tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47868737221384438702012-01-15T16:31:41.913-08:00a list of well-paying ($500 or above with a few exceptions because of prestige) contests, residencies and fellowships.noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-11093044090640361432010-03-03T15:07:00.001-08:002012-01-06T11:08:01.025-08:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">January 6</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12px;">(doesn't begin accepting until sept 15)</span><br /><br />American Short Fiction<br /><a href="http://www.americanshortfiction.org/">Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Justin Cronin<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee/multiples ok per fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 7</span></b>&nbsp;- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Escape Into Life<br /><a href="http://www.escapeintolife.com/fiction/eil-announces-first-annual-fiction-contest/" target="_blank">Annual Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2012 by Robert Olen Butler<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">January 10</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />New Delta Review<br />Louisiana State University<br /><a href="http://ndrmag.org/contests/" target="_blank">New Delta Review Chapbook Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$100</span>&nbsp;award and publication of chapbook<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2012 by Catherine Wagner<br />40-50 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">January 12</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />The Camargo Foundation<br />Cassis, France<br /><a href="http://www.camargofoundation.org/toapply.asp">Camargo Fellowship</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$2,500</span>&nbsp;stipend and semester grant<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by foundation staff<br />30 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ FRANCE<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Crazyhorse<br />College of Charleston<br /><a href="http://www.crazyhorsejournal.org/page.php?id=108">Crazyhorse Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark (CANADA)</span><br /><br />Geist: Fact and Fiction<br /><a href="http://www.geist.com/contest/6th-annual-geist-literal-literary-postcard-story-contest">6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />micro fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Our Stories<br /><a href="http://www.ourstories.us/RichardBausch_ContestPrize.html">Richard Bausch Short Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$400</span> award and publication - losers receive personal critiques<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Iron Horse Literary Review<br />Texas Tech University<br /><a href="http://ironhorsereview.com/x/?page_id=6">Collection Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication of a single issue dedicated to single author<br />fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Mark Richard<br />between 15k and 20k words ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(deadlines also fall in April and September)</span><br /><br />The MacDowell Colony<br /><a href="http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html">MacDowell Residency</a><br />varying length residency<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field<br />25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(another deadline also falls in September)</span><br /><br />Jentel<br />Wyoming<br /><a href="http://www.jentelarts.org/index.htm">Artist Residency</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$400</span> stipend and monthlong residency<br />short stories or novel excerpt ¦ judged by professionals in field<br />20 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />BkMk Press of the University of Missouri-Kansas City<br /><a href="http://www.umkc.edu/bkmk/poetry.html">The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and book publication<br />short stories ¦ judged blind<br />150 - 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Third Coast<br />Western Michigan University<br /><a href="http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/contests/">Third Coast Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Jaimy Gordon<br />9,000 words ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Literal Latte<br /><a href="http://www.literal-latte.com/contests/#fiction_awards" target="_blank">K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">January 16</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />In the Snake<br /><a href="http://www.inthesnake.com/contest/" target="_blank">Elephant Prize for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest also requires a CD copy of story)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(must be about the Italian-Canadian experience)</span><br /><br />Accenti: The Canadian Magazine with an Italian Accent<br /><a href="http://www.accenti.ca/nonfiction.asp">Annual ACCENTI Writing Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> (canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 - 2,500 word limit ¦ $20 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 28</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />PRISM international<br /><a href="http://prismmagazine.ca/contests/" target="_blank">Short Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> (canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page limit ¦ $28 (canadian) fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Chapter One Promotions<br /><a href="http://www.chapteronepromotions.com/competitions/open-short-story-competition.htm">International Short Story Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£2,500</span> award and publication<br />short story¦ judge unknown<br />2,500 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>January 31</b> - </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />University of East Anglia<br />Norwich, United Kingdom<br /><a href="http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/hum/lit/awards/pick">The Charles Pick Fellowship</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£10,000</span> and 6-month Fellowship<br />short stories or non-fiction prose ¦<b> </b>judged by University faculty<br />2,500 word limit<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> ¦</span> </span>no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Ohio State University<br /><a href="http://www.ohiostatepress.org/index.htm?/books/series%20pages/osushortfiction.htm">The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> and book publication<br />short stories, novellas or combination ¦ judged by staff editors<br />150 - 300 pp or 40 - 80k words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Iowa Review<br /><a href="http://iowareview.uiowa.edu/rules">The Iowa Review Award in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2012 by Ron Currie, Jr<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/familymatters.html">Family Matters Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp">Standard Story Submission - no contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$700</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />American Kennel Club<br /><a href="http://www.akc.org/pubs/fictioncontest/">Annual Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$750</span> award and publication<br />short story (dog related - see guidelines) ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,000 word limit ¦ no fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Chattahoochee Review<br />Georgia Perimeter College<br /><a href="http://www.chattahoochee-review.org/">The Lamar York Prize for Non-Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />creative essay ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $12 fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Literal Latte<br /><a href="http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html#fiction">Literal Latte Food Verse Awards</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />food poetry (read: disguise your microfiction) ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />University of New Orleans<br />The Pinch Journal<br /><a href="http://lowres.uno.edu/contest.cfm" target="_blank">The Sixth Annual Writing Contest for Study Abroad</a><br />full fee waiver to study abroad program in Mexico or Italy<br />short story ¦ judged by University reps<br />4,500 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Highlights for Children<br /><a href="http://www.highlights.com/highlights-fiction-contest">Highlights Fiction Contest - Fiction Based on a True Family Story</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />750 word limit ¦ $0 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">January 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Dzanc Books<br />Guernica <br /><a href="http://disquietinternational.org/contest-scholarships/contestscholarships">ILP International Literature Award</a><br />airfare, accommodations, and tuition to the Disquiet program in Lisbon, Portugal in 2011 AND publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Colson Whitehead<br />30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-1109304409064036143?