Reading Local: Portland

The Oregon Humanities is holding an Essay Contest on your most Mind-Changing Moments. In 500 words or less tell them about a moment that changed the way you thought about the world or a particular thing in it. You can snag more info from their website. Deadline is April 5th, so you’ve got plenty of time to polish up a little something for the contest.

NPR has decided to run another of its 3-Minute Fiction Contests. The exciting contest brings back a contest they’ve run before with a new Judge and a new challenge. Judged by All Things Considered book critic Alan Cheuse the contest deadline is 11:59 p.m. ET on Feb. 28, 2010. Be sure to polish your fiction, the first round of reads will go through students at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

Find more information on the NPR Website.

Willamette Writers just sent out word that their Kay Snow Writing Contest is still open for submissions until April 23rd, 2010. You can send an Entry in the Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Juvenile Short Story, Novel excerpt or Article – Fiction or Non-Fiction, Screenwriting, and Student Writing categories.

This annual writing contest awards one first prize of $300, one second place prize of $150, and a third place prize of $50 per winning entry in each of the six categories; fiction, nonfiction, juvenile, poetry, student writer and screenwriting. Student writers are awarded $50 for first place in three grade divisions, $20 for second place, and $10 for third place. 

Find out more by reading the Kay Snow Contest Guidelines. A printer-friendly registration form link is available at the end of the guidelines. The deadline for the next contest is April 23rd, 2010.

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The submission deadline for the Ink-Filled Page 2010 Youth Issue is February 28th, 2010:

Ink-Filled Page, a quarterly literary and art journal produced by Indigo Editing & Publications, is accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and artwork submissions for its annual Youth Issue through the end of February. We seek unique voices from grades six to twelve; we want those looking to develop their talent.
Selected authors and artists earn publication and will receive a complimentary copy of the annual anthology when it is released in October 2010. Contributors will also go into a drawing for two $25 iTunes gift cards. Send us your work for a chance to win!
Last year’s issue exhibited themes ranging from the life and struggle of an orange and an attempt to write letters to the dead to a girl abandoned in a house of guilt and memories. This year, we’re accepting poetry submissions for the first time. All genres are welcome. We are especially drawn to material that highlights the human experience, that connects us human-to-human.
We want to witness the dreams and creations of the budding generation. These are the voices and visions that will help shape our world. We look forward to your submissions. If you are interested in submitting your original, unpublished work, please read the submissions guidelines found at http://inkfilledpage.com/submissions/.

We’ve received word of a great opportunity from the folks over at Indigo Editing. They will be hosting a youth writers workshop on January 30th (Next Saturday) to coincide with the submission deadline for their Spring Youth Issue of their Literary Journal Ink-Filled Page. Know a student from grades 6-12 who might like a chance to workshop their writing? Indigo Editing has got you covered.

Ink Splash

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