There are many quotes and saying about cakes, for our next issue, the challenge is to write not a new quotation, but a short story with cake as the subject. Be creative.. the sponsor is.

The $200 writing prize is donated by a Canadian cake manufacturer that is famous for delicious and very creative recipes.

Submissions for “cake” submission@mezzozine.com

Deadline for our January issue is December 19th.

“Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake.”

“A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece”

“For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.”

“You can't have your cake and eat it too”

“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”

“The most dangerous food is wedding cake”

“A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it”

"Payback is like a cake, it's sweet and wholesome".