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-88732807651118821872010-03-03T15:06:00.001-08:002012-01-05T15:50:36.641-08:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 1 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Salem College<br /><a href="http://www.salem.edu/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=1854&amp;Itemid=1341">Reynolds Price Short Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lee Martin<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">February 1</span></b>-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />Columbia University<br />Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art<br /><a href="http://columbiajournal.org/contests" target="_blank">Contest in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Robert Olen Butlre<br />20 page word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 1 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Malahat Review<br /><a href="http://malahatreview.ca/contests/novella_contest/info.html">The Malahat Review Novella Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> and publication<br />novella ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10,000 - 20,000 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 1 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Madison Review<br />The University of Wisconsin at Madison<br /><a href="http://mendota.english.wisc.edu/~MadRev/">The Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 2 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(open only to Irish writers)</span><br /><br />The Stinging Fly<br />The Irish Times<br /><a href="http://davybyrnesaward.org/?page_id=5">The Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€25,000</span><br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Richard Ford<br />no word or page limit ¦ €10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 11 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />James Merrill House<br /><a href="http://www.jamesmerrillhouse.org/selection.html">The James Merrill Writer-in-Residence Program</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000 or $10,000</span> and 1 or 2 semester residency<br />unspecified prose ¦ judged by Merrill House Committee<br />no length limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 12 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Normal School<br />California State University, Fresno<br /><a href="http://thenormalschool.com/PDFs/Normal_Prize_Guidelines.pdf">The Normal Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Margot Livesey<br />10,087 word limit ¦ $20 fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 12 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Chicago Tribune<br /><a href="http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/nelson-algren-awards.html">Nelson Algren Short Story Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000</span> and publication in the Trib<br />short story ¦ judged by Chicago Tribune editors<br />10,000 word limit ¦ no fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by (note this is a UK pub, so allow for mailing time)</span><br /><br />Ambit Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.ambitmagazine.co.uk/200words.htm">200 Words Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />between 196 and 204 words ¦ <span style="font-size: 100%;">£4</span> entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Binnacle<br />University of Maine at Machias<br /><a href="http://www.umm.maine.edu/faculty/necastro/binnacle/short.asp">The Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$50</span> and publication<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />short story ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Vermont Studio Center<br /><a href="http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply/">Vermont Studio Center Residency</a><br />4-week Full Fellowship<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee<br />15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 15 </b>- </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Djerassi Resident Artists Program<br /><a href="http://www.djerassi.org/appforms.html">Djerassi Residency</a><br />full 4 to 5 week residency<br />fiction ¦ judged by Djerassi panelists<br />25 page limit, flexible ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Sarabande Books<br /><a href="http://www.sarabandebooks.org/contest/mary_mccarthy_prize.html">The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> and book publication<br />short story, novella or novel ¦ judged by rotating fiction writers<br />150 to 250 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Press 53<br /><a href="http://www.press53.com/Contests.html">Press 53 Novella Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>non-monetary award and publication<br />novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Roy Kesey<br />75 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Press 53<br /><a href="http://www.press53.com/Contests.html">Press 53 Short Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>non-monetary award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Wickett<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Press 53<br /><a href="http://www.press53.com/Contests.html">Press 53 Short-Short Story Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>non-monetary award and publication<br />short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Joseph Bathanti<br />1,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Press 53<br /><a href="http://www.press53.com/Contests.html">Press 53 Flash Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>non-monetary award and publication<br />short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Jennifer Pieroni<br />750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Gertrude Press<br /><a href="http://www.gertrudepress.org/guidelines/chapbook.html">Fiction Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$50</span> award and publication of 50 copies<br />short story(ies) ¦ judged by press editors<br />16—20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Summer Literary Seminars<br />The Walrus Magazine and The Black Warrior Review <br /><a href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/slscontest.html">St. Petersburg Fellowship</a><br />full fellowship in Montreal, Vilnius or Nairobi<br />essay, story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2011 by Jayne Anne Phillips<br />25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 16</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Noemi Press<br /><a href="http://www.noemipress.org/contest.html">Noemi Press Fiction Chapbook Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$150</span> award, publication and 25 author's copies<br />fiction ¦ judged in 2009 by Rikki Ducornet<br />20-40 page word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 17</span></b>&nbsp;- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Starcherone Books<br /><a href="http://www.starcherone.com/prize.htm">Starcherone Prize for Innovative Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />story collections, novels, or indeterminate prose ¦ judged in 2010 by Deb Olin Unferth<br />400 page limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>February 26</b></span> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;"></span><br />University of Arizona<br /><a href="http://poetrycenter.arizona.edu/contest/residency.shtml">Fieries and Snuffies Residency</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> and monthlong residency at U of A Poetry Center<br />fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Ander Monson<br />20 pages ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 28</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/vershorficaw1.html">Very Short Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 28</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Grain Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.grainmagazine.ca/contestrules.htm">Postcard Story Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Yann Martel<br />500 word limit ¦ $36 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 28</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Ledge Poetry and Fiction Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.theledgemagazine.com/Fiction%20Awards%20Contest.htm">Ledge Magazine Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">February 28</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />2012 SLS Unified Literary Contest<br />with Black Warrior Review and The Walrus<br /><a href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/contest.html">SLS Unified Literary Contest</a><br />wins attendance at any of the SLS seminars and publication in Black Warrior Review<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2012 by Mary Gaitskill<br />25 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">February 28</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />University of Wisconsin at Madison<br /><a href="http://creativewriting.wisc.edu/fellowships/poetryfiction.html">The Wisconsin Institute Fellowship in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$25,000</span>&nbsp;stipend and academic year appointment<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by Dept of English faculty<br />30 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">February 29</span></b>&nbsp;- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />CutBank Literary Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/contests/" target="_blank">The Montana Prize in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Benjamin Percy<br />40 page limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;"><b><br /></b></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-8873280765111882187?