(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)
June 1 - postmark
Mid-American Review
Fineline Competition for Short Shorts
$1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Ander Monson
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 1 - received by
Sonora Review
University of Arizona
Concentrated Nonfiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short short essay ¦ judged in 2010 by Alan Michael Parker
500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
June 1 - received by
Dublin Review of Books
Once Off Flash Fiction Contest
€1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit/3 story limit ¦ €10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRE
June 1 - received by
Kennesaw Review - an online literary journal
Flash Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 2 - postmark
Writer's Digest
Annual Writer's Digest Competition
$1,000 award and critique
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 15 - postmark
Chelsea
Chelsea Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 15 - postmark or received by
Indiana Review
Indiana University
1/2 K Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Alberto Rios
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee (up to 3 pieces) ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
June 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
June 15 - postmark
Room Magazine
Room Magazine Fiction Contest
$500 (Canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 200 by Mary Borsky
4,000 word limit ¦ $39 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
June 15 - postmark or received by
Salamander
Suffolk University
Salamander Fiction Prize
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 Carolyn Cooke
35 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
June 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Award for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
June 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Award for Short-Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
June 20 - postmark
Hidden River Press
The William Van Wert Memorial Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 20 - postmark
Hidden River Press
The Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award
$1,000 award and publication
stage play ¦ judged by magazine editors
full-length play ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 30 - 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
June 30 - postmark
University of Pittsburgh Press
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize
$15,000 award and book publication
short stories/novella mix ¦ judged in 2008 by Scott Turow
150 to 300 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
June 30 - received by
Autumn House Press
Autumn House Fiction Contest
$1,000 award, $1,500 travel grant and book publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth
200 to 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 30 - received by
Bridport Arts Centre
The Bridport Prize for Short Story
£5,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Zoe Heller
5,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
June 30 - received by
Bridport Arts Centre
The Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction
£1,000 award and publication
flash fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Zoe Heller
250 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
June 30 - received by
British Czech and Slovak Association
British Czech and Slovak Association Writing Contest
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Helen Simpson
1,500 to 2,000 word limit ¦ unknown entry fee ¦ unknown, mail or e? ¦ UK
June 30 - received by
(open only to IRISH writers)
Linen Hall Library
McLaverty Short Story Award
£2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Anne Tannahill and Carlo Gébler
2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
June 30 - received by
The Writer's Bureau
Short Story Competition
£1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Iain Pattison
2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
June 30 - postmark
Autumn House Press
The Autumn House Fiction Contest
£1,000 award, $1,500 travel grant and publication
full manuscript ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth
200 - 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 30 - postmark
Literal Latte
Literal Latte Short Shorts Awards
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
June 30 - postmark or received by
Hunger Mountain
The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Steve Almond
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA