Contests!
I am coming across a boatload of writing and/or photo contest today and I thought it would be nice to share and really drum up some competition (that is, if I can get over this heat induced laziness).
This writing contest has an Oasis theme and was put out by nycgo.com, Jet Blue, Trazzler and AKA. Winning this gig could get you a two week “residency” in NYC working on 10k worth of assignments for Trazzler or a freelance contract worth some loot. I for one am particularly inspired by the poetry of the contest description.
Modern life can often feel like a trek through the desert. For this contest, we want you to write about a place that not only satisfies your thirst for a change of scenery, but goes beyond this, breaking the spell of everyday existence and providing the “refuge, relief, or pleasant contrast” that we all crave, especially in the summer.
You have to sign up for Trazzler, which so far seems pretty innocuous. Deadline: August 17th.
Narrative Magazine is seeking “short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction” for their Spring Contest. Submission fee is $20 per entry, which is very reasonable.
Deadline: July 30th. Eep!
I pretty much love Jen Bekman. Her gallery is lovely, my print from 20×200 is hot shit and becoming a Hey Hot Shot! is a personal goal. HHS! is a semi-annual photo contest that gets your pretty little picture in front of some judge’s eyeballs and potentially in front of even more eyeballs through the gallery and blog if you are so fortunate to win. A win is also the only way to get your photo considered for 20×200, a really cool art project that seeks to make art affordable for the masses. Affordable being 20 bucks for an 8×11 1/2 print! Hot damn! Entry fee is 60 bucks.
Deadline: October 23rd.
Ok, I’m done for now. Time to go enter some shit.
