This short film edited by Miami-based multimedia artist Christopher Moramarco just BARELY begins to scratch the surface of a story. It’s kinda like the montage section of a feature-length film summing up the emotions of two characters who have a history…but it’s up to you, the writer,...

Made ya look! Our fair city values skin over intellect, but that doesn’t mean we gotta join ‘em if we can’t beat ‘em. The Miami Writer’s Association is hosting a literary reading featuring authors Jay Jay Colagrande and Caridad Moro-McCormick and winners of the Many Writers...

Brought to you by the Miami Writer’s Association The human experience is vast but the emotional response is the same. The Miami Writer’s Association is inviting all local writers to submit a chapter/poem of their work for the purposes of creating a spoken word cohesive piece on November 11, 2009...

Can you produce a masterwork of fiction in three short days? The 3-Day Novel Writing Contest is your chance to find out. Writers fueled by nothing but adrenaline and the desire for spontaneous literary nirvana. It’s a thrill, a grind, a 72-hour kick in the pants and an awesome creative experience....

Jenny Perez, 36, mother of four children, says, “I have never taken any writing classes but I love to write and saw this Write Your Life Contest as an opportunity to share my experiences with the universe and see what it reflects back to me.” She submitted the following when we asked writers...

Under the Sun, a new series of radio specials on WLRN 91.3/WKWM 91.5 (South Florida’s NPR station) is looking for talented, unpublished writers in South Florida to share a poem or piece of fiction. Submissions are accepted in three categories: children, college and adult. One submission in each...

The deadline for Yemassee’s 2009 Pocataligo Poetry Contest is March 15th. The author of the winning poem will receive a $500 prize and publication in our fall 2009 issue.

On Feb. 1, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will launch the second round of the Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest to fund the best art ideas in South Florida. The deadline for applications is 9 a.m. March 2. The Challenge, part of a five-year, $40 million initiative, aims to help...

Enter your outstanding work in the 15th annual Sunshine State Awards, the statewide competition for all media organized by the South Florida chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.