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CCF Writer: An Online Writing Contest
Online Writing Contest
An online writing contest for both published and yet-to-be-published writers of all ages. You must use the "first line" we provide to write your story. Check out the RULES and submit your entry. Visit the CCF Contest Entries page to read past winning entries.
When Push Comes to Shove
Contest #200908
I dug my toes into the soft white sand and refused to move. My knees trembled and knocked, locking in fear and isolation as I stared out at the rushing waves. They were cackling and taunting as their fingers groped at the sand, wishing desperately that they could inch forward and reach me, consume me.
6 Steps to Writing Flash Fiction
*Previously published in ByLine, May, 2005, No. 288, reprinted by permission of the author.
"Whether they’re called blasters, postcard fiction, micro-fiction, sudden fiction, short shorts or flash fiction, the essence of the genre is the same. The writer quickly gets into the story, establishes setting and character, sets up the conflict, fills-in critical back-story, then heads faster than a speeding bullet toward the climax and resolution." --Paul Alan Fahey
PPW Fiction Contest: VIP Judges - complete list
11.03.09
Are you entering the Pikes Peak Writers Fiction Contest this year? Check out the list of VIP judges that Dawn Miller just posted to the PPW's listserv (and I'm copying below with her permission). That list is totally impressive! So, if you were thinking of submitting an entry and have yet to do so, you've got until November 15th to submit your entry.
Highlights 2010 Fiction Contest
2009.09.28
Many of the entries we receive for the CCF Online writing contest are of high caliber. We felt some of the entries would qualify for the Highlights 2010 Fiction Contest so we wrote Highlights asking whether they would accept entries that had been published to the CCF site and they said that, yes, they would.
CCF Online Writers' Group
New members welcomed!
A key component in our growth as writers is joining and participating in a critique group. Ideally, the group should hold a balance between being supportive of its members and holding them accountable to the individual writing goals that each member has set for themselves. This is what we aim to do through the critique groups CCF sponsors. Contact CCF Groups for information on joining an ongoing group or starting one sponsored by CCF.
Highlights for Children Current Needs
Winter 2008-2009
 Highlights for Children is quite a prestigious venue to be published. Editors from HIGHLIGHTS have some specific requests for material. Current needs in both fiction and nonfiction categorieslist are listed on their website and updated regularly. We've taken their current needs list as of February 2008 and copied it below but please check the Highlights website itself for up-to-date submissions information and guidelines.
POCKETS Writer's Guidelines
2009.09.14
 I grew up in Cuba reading "El Aposento Alto" (The Upper Room). This was a wonderful devotional I read from cover to cover. The stories in it inspired and strenghtened me, especially after Castro took over the country and communism was established.
First Lines wanted
Send us your first lines!
Send us a first line we can use for the CCF Online Writing Contest. The contest changes themes, and first lines, on a monthly basis. CCF began its online writing contest in 2007 and received great entries that were posted to the site. We'll continue the contest this year and would love to receive suggested first lines from our site's visitors and contest participants.
Alone
Contest #200908
I dug my toes in the soft white sand, remembering the screams and panic that erupted on the beach just under a year ago. I whipped the gun from my pocket and turned around when I sensed someone behind me.
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