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-20648817396321627292010-03-03T15:05:00.001-08:002012-01-15T16:31:19.612-08:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Redivider Journal<br />Emerson College <br /><a href="http://www.redividerjournal.org/submit/">Annual Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 1</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />The Pinch - The Literary Journal of the University of Memphis<br /><a href="http://cas.memphis.edu/english/pinch/contest/contest.htm">The Pinch Literary Award in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2012 by Justin Torres<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Del Sol Press<br /><a href="http://www.delsolpress.org/dsp-fictionprize.htm">The Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Olen Butler himself<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Sycamore Review<br />Purdue University <br /><a href="http://www.sycamorereview.com/contest/">Wabash Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story or linked shorter stories ¦ judged in 2011 by Antonya Nelson<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b>March 1</b> - </span><span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(must address the theme, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Restaurants and Bars</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">)</span><br /><br />Symphony Space<br /><a href="http://www.symphonyspace.org/shorts/writing_contest">Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1000</span> and recording for broadcast<br />short story ¦<b> </b>judged in 2011 by Jennifer Egan<br />750 word limit<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> ¦</span> </span>$25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts<br />University of Houston<br /><a href="http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=7">Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by TBA <br />25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Wilkes University<br /><a href="http://www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp">James Jones Fellowship Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$10,000</span> and excerpt publication<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by fellowship committee<br />50 page limit and 2 page outline ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Writers At Work, Salt Lake City<br /><a href="http://www.writersatwork.org/competition.html">Writers at Work Fellowship Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span>, publication in Quarterly West, featured reading and full Conference tuition<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2008 by Steve Almond<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(another deadline in September for this same residency, different time of year)</span><br /><br />Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska<br /><a href="http://www.khncenterforthearts.org/residency.html#resoverview">KHN Center for the Arts Residency</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$100</span> weekly stipend and 2, 4, 6 or 8 week residencies with free housing<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by KHN jurors<br />30 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Southeast Review<br /><a href="http://www.southeastreview.org/contests.php">World's Best Short Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Robert Olen Butler<br />500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 3</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Middlebury College<br /><a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/admissions/deadlines.htm">Bread Loaf Writer's Conference</a><span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: small;">various financial aid assistance for conference available - see website</span><br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by conference personnal<br />6,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee, deposit on acceptance ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 4</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />New South<br />Georgia State University's Journal of Art and Literature<br /><a href="http://www.review.gsu.edu/contest_ns.html">New South Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 5</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />Folio<br />American University<br /><a href="http://www.american.edu/cas/literature/folio/">Folio Prose Contest</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Alan Heathcock<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 8</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />New York University<br />Washington Square<br /><a href="http://washingtonsquarereview.com/awards/" target="_blank">Washington Square Award in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Darin Strauss<br />20 page word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 8</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />New York University<br />Washington Square<br /><a href="http://washingtonsquarereview.com/awards/" target="_blank">Washington Square Award in Flash Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Jim Shepard<br />500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 10</span></b>&nbsp;- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Colorado State University<br />Colorado Review<br />Center for Literary Publishing<br /><a href="http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/NPSF/sub.html">The Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Jane Hamilton<br />50 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />New Delta Review<br />Louisiana State University<br /><a href="http://ndrmag.org/contests/" target="_blank">Matt Clark Prize in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$2,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Susan Straight<br />6,000 word limit&nbsp;¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Willow Springs<br /><a href="http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/contests.php">Willow Springs Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$2,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />no word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Missouri Review<br />University of Missouri<br /><a href="http://www.missourireview.com/audiovisual/submissions/" target="_blank">Voice-Only Literature Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and semester grant<br />short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10-minute limit on CD ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Northern Michigan University<br />Passages North: A Literary Journal<br /><a href="http://myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/contest-fiction.html">Waasmode Short Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Caitlin Horrocks<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Puerto Del Sol<br /><a href="http://www.puertodelsol.org/submit.html" target="_blank">Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$400</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Kevin McIlvoy<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission&nbsp;&nbsp;¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Northern Michigan University<br />Passages North: A Literary Journal<br /><a href="http://myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/contest-ssfiction.html">Just Desserts Short-Short Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />short-short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Roxane Gay<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee (to 3 stories) ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Western Washington University<br />Bellingham Review<br /><a href="http://www.bhreview.org/2012-contest-submissions-guidelines/" target="_blank">Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Robin Hemley<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Prairie Schooner<br />University of Nebraska - Lincoln<br /><a href="http://http//www.prairieschooner.unl.edu/prizes/index.html#Anchor-GUIDELINES-5055">Prairie Schooner Book Prize - Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,000</span> award and book publication<br />short stories or 1 novella and short stories ¦ judged by senior editor<br />150 page minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />DIAGRAM<br /><a href="http://www.thediagram.com/contest.html">$5 Innovative Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short stories or 1 novella and short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Kelly Link<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 17</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Florida Review<br /><a href="http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/files/editorsaward2012.pdf">Florida Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />story or essay ¦ judge unspecified<br />no limit specified ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Georgia College &amp; State University<br />Arts &amp; Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture<br /><a href="http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.htm">Arts &amp; Letters Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Fish Publishing<br /><a href="http://www.fishpublishing.com/annual-one-page-story-prize.php">One-Page Story Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />300 word limit ¦ €12 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 27</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />DIAGRAM<br /><a href="http://thediagram.com/contest.html#2009chapbookguidelines">NMP/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and 25 copies<br />poetry, fiction, nonfiction, mixed-genre ¦ judged in 2009 by Ander Monson<br />18-44 manuscript page limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html">Fiction Open</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Harpur Palate<br />Binghamton University<br /><a href="http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/johngardner.html">The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Bristol Review of Books<br /><a href="http://harpurpalate.binghamton.edu/johngardner.html">The Bristol Short Story Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£300</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by anthology editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Seattle Review<br /><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/seaview/fictioncontest.html">Al Young Prize in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Hooded Friar Press<br /><a href="http://depts.washington.edu/seaview/fictioncontest.html">The Parthenon Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$15,000</span> award and book publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Alice Randall<br />60,000 - 200,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Whiskey Island Magazine<br />Cleveland State University<br /><a href="http://csuold.csuohio.edu/whiskey_island/submissions.html">Annual Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Short FICTION<br />University of Plymouth<br /><a href="http://www.uppress.co.uk/SFcompetition.htm">New Writers Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£250 or $500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />John Howard Reid and Tom Howard Books<br /><a href="http://shortstorycontest.0catch.com/">Annual John Howard Reid &amp; Tom Howard Short Story, Essay and Prose Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Carve Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.carvezine.com/contest.htm">Raymond Carver Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Melvin Sterne<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Freefall Magazine: Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing<br /><a href="http://www.freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html">Prose Chapbook Contest</a><br />award is 25 copies and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Permafrost<br />University of Alaska, Fairbanks<br /><a href="http://www.alaska.edu/english/permafrost/contest/">Midnight Sun Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$100</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Shenandoah<br />Washington and Lee University<br /><a href="http://shenandoahliterary.org/submissions/">Bevel Summers Prize for Short Short Stories</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$unknown</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short-short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $2 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">March 31&nbsp;</span></b>-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Cutbank<br />University of Montana<br /><a href="http://www.cutbankonline.org/contests/" target="_blank">Cutbank Chapbook Contest for Prose</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 - 40 page word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">March 31 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br />Narrative Magazine<br /><a href="http://narrativemagazine.com/winter-2009-story-contest">Winter 2009 Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><span style="color: #ff6600;">ENTER THIS CONTEST AT PERHAPS YOUR OWN RISK...READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST...</span><br /><a href="http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html">http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html</a><br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-2064881739632162729?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-9553396433999718802010-03-03T15:04:00.001-08:002011-11-29T14:30:40.156-08:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">April 2</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><br />Ploughshares<br />Emerson College<br /><a href="https://www.pshares.org/submit/Emerging-Writers-Contest.cfm">Ploughshares Emerging Writers Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(deadlines also fall in January and September)</span><br /><br />The MacDowell Colony<br /><a href="http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html">MacDowell Residency</a><br />varying length residency<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field<br />25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Event Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.douglas.bc.ca/visitors/event-magazine/contestdetails.html">EVENT 2010 Non-Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />non-fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Lynn Coady<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $29.95 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">April 15</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Spokane Prize for Short Fiction<br />Willow Springs<br /><a href="http://willowsprings.ewu.edu/editions.php">Willow Springs Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 21px;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$2,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />98 page minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Bomb Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.bombsite.com/issues/0/articles/3254">4th Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Jonathan Lethem<br />20 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 25</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest runs twice per year - see october deadlines)</span><br /><br />Raspberry &amp; Vine<br /><a href="http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~raspberryandvine/Competitions.php">Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300 (AU)</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by site editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Crab Orchard Review<br />Southern Illinois University Carbondale<br /><a href="http://www.siu.edu/~crborchd/dyer.html">Jack Dyer Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry<br /><a href="http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/awards.html">The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000, </span>publication and a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma for awards ceremony<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Writecorner Press<br /><a href="http://www.writecorner.com/award_guidelines.asp">E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,100 </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">and publication</span><br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">in hand</span><br /><br />The Paris Writer's Workshop<br /><a href="http://www.pariswritersworkshop.org/parisprz.html">Paris Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000 </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">and, well, the workshop is in Paris</span><br />novel excerpt and synopsis ¦ judged by Matt Thorne<br />1,000 word limit for excerpt ¦ €30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ FRANCE<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Perigee: Publication for the Arts<br /><a href="http://www.perigee-art.com/7389/fictioncontestsubmit.php">Perigee Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">, publication</span> and Pushcart Nomination<br />short story ¦ judged by James Brown<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/familymatters.html">Family Matters Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp">Standard Story Submission - no contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$700</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Momaya Press<br /><a href="http://www.momayapress.com/contest.htm">Momaya Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£110</span> award and publication<br />short story, themed, 'alienation' ¦ judged by press editors<br />2,500 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">April 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Camber Press<br /><a href="http://www.camberpress.com/submissions.html">Fiction Chapbook Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ron Carlson<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-955339643399971880?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-45880547083161022062010-03-03T15:03:00.001-08:002011-08-31T09:43:51.748-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society<br /><a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/guidelines.html">William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$7,500</span> award and publication<br />novel ¦ judged by people<br />minimum 50,000 word limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society<br /><a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/guidelines.html">William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novella Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,500</span> award and publication<br />novella ¦ judged by people<br />maximum 50,000 word limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society<br /><a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/guidelines.html">William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel-in-Progress Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />novel-in-progress ¦ judged by people<br />synopsis, 1st chapter or 1st 50 pages; max 12,500 words ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society<br /><a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/guidelines.html">William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Short Story Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by people<br />15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society<br /><a href="http://www.wordsandmusic.org/guidelines.html">William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Essay Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />essay ¦ judged by people<br />2,500 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Spire Press<br /><a href="http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html">Spire 7th Annual Spring Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and 20 copies<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />18—28 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />American Short Fiction<br /><a href="http://www.americanshortfiction.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=18-short-shorts&amp;catid=6-announcements">American Short(er) Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by editorial staff<br />1,000 word limit and up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Ohio State University<br />The Journal<br /><a href="http://english.osu.edu/research/journals/thejournal/shortstorycontest.cfm">The Journal's Short Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Lee K. Abbott<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Minnesota State University<br />New Rivers Press<br /><a href="http://www.newriverspress.com/">American Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Clint McCown<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of Idaho<br />Fugue<br /><a href="http://www.uidaho.edu/fugue/contest.htm">Annual Prose Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ann Pancake<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Southern Methodist University<br />Southwest Review<br /><a href="http://smu.edu/southwestreview/Meyerson%20Contest.asp">David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 8</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Kaos Films<br /><a href="http://www.kaosfilms.co.uk/?page_id=13&amp;comp=liveaction">British Short Screenplay Competition</a><br />production of script by Kaos Films<br />short film script ¦ judged by industry veterans<br />15 minutes of screen time ¦ £25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />nor/New Ohio Review<br /><a href="http://www.ohio.edu/nor/submis.htm">New Ohio Review Prize in Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Ann Beattie<br />25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark </span><br /><br />Salamander<br />Suffolk University <br /><a href="http://media.cas.suffolk.edu/salamander/public/pdfs/contest2011.pdf">Salamander Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 Jim Shepard <br />40 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />subTerrain<br /><a href="http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/contests/Lush%20guidelines.htm">Lush Triumphant Fiction Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$750</span>(Canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />subTerrain<br /><a href="http://www.subterrain.ca/subterrain/contests/Lush%20guidelines.htm">Lush Triumphant Creative Non-Fiction Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$750</span>(Canadian) award and publication<br />essay, adorned with fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Lorian Hemingway<br /><a href="http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/guidelines.php">Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award<br />short story ¦ judged by Lorian Hemingway and panel<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />New American Press<br /><a href="http://2009.newamericanpress.com/contests/current.php">Spring Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and 25 copies<br />short story ¦ judged by editor of THE JOURNAl and Kathy Fagan<br />20—30 page limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Eastern Washington University Press<br /><a href="http://www.ewu.edu/ewupress/shortprize.htm">Spokane Prize for Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and book publication<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />98 page <i>minimum</i> word limit, 3 story <span style="font-style: italic;">minimum</span> ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 16 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Many Mountains Moving<br /><a href="http://www.mmminc.org/html/2009contests.htm">Many Mountains Moving Flash Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short-short story ¦ judged by anonymous judge<br />500 word limit, 2 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 18 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />University of Missouri - Kansas City<br />New Letters<br /><a href="http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp">Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html">Short Story Award for New Writers</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Pearl: A Literary Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.pearlmag.com/contests.html">Pearl Short Story Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of Georgia Press<br /><a href="http://www.ugapress.org/info_aup_submitfoc.html">The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and book publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by panel and Nancy Zafris<br />50k - 75k word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Antigonish Review<br /><a href="http://www.antigonishreview.com/contest.html">The Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$600</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />20 page word limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Frome Festival<br /><a href="http://www.fromefestival.co.uk/?p=2281">Frome Festival Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£300</span> award and book publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Kate Harrison and Paula Williams<br />1,000 to 2,200 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest runs twice per year - see october deadlines)</span><br /><br />Black Lawrence Press<br /><a href="http://www.blacklawrencepress.com/">Black River Chapbook Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by press editors<br />no limit stated ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Writer and<br />Gotham Writers' Workshop<br /><a href="http://www.writingclasses.com/ContestPages/writer.php">The Writer 2010 Short-Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">$1,000</span> award, free workshop from Gotham Writers' Workshop and subscription to The Writer<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Susan Breen<br />2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">May 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Elixir Press<br /><b></b><a href="http://www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html">The Elixir Press Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by press editors<br />120 - 500 page limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-4588054708316102206?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-25650953452118319092010-03-03T15:02:00.003-08:002011-03-28T10:31:54.564-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Mid-American Review<br /><a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/fineline.html">Fineline Competition for Short Shorts</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Ander Monson<br />500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Sonora Review<br />University of Arizona<br /><a href="http://sonorareview.com/contest/">Concentrated Nonfiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short short essay ¦ judged in 2010 by Alan Michael Parker<br />500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Dublin Review of Books<br /><a href="http://www.drb.ie/guidelines.html">Once Off Flash Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">€</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">1,000</span> award and publication<br />short short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />500 word limit/3 story limit ¦ €10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRE<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Kennesaw Review - an online literary journal<br /><a href="http://www.kennesawreview.org/artman2/publish/contests/Flash_Fiction_Prize_2006.php">Flash Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 2</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Writer's Digest<br /><a href="http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/annual/77th/">Annual Writer's Digest Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and critique<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Chelsea<br /><a href="http://www.chelseamag.org/awards/guidelines.asp">Chelsea Award for Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Quarter After Eight<br />Ohio University<br /><a href="http://www.quarteraftereight.org/contest/">The Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by journal editors<br />500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Indiana Review<br />Indiana University <br /><a href="http://indianareview.org/general/prizes/microprizeguidelines10.html">1/2 K Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Alberto Rios <br />500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee (up to 3 pieces) ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Vermont Studio Center<br /><a href="http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply/">Vermont Studio Center Residency</a><br />4-week Full Fellowship<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee<br />15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Room Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.roommagazine.com/news.html#contest08">Room Magazine Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> (Canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 200 by Mary Borsky<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $39 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by and/or postmark</span><br /><br />New Millennium Writings<br /><a href="http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php">New Millennium Award for Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by and/or postmark</span><br /><br />New Millennium Writings<br /><a href="http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php">New Millennium Award for Short-Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Hidden River Press<br /><a href="http://www.hiddenriverarts.com/">The William Van Wert Memorial Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Hidden River Press<br /><a href="http://www.hiddenriverarts.com/">The Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />stage play ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />full-length play ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html">Fiction Open</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of Pittsburgh Press<br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.upress.pitt.edu/renderHtmlPage.aspx?srcHtml=htmlSourceFiles/drueheinz.htm#1">The Drue Heinz Literature Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$15,000</span> award and book publication<br />short stories/novella mix ¦ judged in 2008 by Scott Turow<br />150 to 300 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Autumn House Press<br /><a href="http://www.autumnhouse.org/index.cfm?method=displayPage&amp;pagename=contest">Autumn House Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award, <span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> travel grant and book publication<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth<br />200 to 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Bridport Arts Centre<br /><a href="http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/stories.htm">The Bridport Prize for Short Story</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£5,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Zoe Heller<br />5,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Bridport Arts Centre<br /><a href="http://www.bridportprize.org.uk/flashfiction.htm">The Bridport Prize for Flash Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£1,000</span> award and publication<br />flash fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Zoe Heller<br />250 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />British Czech and Slovak Association<br /><a href="http://www.bcsa.co.uk/specials.html">British Czech and Slovak Association Writing Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£300</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Helen Simpson<br />1,500 to 2,000 word limit ¦ unknown entry fee ¦ unknown, mail or e? ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(open only to IRISH writers)</span><br /><br />Linen Hall Library<br /><a href="http://www.linenhall.com/displayNewsRecord.asp?ID=25">McLaverty Short Story Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Anne Tannahill and Carlo Gébler<br />2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Writer's Bureau<br /><a href="http://www.writersbureau.com/competition/">Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Iain Pattison<br />2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Autumn House Press<br /><a href="http://www.autumnhouse.org/index.cfm?method=displayPage&amp;pagename=contest">The Autumn House Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£1,000</span> award, $1,500 travel grant and publication<br />full manuscript ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth<br />200 - 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Literal Latte<br /><a href="http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html#shorts">Literal Latte Short Shorts Awards</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">June 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Hunger Mountain<br />The Vermont College Journal of Arts &amp; Letters<br /><a href="http://www.hungermtn.org/short-fiction-prize/">Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Steve Almond <br />10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-2565095345211831909?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-89982220976697218662010-03-03T15:02:00.001-08:002010-07-12T15:45:22.693-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 1 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />WordSmitten<br /><a href="http://www.wordsmitten.com/fiction.html">1010 Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,010</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by site editors<br />1,010 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 11 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Hyphen Magazine<br />The Asian American Writers’ Workshop<br /><a href="http://www.aaww.org/events_announcements.html">2008 Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short works of fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 15 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Santa Fe Writers Project<br /><a href="http://www.sfwp.com/lapsap-guidelines">SFWP Literary Awards</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,750</span> award and publication<br />short works of fiction, any combination ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Olen Butler<br />25 page limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 16 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Wordstock Festival<br />City of Portland<br /><a href="http://www.wordstockfestival.com/#/page_id=956&amp;article=129/">Wordstock Short Fiction Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication <span style="font-size: 78%;">(2008 had 300 entries)</span><br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Charles D'Ambrosio <br />1,500 to 3,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 30 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Snake Nation Press<br /><a href="http://www.snakenationpress.org/guidelines.html">Serena McDonald Kennedy Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and book publication<br />full manuscript ¦ judged by press editors<br />50K word limit (novella) or 200pp of short stories ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/vershorficaw1.html">Very Short Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp">Standard Story Submission - no contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$700</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Narrative Magazine<br /><a href="https://narrativemagazine.com/shared/contest.php">Spring Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,250</span> award and publication<br />short story, novel excerpt or non-fiction in 1st person ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />15,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><span style="color: #ff6600;">ENTER THIS CONTEST AT PERHAPS YOUR OWN RISK...READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST...</span><br /><a href="http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html">http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html</a><br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Highlands &amp; Islands Short Story Association<br /><a href="http://www.hissac.co.uk/2005_competition.html">HISSAC Annual Open Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£300</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Clio Gray<br />2,500 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ SCOTLAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />The Munster Literature Centre and Southword<br /><a href="http://www.munsterlit.ie/SOF%20Page.html">Sean O'Faolain Short Story Prize</a><br />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 130%;">€1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Tania Hershman<br />3,000 word limit ¦ €15/US$20/Irish £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Opium Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx">Opium Magazine’s 250-Word Bookmark Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short-short ¦ judged in 2009 by Andrew Sean Greer<br />250 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee, $17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Cincinatti Review<br />University of Cincinatti<br /><a href="http://www.cincinnatireview.com/#/submissions/contest">The Annual Robert &amp; Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />40 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Adirondack Review<br />Black Lawrence Press<br /><a href="http://adirondackreview.homestead.com/FultonPrize.html">The Fulton Prize for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$400</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by fellowship committee<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Hay &amp; District Community Support<br /><a href="http://www.hayshortstory.com/index.html">Hay on Wye Short Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp; - <span style="font-size: small;">2010 theme AVARICE</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£400</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Hay &amp; District Panel<br />2,000 word limit, themed entry ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark </span><br /><br />The Oaxaca International Film and Video Festival<br />Literature Subcategory<br /><a href="http://www.oaxacafilmfest.com/eng/lit.htm">The Oaxaca International Literature Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by festival organizers<br />no limit specified ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ MEXICO<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">July 31</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by </span><br /><br />Flatmancrooked<br /><a href="http://www.flatmancrooked.com/prizerules">Flatmancrooked Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Benjamin Percy<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr />http://www.canserrat.org/ Canserrat full month stipend in spain<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-8998222097669721866?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-5232703177894276562010-03-03T15:01:00.001-08:002011-08-31T09:46:02.824-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by MIDNIGHT ON THIS DAY</span><br /><br />Esquire Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction-contest">Esquire Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 78%;"> (MUST BE BASED ON THREE TITLES - SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Esquire fiction editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ none, zero, nothing entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Ann Arbor Book Festival<br />Barrelhouse Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.aabookfestival.org/HTML/writing.htm">Ann Arbor Book Festival Short Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by festival staff<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Bellevue Literary Review<br /><a href="http://www.blreview.org/Contest/contest_guidelines.htm">Goldenberg Prize for Fiction<span style="font-size: 78%;"> (themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body)</span></a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Benedictine University<br />Springfield College in Illinois<br />Quiddity: International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program<br /><a href="http://www.sci.edu/quiddity/download/2009_twhite_award.pdf">Teresa A. White Literary Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis)</span><br /><br />Memphis Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.memphismagazine.com/gyrobase/Magazine/Page?oid=21607">Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 to 4,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop<br />Bank of Ireland<br />Kelly Office Supplies<br />Des &amp; Mary Kavanagh<br /><a href="http://www.literaturetraining.com/metadot/index.pl?id=37948&amp;isa=DBRow&amp;op=show&amp;dbview_id=2300">Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€600</span> award and public reading<br />short story ¦ judged by anonymous reader<br />3,000 word limit ¦ €15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 7</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Manchester Metropolitan University<br /><a href="http://www.manchesterwritingcompetition.co.uk/fiction/terms.php">The Manchester Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£10,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by a selection of writers<br />5,000 word limit ¦ £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 8</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Gival Press<br /><a href="http://216.197.127.196/gp/index.cfm?rsn=209&amp;mn=Contests">Gival Press Short Story Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Subito Press<br />University of Colorado<br /><a href="http://www.subitopress.org/guidelines.html">Subito Press Book Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by creative writing faculty<br />100 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Warren Adler<br /><a href="http://www.warrenadler.com/contest08.shtml">The Warren Adler Themed Short Story Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Warren Adler<br />2,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 29</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of North Texas Press<br /><a href="http://web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subkap">Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and book publication<br />short stories or novellas ¦ judged by an eminent writer<br />100-200 page limit/27.5k-50k word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest is themed - CHEMISTRY)</span><br /><br />Twyford Writers<br /><a href="http://www.twyfordwriters.com/PaypalPage.html">Write Space Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by twyford staff<br />3,500 word limit ¦ £3.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/vershorficaw1.html">Very Short Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Southern California Review<br />University of Southern California<br /><a href="http://college.usc.edu/mpw/experience/student_life.cfm#review">SCR Annual Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Family Circle Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.parents.com/family-life/fitness/stress-relaxation/fiction-contest-winners/?page=9">Family Circle Fiction Writing Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$750</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,500 word limit/2 stories per person ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Hastings Writers’ Group<br /><a href="http://www.legendwritingaward.com/rules.html">Legend Writing Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by panel<br />2,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Black Lawrence Press<br />Adirondack Review<br /><a href="http://blacklawrence.com/stlawrence.html">The St. Lawrence Book Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award, book publication, 10 copies and interview<br />short stories ¦ judged by anonymous panel<br />no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts<br />University of Houston<br /><a href="http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=7">Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2011 ???<br />500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Juked<br /><a href="http://www.juked.com/prize/">Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Dan Chaon<br />no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Aesthetica<br /><a href="http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm">The Annual Aesthetica Creative Works Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,000 word limit, 2 stories per entry fee ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Wells Festival of Literature<br /><a href="http://www.wlitf.co.uk/storyrules.htm">Wells Festival of Literature International Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,800 - 2,000 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Capilano Review<br /><a href="http://thecapilanoreview.ca/contest.php">The Capilano Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award (Canadian) and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by TCR board members<br />2,000 word limit ¦ $45 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />NANO Fiction<br /><a href="http://nanofiction.org/?page_id=88">Nano Prize for Flash Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />300 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Gemini Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html">Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $4 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">August 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Wag's Revue<br /><a href="http://www.wagsrevue.com/submit.php">Summer Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-523270317789427656?