(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)
February 1 - received by
American Short Fiction
American Short(er) Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Stuart Dybek
1,000 word limit and up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
February 1 - received by
Arcadia Magazine
Arcadia Short Story Contest
$1000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by mag editors
12,000 word limit and up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
February 1 - postmark
Salem College
Reynolds Price Short Fiction Contest
$1,200 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lee Martin
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 1- received by
Columbia University
Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art
Contest in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2013 by Sigrid Nunez
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
February 1 - postmark
The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review Novella Prize
$1,500 and publication
novella ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 - 20,000 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
February 1 - received by
The Madison Review
The University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 2 - received by
(open only to Irish writers)
The Stinging Fly
The Irish Times
The Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award
€25,000
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Richard Ford
no word or page limit ¦ €10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
February 11 - received by
James Merrill House
The James Merrill Writer-in-Residence Program
$5,000 or $10,000 and 1 or 2 semester residency
unspecified prose ¦ judged by Merrill House Committee
no length limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 12 - postmark
The Normal School
California State University, Fresno
The Normal Prize in Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Margot Livesey
10,087 word limit ¦ $20 fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 12 - postmark
Chicago Tribune
Nelson Algren Short Story Award
$5,000 and publication in the Trib
short story ¦ judged by Chicago Tribune editors
10,000 word limit ¦ no fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - received by (note this is a UK pub, so allow for mailing time)
Ambit Magazine
200 Words Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
between 196 and 204 words ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
February 15 - postmark
The Binnacle
University of Maine at Machias
The Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition
$50 and publication
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by magazine editors
short story ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - received by
Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center Residency
4-week Full Fellowship
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee
15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Djerassi Residency
full 4 to 5 week residency
fiction ¦ judged by Djerassi panelists
25 page limit, flexible ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Sarabande Books
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
$2,000 and book publication
short story, novella or novel ¦ judged by rotating fiction writers
150 to 250 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Press 53
Press 53 Novella Award
non-monetary award and publication
novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Roy Kesey
75 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Press 53
Press 53 Short Fiction Award
non-monetary award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Wickett
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Press 53
Press 53 Short-Short Story Award
non-monetary award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Joseph Bathanti
1,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Press 53
Press 53 Flash Fiction Award
non-monetary award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Jennifer Pieroni
750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - postmark
Gertrude Press
Fiction Chapbook Competition
$50 award and publication of 50 copies
short story(ies) ¦ judged by press editors
16—20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 15 - received by
Summer Literary Seminars
The Walrus Magazine and The Black Warrior Review
St. Petersburg Fellowship
full fellowship in Montreal, Vilnius or Nairobi
essay, story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2011 by Jayne Anne Phillips
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
February 16 - postmark
Noemi Press
Noemi Press Fiction Chapbook Award
$150 award, publication and 25 author's copies
fiction ¦ judged in 2009 by Rikki Ducornet
20-40 page word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 17 - postmark
Starcherone Books
Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction
$1,500 award and publication
story collections, novels, or indeterminate prose ¦ judged in 2010 by Deb Olin Unferth
400 page limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 21 - received by
Pacific Northwest Writers Association
First Novel and Short Story Contest - 28 pages
$700 award and Zola Award
stories and novels ¦ judged by staff
28 page limit ¦ $50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 26 - received by
University of Arizona
Fieries and Snuffies Residency
$500 and monthlong residency at U of A Poetry Center
fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Ander Monson
20 pages ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 28 - postmark
Grain Magazine
Postcard Story Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Yann Martel
500 word limit ¦ $36 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 28 - postmark
The Ledge Poetry and Fiction Magazine
Ledge Magazine Fiction Award
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 28 - received by
2012 SLS Unified Literary Contest
with Black Warrior Review and The Walrus
SLS Unified Literary Contest
wins attendance at any of the SLS seminars and publication in Black Warrior Review
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2012 by Mary Gaitskill
25 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
February 28 - received by
University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Wisconsin Institute Fellowship in Fiction
$25,000 stipend and academic year appointment
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by Dept of English faculty
30 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
February 28 - received by
Kenyon College
Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest
publication and conference scholarship
short story ¦ judged by journal editors
1200 word limit ¦ zero entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
February 29 - postmark
CutBank Literary Magazine
The Montana Prize in Fiction
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Benjamin Percy
40 page limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
