(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)
July 1 - received by
WordSmitten
1010 Fiction Award
$1,010 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by site editors
1,010 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
July 11 - postmark
Hyphen Magazine
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
2008 Short Story Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short works of fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
July 15 - postmark
Santa Fe Writers Project
SFWP Literary Awards
$1,750 award and publication
short works of fiction, any combination ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Olen Butler
25 page limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
July 16 - postmark
Wordstock Festival
City of Portland
Wordstock Short Fiction Competition
$1,000 award and publication (2008 had 300 entries)
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Charles D'Ambrosio
1,500 to 3,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
July 30 - postmark
Snake Nation Press
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
$1,000 award and book publication
full manuscript ¦ judged by press editors
50K word limit (novella) or 200pp of short stories ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
July 31 - 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
July 31 - 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
July 31 - received by
Narrative Magazine
Spring Story Contest
$3,250 award and publication
short story, novel excerpt or non-fiction in 1st person ¦ judged by magazine editors
15,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
ENTER THIS CONTEST AT PERHAPS YOUR OWN RISK...READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST...
http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html
July 31 - received by
Highlands & Islands Short Story Association
HISSAC Annual Open Short Story Competition
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Clio Gray
2,500 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ SCOTLAND
July 31 - postmark or received by
The Munster Literature Centre and Southword
Sean O'Faolain Short Story Prize
€1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Tania Hershman
3,000 word limit ¦ €15/US$20/Irish £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ IRELAND
July 31 - received by
Opium Magazine
Opium Magazine’s 250-Word Bookmark Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short-short ¦ judged in 2009 by Andrew Sean Greer
250 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee, $17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA
July 31 - postmark
The Cincinatti Review
University of Cincinatti
The Annual Robert & Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
40 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
July 31 - received by
The Adirondack Review
Black Lawrence Press
The Fulton Prize for Short Fiction
$400 and publication
short story ¦ judged by fellowship committee
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
July 31- received by
Hay & District Community Support
Hay on Wye Short Story Contest - 2010 theme AVARICE
£400 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Hay & District Panel
2,000 word limit, themed entry ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
July 31- postmark
The Oaxaca International Film and Video Festival
Literature Subcategory
The Oaxaca International Literature Competition
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by festival organizers
no limit specified ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ MEXICO
July 31- received by
Flatmancrooked
Flatmancrooked Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Benjamin Percy
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
http://www.canserrat.org/ Canserrat full month stipend in spain
