May 1 - postmark
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel Prize
$7,500 award and publication
novel ¦ judged by people
minimum 50,000 word limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novella Prize
$2,500 award and publication
novella ¦ judged by people
maximum 50,000 word limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel-in-Progress Prize
$2,000 award and publication
novel-in-progress ¦ judged by people
synopsis, 1st chapter or 1st 50 pages; max 12,500 words ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Short Story Prize
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by people
15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Essay Prize
$1,000 award and publication
essay ¦ judged by people
2,500 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
Spire Press
Spire 7th Annual Spring Chapbook Contest
$500 award and 20 copies
short story ¦ judged by press editors
18—28 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
Ohio State University
The Journal
The Journal's Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Lee K. Abbott
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
Minnesota State University
New Rivers Press
American Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Clint McCown
7,500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark
University of Idaho
Fugue
Annual Prose Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Pam Houston
8,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
May 1 - postmark or received by
Southern Methodist University
Southwest Review
David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
May 8 - received by
Kaos Films
British Short Screenplay Competition
production of script by Kaos Films
short film script ¦ judged by industry veterans
15 minutes of screen time ¦ £25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
May 15 - postmark
subTerrain
Lush Triumphant Fiction Competition
$750(Canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
May 15 - postmark
Willow Springs Editions
Inland Northwest Center for Writers
Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
98 page minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
subTerrain
Lush Triumphant Creative Non-Fiction Competition
$750(Canadian) award and publication
essay, adorned with fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
May 15 - postmark
Lorian Hemingway
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
$1,000 award
short story ¦ judged by Lorian Hemingway and panel
3,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 15 - postmark
Ploughshares
Emerson College
Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $24 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
May 15 - postmark
New American Press
Spring Chapbook Contest
$250 award and 25 copies
short story ¦ judged by editor of THE JOURNAl and Kathy Fagan
20—30 page limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 16 - postmark
Many Mountains Moving
Many Mountains Moving Flash Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged by anonymous judge
500 word limit, 2 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 18 - postmark or received by
University of Missouri - Kansas City
New Letters
Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
May 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Short Story Award for New Writers
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
May 31 - postmark
Pearl: A Literary Magazine
Pearl Short Story Prize
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 31 - postmark
University of Georgia Press
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by panel and Nancy Zafris
40k - 75k word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
May 31 - postmark
Antigonish Review
The Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
$600 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20 page word limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
May 31 - received by
Frome Festival
Frome Festival Short Story Competition
£300 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Kate Harrison and Paula Williams
1,000 to 2,200 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
May 31 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see october deadlines)
Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
no limit stated ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
May 31 - received by
The Writer and
Gotham Writers' Workshop
The Writer 2010 Short-Story Contest
$1,000 award, free workshop from Gotham Writers' Workshop and subscription to The Writer
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Susan Breen
2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
May 31 - postmark
Elixir Press
The Elixir Press Fiction Award
$2,500 award and publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged by press editors
120 - 500 page limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA