DEADLINES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

— 337 listings to date —
updates made 9.18.15

email me if i'm shy a good one :::: links to each month below

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APRIL DEADLINES -14-

(pay keen attention to the first-of-the-month deadlines - better to treat them as end-of-the-month for the previous month lest you miss them)




April 15 - postmark
(deadlines also fall in January and September)

The MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Residency
varying length residency
short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field
25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



April 15 - postmark

Event Magazine
EVENT 2014 Non-Fiction Contest 
$1500 award and publication
non-fiction ¦ judged in 2014 by Deborah Campbell
5,000 word limit ¦ $34.95 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN



April 16 postmark

Willow Springs Editions
Spokane Prize for Short Fiction 
$2,000 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
98 page minimum word limit, 3 story minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



April 25 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see october deadlines)

Raspberry & Vine
Short Story Competition 
$300 (AU) award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by site editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU



April 30 - postmark

Crab Orchard Review
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Jack Dyer Fiction Prize 
$1500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



April 30 - postmark

Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction
$2,000, publication and a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma for awards ceremony
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



April 30 - postmark

Writecorner Press
E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award
$1,100 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



April 30 - in hand

The Paris Writer's Workshop (biennial)
Paris Prize for Fiction 
$5,000 and, well, the workshop is in Paris
novel excerpt and synopsis ¦ judged by Matt Thorne
1,000 word limit for excerpt ¦ €30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ FRANCE



April 30 - received by

Perigee: Publication for the Arts (LIKELY A DEAD MARKET)
Perigee Fiction Contest 
$300, publication and Pushcart Nomination
short story ¦ judged by James Brown
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



April 30 - received by

Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Award
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



April 30 - received by

Glimmer Train
Family Matters Fiction Award 
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



April 30 - received by

Glimmer Train
Standard Story Submission - no contest 
$700 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



April 30 - received by

Momaya Press
Momaya Short Story Competition 
£110 award and publication
short story, themed, 'alienation' ¦ judged by press editors
3,000 word limit ¦ £8 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK



April 30 - received by

Camber Press (LIKELY A DEAD LINK)
Fiction Chapbook Award 
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ron Carlson
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA