(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)
August 1 - received by MIDNIGHT ON THIS DAY
Esquire Magazine
Esquire Fiction Contest (MUST BE BASED ON THREE TITLES - SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS)
$2,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Esquire fiction editors
4,000 word limit ¦ none, zero, nothing entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Barrelhouse Magazine
Ann Arbor Book Festival Short Story Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by festival staff
7,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Bellevue Literary Review
Goldenberg Prize for Fiction (themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body)
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - postmark
Benedictine University
Springfield College in Illinois
Quiddity: International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Teresa A. White Literary Award
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 1 - postmark
(authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis)
Memphis Magazine
Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 to 4,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop
Bank of Ireland
Kelly Office Supplies
Des & Mary Kavanagh
Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year Competition
€600 award and public reading
short story ¦ judged by anonymous reader
3,000 word limit ¦ €15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
August 7 - postmark or received by
Manchester Metropolitan University
The Manchester Fiction Prize
£10,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by a selection of writers
5,000 word limit ¦ £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ UK
August 8 - postmark
Gival Press
Gival Press Short Story Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 15 - postmark
Subito Press
University of Colorado
Subito Press Book Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged by creative writing faculty
100 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 15 - received by
Warren Adler
The Warren Adler Themed Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Warren Adler
2,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 29 - postmark
University of North Texas Press
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories or novellas ¦ judged by an eminent writer
100-200 page limit/27.5k-50k word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 30 - received by
(this contest is themed - CHEMISTRY)
Twyford Writers
Write Space Short Story Competition
£200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by twyford staff
3,500 word limit ¦ £3.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Award
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Southern California Review
University of Southern California
SCR Annual Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Family Circle Magazine
Family Circle Fiction Writing Contest
$750 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,500 word limit/2 stories per person ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Hastings Writers’ Group
Legend Writing Award
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by panel
2,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - postmark
Black Lawrence Press
Adirondack Review
The St. Lawrence Book Award
$1,000 award, book publication, 10 copies and interview
short stories ¦ judged by anonymous panel
no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
University of Houston
Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2011 ???
500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark or received by
Juked
Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Dan Chaon
no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Aesthetica
The Annual Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit, 2 stories per entry fee ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
Wells Festival of Literature
Wells Festival of Literature International Short Story Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,800 - 2,000 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
The Capilano Review
The Capilano Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award (Canadian) and publication
short story ¦ judged by TCR board members
2,000 word limit ¦ $45 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
August 31 - postmark or received by
NANO Fiction
Nano Prize for Flash Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
300 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Gemini Magazine
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $4 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Wag's Revue
Summer Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA