(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)
December 1 - postmark
Tupelo Quarterly
Tupelo Press
TQ9 Prose Open Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
15pp word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Florida Review &
Hoopsnake Press
Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award in Fiction or Graphic Narrative
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by David Huddle
35-page limit of flashes, shorts or long story ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Phoebe - A Journal of Literature and Art
George Mason University
Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Caitlin Horrocks
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark???
Quarter after Eight: A Journal of Experimental Writing
Robert J. Demott Short Prose Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Water Stone Review
Hamline University
Brenda Ueland Prize in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Blue Earth Review
Minnesota State University
Flash Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
flash fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
600 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
keyhole magazine
keyhole fiction chapbook contest
$250 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Martone
30-50 pages, SINGLE-SPACED ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Flume Press
Semi-Annual Fiction Chapbook Competition
$500 award, 25 copies and publication
short story(ies) ¦ judged in 2009 by Rob Davidson and Paul Eggers
10,000 - 12,000 words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Rose Metal Press
Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest
$ no cash award but limited edition publication with a letterpress cover and intro by judge
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Sherrie Flick
25-40 page limit of 1,000 word limit stories ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Winter Fellowship Program
7-month full fellowship and $500 monthly stipend
various forms of fiction ¦ judged by members of Writing Committee
35 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit¦ $30 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
December 1 - postmark
Phillips Exeter Academy
Bennett Fellowship
$12,000 stipend and academic year residency
prose ¦ judged by academy faculty
50 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - received by
The Baltimore Review
Short Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
Inkwell Literary Services
Predator Press Prose Chapbook Competition
$400 award, 25 copies and publication
short stories ¦ judged by faculty
28 - 32 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
White Eagle Coffee Store Press
The Long Story Contest, International
A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award, 25 copies and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
8,000 - 14,000 word limit/30 - 50 pp ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - received by
Meridian
The University of Virginia
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 20 - postmark
North Carolina Writers' Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Sheri Reynolds
12 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 20 - received by
Gulf Coast
University of Houston
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
500 word limit, up to 3 pieces ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 30 - received by
Many Mountains Moving
Flash Fiction Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit, up to 2 per entry fee ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Fiction Open
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
—every other year is poetry—
Burnside Review
3rd Annual Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Competition
$200 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short story or mixed short-short ¦ judged in 2012 by Blake Butler
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Ruth Hindman Foundation
H.E. Francis Contest
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by English dept faculty
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in Short Fiction
$600 award and announcement
short story ¦ judged by conference staff
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Boulevard Magazine
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Freefall Magazine: Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing
Annual Prose Contest
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robyn Sarah
3,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
December 31 - postmark
cream city review
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David Treuer
30 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Blue Mesa Review
University of New Mexico
Blue Mesa Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Kate Braverman
7,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
River Styx
Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest
$1,500 award and one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by magazine editors
500 word limit - up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Bayou Magazine
James Knudsen Editor's Prize for Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Michael Knight
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31- postmark
Moment Magazine - Jewish Politics, Culture, Religion
Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by 'well-known author'
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
New Orleans Review
Loyola University
Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Nancy Lemann
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31- received by
Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books Short Story Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short story manuscript ¦ judged by Dzanc staff
no limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
