ blogs, photos & videos to see what they are creating, dreaming up & musing upon. Utterly magical!
• There is a primary Circle where all the Goddesses commune, and smaller inner Circles of Writer Goddesses, Mama Goddesses, Business Goddesses & groups of goddesses who are all completing e-courses together.

I want to start the new year by making a difference in someone’s life, and I plan to do it by giving away a year’s membership to The Goddess Circle to someone who’ll find it as delightful as I do.  But I need help, and that’s where you come in: 

• who do you know who would get a kick out of this? Here are the contest rules:
• Post your nominations in the comments section.  You can’t nominate yourself, but someone else can.
• If she has a a blog or website, post it in the comments section. If not, just post her name.
  
• Tell us why you’re nominating her. Spice it up! Why is she wonderful?
  
• Voting will be done by readers via a poll which I will post midweek.
• Post a nominee’s name once.
• IMPORTANT: make sure your nominee is interested in the prize. Ask her to check out the Goddess Circle site; I would be enormously bummed if the winner wasn’t happy to join.
  

This contest will run through Tuesday, January 31st, 2012, midnight Pacific Standard Time.

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http://www.goddessguidebook.com/goddess-circle/

Edited: December 31st, 2011

Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest (open Feb 1st-28th)

FROM THE KENYON REVIEW website:

Submit Your Entry Now

General Guidelines

Submissions must be 1200 words or less. There is no entry fee. Ron Carlson, celebrated author of four novels and five short story collections, will be the final judge. The Kenyon Review will publish the winning short story in the Winter 2012 issue, and the author will be awarded a scholarship to attend the 2011 Writers Workshop, June 18th-25th, in Gambier, Ohio.

Submission Guidelines

• Writers must be 30 years of age or younger at the time of submission.
• Stories must be no more than 1200 words in length.
• One submission per entrant.
• Please do not simultaneously submit your contest entry to another magazine or contest.
• The submissions link will be active February 1st to February 28th. All work must be submitted through our electronic system. We cannot accept paper submissions.
• Winners will be announced in the late spring. You will receive an e-mail notifying you of any decisions regarding your work.
• For submissions, we accept the following file formats only:
  • .PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
  • .DOC (Microsoft Word)
  • .RTF (Rich Text Format)
  • .TXT (Microsoft Wordpad and Notepad, Apple TextEdit  .

Edited: February 14th, 2011

The Cupboard’s Short Story Contest (Feb 1-March 31)

FROM THE THE CUPBOARD:

The winning author will receive $500 and the manuscript will be published as an upcoming volume of The Cupboard.

Please submit manuscripts between 4,000 and 10,000 words, of one piece or many, through Submishmash between February 1st and March 31st. The entire manuscript should not have been published previously, but if individual pieces have appeared elsewhere, please include an acknowledgments page. All submissions will be read blind so do not include your name or contact information anywhere on the manuscript, but do include this information in your cover letter. Simultaneous and multiple submissions are fine, though each submission will require the $10 contest fee.

The contest entry period will be open February 1, 2011. Entry fee: $10. All entries will be considered for general publication as a volume of The Cupboard.

To submit a manuscript, click here.

Edited: February 14th, 2011

Should Fate Be Kicked to the Curb? Laura Anne Gilman on PACK OF LIES + Contest! | Paranormal Romance Blog

Should Fate Be Kicked to the Curb? Laura Anne Gilman on PACK OF LIES + Contest! | Paranormal Romance Blog.

Edited: February 1st, 2011

Contest for new book bloggers by Parajunkee

http://www.parajunkee.com/2010/02/big-sis-little-blog-program.html

From the page:

• New blogger, or a blogger that hasn’t taken off (under 50 followers).  Its ok if you have 0 followers, but you must have a blog
• You blog must be devoted to books.  It is ok if you do posts off topic once and awhile, but the main focus must be books
• You must also place a Big Sis button on the blog’s sidebar that you are listing (directions and buttons on her blog)

Edited: March 15th, 2010

Writing Contest: Picture Postcard Press–let the art inspire you!

Submissions « Picture Postcard Press.

GO HERE FIRST FOR THE IMAGE:  “Rules:  Please send us your response to the following artwork.
Flash fiction and micro memoir submissions limited to 300 words or less.  Poems 20 lines or less.
One submission per contest period.
Simultaneous submissions welcome, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Contest deadline April 15, 2010.
Please include your submission in the body of an email to
picturepostcardpress@gmail.com with the subject line “Contest Submission.”
Let the inspiration begin!

Edited: February 15th, 2010

PCC’s First Contest « Pop Culture Curmudgeon

From Pop Culture Curmudgeon’s blog

You’ll be able to win a copy of Moira Rogers’ book Cry Sanctuary, the first in the Red Rock Pass series. The next installment is coming out on June 9, so this is a great chance to get into a new paranormal romance series.

Moira Rogers describes the Red Rock Pass series as “a dark world where wizards and werewolves fight for supremacy and only a few of the alphas in the United States hold true to the traditions of protecting their packs.” Read more about it here, then make sure you come back Friday to enter the contest.

The contest will run from 12:01 am Friday May 22 through 6:00 pm Sunday May 24 (all times Pacific). The winner will be announced here Monday. The prize will be one ebook, available in multiple formats. The prize is non-transferable and may not be substituted.

Edited: May 19th, 2009