Grateful for being — The Contest Ever since I launched my publication, A Smiling World, in 2022, I have been hosting writing challenges to bring the community together. We previously hosted “10 Things About Me”, “The Anti-Bucket List”, “Why I Write” and more. As we celebrate our first birthday, my heart is full of gratitude towards…

The stories were delightful, heartbreaking, wonderful — Every month or so, we here at The Narrative Arc run writing competitions. It’s a way to get all of you involved and writing at the very top of your game. This last contest was the cat’s meow in terms of writing quality. …

This June there are more than five dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes range from $100,000 to publication. None charge entry fees. Some of these contests have age and geographical restrictions, so read the instructions carefully. If you want to get a…

Cash prices for our May writing competition will make you purr with delight! — It’s time to announce our new writing competition, and the topic we’ve agreed on should be a fun one. We are going with something we all love to write about — our pets! I’ve noticed over the last year a great deal of happiness in reading essays about pets, and we all love different kinds of them. Some writers are crazy about their cats. Then we have the authors…