Spark: A Creative Anthology Contest Two

Details

Spark: A Creative Anthology brings back their member-sponsored quarterly writing contest with a new writing prompt and even better prizes! For Contest Two, your writing prompt is the artwork Impresión del perfil de una mujer by Rodney Artiles, which will be featured on the cover of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III. Entries are not required to adhere to this prompt, but you are encouraged to let it inspire your creativity. There are no age or genre restrictions for this contest, and content guidelines are similar to Spark's standard submission guidelines, including what they are not accepting.

• Prose: Must be no more than 12,000 words, fiction and creative nonfiction included.
• Poetry: Any style, meter, rhyme scheme, or form, but must be less than 150 lines.

There are prizes for both poetry and prose categories, so each level of prize has two winners:

GRAND PRIZE

• $500 cash via PayPal
• Publication in Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III
• Lifetime Premium Membership here at Scribophile
• Six-Month Scribe’s Forge Ultimate Writer’s Passport
• Complimentary print & digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volumes I through IV
• Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland (2013 Kindle or Nook edition)

SECOND PLACE

• $100 cash via PayPal
• Lifetime Premium Membership here at Scribophile
• Complimentary digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volumes I through IV
• Complimentary print copy of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume I
• Print subscription to American Poetry Review
• Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland (2013 Kindle or Nook edition)

THIRD PLACE

• One-year Premium Membership here at Scribophile
• Complimentary digital copies of Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volumes I through IV
• Digital subscription to American Poetry Review
• Million Dollar Outlines by David Farland (2013 Kindle or Nook edition)

Important Note: This isn't a Scribophile contest. You are certainly encouraged to post your work to this contest so you can get your work critiqued before entering it on the Spark Anthology website. SIMPLY POSTING IT HERE ON SCRIBOPHILE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE ENTERED THE CONTEST. It does mean that you'll have a better shot because of the feedback offered, plus you'll get a good look at the competition. Past winners have been Scribophile members!

To enter, head on over here to the entry form. There is a $10 submission fee when you enter, but it's still free to post it here (minus the karma, anyway).

Winning entries

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Prizes

Rules

• Prose must be less than 12,000 words. This is a limit, not a challenge to see how close you can come to twelve thousand words.

• Poetry must be less than 150 lines. This is a limit, not a challenge to see how close you can come to one hundred fifty lines.

• Only previously unpublished works will be considered.

• Spark: A Creative Anthology staff, contest judges, and their immediate families are not eligible.

Submission guidelines

• There are no age limits for this contest other than legal restrictions imposed by your local jurisdiction. In the event that a younger winner is ineligible for any non-cash prize because of age, an equivalent cash prize will be substituted.

• You may enter multiple pieces in this contest, and you may enter both poetry and prose, but each entrant can win at most one prize, no matter how many entries were made.

• There is a $10 submission fee to enter the contest. Entry fees are non-refundable. To post the piece on Scribophile, there is no entry fee (only the usual karma to post your work).

• For more information on submitting your piece to Spark: A Creative Anthology's Contest Two, check out the contest page.