(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)
November 1 - postmark
Malahat Review
Open Season Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
2,500 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦CAN
November 1 - postmark
Fiction Collective 2
The Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Lidia Yuknavitch
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
(accepts from September 15)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College
Bakeless Literary Publication Prize in Fiction
fellowship to Bread Loaf and book publication by Graywolf Press
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Boswell
150 - 450 pages of fiction ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Lilith Magazine
Annual Fiction Competition
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Reed Magazine
Center for Steinbeck Studies
San Jose State University
National Steinbeck Center
The John Steinbeck Award for short stories
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michelle Richmond
6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Briar Cliff Review
Briar Cliff Review Annual Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Tampa Review
The Danahy Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Bakeless Prize in Fiction
Full Fellowship for Bread Loaf and publication by Houghton Mifflin
short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2007 by Antonya Nelson
150 to 450 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Chautauqua
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Chautauqua Fiction Contest (theme of music and words broadly conceived)
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by David Crouse
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Homestead Review
Hartnell College
Central Coast Writers Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark or received by
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
$1,500 award, VIP festival pass, airfare, accomodations, public reading and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Amy Hempel
7,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 16 - postmark
Crab Creek Review
Crab Creek Review Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Kathleen Alcala
3,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings 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
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings 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
November 17 - postmark or received by
Firewheel Editions
Western Connecticut State University
The Firewheel Chapbook Award
no monetary award but 50 copies of a limited edition publication
short stories/mixed genre ¦ judged by Brian Clements and Michael Puttonen
20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 25 - received by
Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction
Small Spaces Fiction Prize
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Junot Diaz
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - 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
November 30 - received by
Albedo One - Ireland's Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
International Aeon Award for Short Fiction
€1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ €7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
prairiefire - a canadian magazine of new writing
Award for Short Fiction
$1,250 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Winter
15,000 word limit ¦ $27 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
November 30 - postmark
Minnetonka Review
Tonka Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ribin Lippincott
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Fish Publishing
Fish International Short Story Prize
€3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Simon Mawer
5,000 word limit/unlimited entries ¦ €20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
Narrative Magazine
Fall Fiction Contest
$3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Stanford University
Wallace Stegner Fellowship
2-year fellowship and $26,000 stipend per year
various fiction mix ¦ judged Stanford writing faculty
9,000 word limit ¦ $50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Prism Review
University of La Verne
Prism Review Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lucy Corin
no length limit ¦ $9 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
The Writer's Community of Durham Region
Whispered Words Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
November 30 - postmark
The Yalobusha Review
The University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah Fiction Prize
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by William Gay
no length limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Yemassee Journal
University of South Carolina
The William Richey Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by George Singleton
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA