DEADLINES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

— 337 listings to date —
updates made 9.18.15

email me if i'm shy a good one :::: links to each month below

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OCTOBER DEADLINES -39-

(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)



October 1 - received by

StoryQuarterly
Rutgers University
StoryQuarterly Prize for Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 1- received by

Ruminate Magazine - A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art (Christian)
William Van Dyke Short Story Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David James Duncan
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

The American Literary Review
University of North Texas
Short Fiction Contest 
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judges TBA
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Zoetrope Magazine
All-Story Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Elizabeth McCracken
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - received by

Newport Review — An International Journal of Writing and Photography
Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by  Meg Pokrass
1,000 word limit ¦ $8 entry fee or $21 for 3 pieces ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Southern Indiana Review
University of Southern Indiana
Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Alan Cheuse
35 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Georgetown Review
Georgetown Review Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit specified ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest
$200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by team of published writers
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark
(short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River)

Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Mighty River Short Story Contest
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Miami University Press
Miami University Press Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged by creative writing faculty
18,000 – 40,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - received by

Poetry Center
Cleveland State University
Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Josip Novakovich
60 - 120 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark (snail) or received by (e)

Caketrain Journal and Press
Caketrain Chapbook Competition
$250, 25 copies and publication
short stories or novella ¦ judged in 2010 Deb Olin Unferth
40 - 80 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark or received by

The Missouri Review
The University of Missouri
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction
$5,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page word limit ¦ $20 entry fee each/unlimited entries ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA



October 1 - received by

Boston Review
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by Jennifer Egan
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Alligator Juniper
a publication of Prescott College in Arizona
National Writing Contest in Fiction
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - postmark

Ventura County Writers Club
Ventura County Star
Annual Short Story Contest
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
10 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 1 - 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



October 4 - received by

Opium Magazine
The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Contest 
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Amy Hempel
7 line limit ¦ $10 entry fee/$17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 10 - received by

The Age
The Age Short Story Competition
$3,000 (AU) and publication
short story ¦ judged by paper staff
3,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU



October 15 - received by

Cutthroat, a journal of the arts
Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award
$1,250 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 Lorian Hemingway
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA




October 15 - received by

Northwind
Fall 2012 Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by journal editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA




October 15 - postmark

Open City
RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Rick Rofihe
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 15 - postmark

Texas Review Press
Sam Houston State University
Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
$200 award and book publication
novella ¦ judged by press editors
150 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 15 - received by

The Wasatch Journal
The Quick-Draw Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by Jana Richman
3,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 15 - postmark

Salt Hill Journal of
Syracuse University
Creative Writing Program at
English Department of the University of Louisville
The Calvino Prize ('stories in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino')
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Harold Bloom
25 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 15 - postmark

Indiana Review
Indiana University
Indiana Review Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
35 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 15 - postmark

dogwood - a journal of poetry and prose
Fairfield University
Dogwood Fiction Award
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Stewart O'Nan
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 30 - received by

DIAGRAM
Hybrid Essay Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Ander Monson and Nicole Walker
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 30 - postmark

Inkwell
Manhattanville College
Annual Short Fiction Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Catherine Lewis
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA




October 30 - received by

Thin Air
Northern Arizona University
Best-in-Show All Genre Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Jeff Gundy
unstated word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 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




October 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



October 31 - postmark
(this contest runs twice per year - see may deadlines)

Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
$300 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
16—36 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 31 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see april deadlines)

Raspberry & Vine
Short Story Competition
$300 (AU) award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by site editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU



October 31 - received by
(this contest is for WOMEN only)

Kore Press
Kore Press Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and chapbook publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
4,000 - 12,000 word limit ¦ $23 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA



October 31 - received by

The Writing Site
Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by an independent reader
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 31 - postmark

Mid-American Review
Bowling Green State University
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robert Olen Butler
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 31 - postmark

Dana Awards
Dana Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award
short story ¦ judged by chair of Dana Awards
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



October 31 - postmark

the new renaissance journal
The Louise E. Reynolds Memorial Fiction Awards
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
36 page limit ¦ $16.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA