Purple Velvet
July 25, 2020PoemsMy wondering eyes First beheld the shimmer of indigo Ever before my gaze inclined with the bearer Of magical aura Life and death at just a wink Purple velvet It beamed conspicuous Thick the...
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You and the Ring
May 28, 2020PoemsNo candle light No sweet scent No Sheeran’s “Perfect” Just you And the thought Of where he should have been No white gown No down the aisle No Priest’s “say...
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Free Friday Cocktail
May 23, 2020PoemsIt was Friday again You called her — as it was your manner Same rendezvous The corner of the bar Where the spinning rainbow ignores your existence She’s your Meerkat and that’s her...
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He Found Me
May 11, 2020PoemsI was stripped of my rind Then discarded I was a forsaken matter The type you find in the refuse With malodorous neigbours And the songs of the flies Dampened and depraved I thought that...
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A New Orge on the Street
April 16, 2020PoemsThere used to be orges on the street They used to be wars of loud bang Of the songs that filled the street with raving wails and gnash Of AKs that drilled our walls Of thunderous boom That turned...
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I Ask No Man Pardon
March 4, 2020Short storiesChapter 1: O Murdres! This world, you know, is concrete. And did I mention cold?” I said lying on the bed. My lower body was inside the black velvety quilt. I put a cigarette between my lips,...
70I won’t leave you
March 4, 2020PoemsI won’t leave you, ever You will be my always, forever Even if you bleed me Even if you crush me Even if you harm me Even if you disturb me I won’t leave you, ever I love you,...
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I live past me!
March 4, 2020PoemsI bleed red,The scars rustedthe tears overflown,I craved for painnot for a sympathy gainquite long living suffocationI lived throbbing in every pulse,flowing in every veinI die less faster than i...
40The Sketch
March 4, 2020PoemsA pale and colourless piece of art.I found in my cupboard,Made by someone close to my heart.It was a sketch with no shades.Or, the colours have been washed up by the waves.Some spark was there,In...
30WORDS OF A SHATTERED SOUL
March 4, 2020PoemsWhen I was in a state of despair,I made up my mind of desist everything.I was fully covered with darknessNo hope of light!No hope of happiness! No one was there to help me out.No one was there to...
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I Waited Here
February 13, 2020PoemsI waited here Those long hours, for youHopeful, you would notice me todayThen you cameAnd you gave a glanceTwo-second attention – like a goldfishI countedThrough the hurry in your eyesI...
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Delusions
January 23, 2020Short storiesFola grinned on the front page again, beside the president. Why him all the time? Where has he been that I haven’t? I’ve been to the tropical paradise where green carpet damps the...
60Just Another Song
January 12, 2020PoemsI want to know what you’re writing I want to know if it’s about me I need to know if you’ve thought the way I do I want to know how often and what it is What it is you think about What did I...
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International Writing Contests
The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short Fiction
October 8, 2020Writing contestsName: The Dinesh Allirajah Prize for Short FictionCategory: Short fictionWord count: maximum of 6000 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: £500 and publicationClosing date: October 23, 2020. Comma Press and...
St. Lawrence County Arts Council: Call for Artists November 2020
October 8, 2020Writing contestsName: “Fiber Arts” Call for Artists November 2020Category: ArtworkNumber of Artworks: 1-5 piecesEntry fee: FreePrize: 70% of the listed price for the artworkClosing date: October 25...
Beechmore Life Writing Competition 2020
July 22, 2020Writing contestsName: Beechmore Life Writing CompetitionCategory: Short storyWord count: 1000 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: £200, publication on Beechmore Books website, and a notebook of your choiceClosing date:...
The Jack Grapes Poetry Prize 2020
July 20, 2020Writing contestsName: Jack Grapes Poetry PrizeCategory: PoetryWord count: Not specifiedEntry fee: FreePrize: $3 winners will get $200 each and 6 finalists will get $50 each Closing date: 31 August 2020 Cultural...
2020 Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarship
July 18, 2020Writing contests, free writing contest, writing contestName: Miles Morland Foundation Writing ScholarshipCategory: Prose (fiction and non-fiction)Word count: proposal of a full-length bookEntry fee: FreePrize: £18,000 in grantClosing date: 18...
Poetry Wales – Poetry Submissions
July 14, 2020Writing contestsName: Poetry Wales – Poetry SubmissionsCategory: PoetryWord count: 6 poems (no specific word-count)Entry fee: FreePrize: £20 per pageClosing date: 7/31/2020 for issue 56.2 and 1/1/2021 for...
The New Voices Award
June 19, 2020Writing contests, free writing contest, writing contestName: The New Voices AwardCategory: Fiction, Non-fiction, PoetryWord count: maximum of 1500 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: $2000 and publication dealClosing date: August 31, 2020. Lee and Low Books...
The ArabLit Story Prize
June 14, 2020Writing contestsName: The ArabLit Story PrizeCategory: Short storyWord count: 3000 words or fewerEntry fee: FreePrize: $500Closing date: July 16, 2020. ArabLit Quarterly is a four-times-yearly magazine that...
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