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-21611437587706449332010-03-03T15:00:00.001-08:002011-08-31T10:04:02.369-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(another deadline in March for this same residency, held at a different time of year)</span><br /><br />Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska<br /><a href="http://www.khncenterforthearts.org/residency.html#resoverview">KHN Center for the Arts Residency</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$100</span> weekly stipend and 2, 4, 6 or 8 week residencies with free housing<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by KHN jurors<br />30 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />New American Press<br /><a href="http://www.newamericanpress.com/contest.html">Summer Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award, 25 copies and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Beachy-Quick<br />20-30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 3</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Arizona Commission on the Arts<br /><a href="http://www.azarts.gov/apg/index.htm">Arizona Artist Grant</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000</span> award<br />any five pages ¦ judged by outside of state panel<br />5 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 5</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Kenny/Naughton Autumn School<br /><a href="http://www.aghamoreireland.com/kennynaughton/shortstory.htm">Bill Naughton Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by school officials<br />2,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 5</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland)</span><br /><br />British Science Fiction Association<br /><a href="http://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa/website/Competition.aspx">BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by BFSA committee<br />8,000 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 6&nbsp;</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(story must relate to the natural world, sense of place, or environmental issues)</span><br /><br />Orlo<br />The Bear Deluxe Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.beardeluxe.org/doug_fir_submit.html">Doug Fir Fiction Award: Every Story Begins Somewhere</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Rivka Galchen<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 7 </span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(themed: When did you realize that you had become a grown-up?)</span><br /><br />Real Simple<br /><a href="http://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/inspiration-motivation/second-annual-life-lessons-essay-contest-00000000013682/">The Second-Annual Life Lessons Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,000</span> award, publication and trip to NYC for two<br />essay ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 10</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts &amp; Letters<br /><a href="http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/nonfiction.asp">Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Nick Flynn<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 14</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Biscuit Publishing (also has a short story contest)<br /><a href="http://www.biscuitpublishing.com/comp/rules.html">Biscuit International Flash Fiction Prize </a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">£1000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />250 to 750 word limit ¦ <b style="font-weight: normal;">£9</b> fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Literal Latte<br /><a href="http://www.literal-latte.com/contest_new.html#fiction">Literal Latte Essay Awards</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />essays ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(deadlines also fall in January and April)</span><br /><br />The MacDowell Colony<br /><a href="http://www.macdowellcolony.org/apply.html">MacDowell Residency</a><br />varying length residency<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field<br />25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Greensboro Review<br />University of North Carolina<br /><a href="http://www.greensbororeview.org/contests/">Robert Watson Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Texas Review Press<br />Sam Houston State University<br /><a href="http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp/ggfp.html">George Garrett Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and book publication<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged by press editors<br />250 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(another deadline also falls in January)</span><br /><br />Jentel<br />Wyoming<br /><a href="http://www.jentelarts.org/index.htm">Artist Residency</a><br />&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 130%;">$400</span> stipend and monthlong residency<br />short stories or novel excerpt ¦ judged by professionals in field<br />20 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(short stories that reflect aspects of the American educational or teaching experience)</span><br /><br />The Teacher’s Voice<br /><a href="http://www.the-teachers-voice.org/page/page.cfm/teachersvoicechapbookcontest">The Teacher’s Voice Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> honorarium and 50 copies<br />short story or creative non-fiction ¦ judged by editorial board<br />16 - 24 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html">Fiction Open</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Cadenza Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.cadenza-magazine.co.uk/Competitions%20forthcoming.html">Open Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />3,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(must be a female resident of UK, but of any nationality)</span><br /><br />The Asham Literary Endowment Trust<br /><a href="http://www.ashamaward.com/">The Asham Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by trust editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference<br /><a href="http://www.bsc.edu/events/writing-today/hackney.htm">Hackney Literary Award in the Novel</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000</span> award only, no publication offer<br />novel ¦ judged by conference staff<br />no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference<br /><a href="http://www.bsc.edu/events/writing-today/hackney.htm">Hackney Literary Award in the Short Story</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,500</span> award only, no publication offer<br />short story ¦ judged by conference staff<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of Massachusetts Press<br /><a href="http://www.umass.edu/umpress/juniper_fiction.html">Juniper Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000</span> award only, no publication offer<br />short stories, novellas or novel ¦ judged by press staff<br />150 - 350 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest is themed - WEATHER)</span><br /><br />Vanda Inman's Write Space<br /><a href="http://www.writespace.co.uk/html/competition.html">Write Space Short Story Competition</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">£250</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Vanda Inman and Linda Lewis<br />1,500 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Iowa Writers’ Workshop<br />University of Iowa<br /><a href="http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/authors/iowa-short-fiction.htm">John Simmons Short Fiction Award</a><br />publication under Press’s standard contract<br />short stories ¦ judged by press editors<br />minimum 150 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(must have adult female of African descent as the main character)</span><br /><br />ESSENCE Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.essence.com/essence/books/0,16109,1822989,00.html">ESSENCE Short Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />2,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Spire Press<br /><a href="http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html">Special Prose Chapbook Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and publication<br />short story or flash pieces ¦ judged by press editors<br />18 -28 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />PANK Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?page_id=843">1,001 Awesome Words Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$750</span> award and publication<br />any form ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1.001 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee or $25 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">September 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Truman State University Press<br />The Chariton Review<br /><a href="http://tsup.truman.edu/chariton/guidelines.asp">The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/authors/iowa-short-fiction.htm"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-2161143758770644933?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-81865274346237471942010-03-03T13:57:00.000-08:002011-08-31T10:42:21.144-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />StoryQuarterly<br />Rutgers University<br /><a href="http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/storyquarterly/contest.php">StoryQuarterly Prize for Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Ruminate Magazine - A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art (Christian)<br /><a href="http://www.ruminatemagazine.org/contests/short-story.html">William Van Dyke Short Story Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David James Duncan<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The American Literary Review<br />University of North Texas<br /><a href="http://www.engl.unt.edu/alr/contest.html">Short Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judges TBA<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Zoetrope Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.all-story.com/contests.cgi">All-Story Short Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Elizabeth McCracken<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Newport Review — An International Journal of Writing and Photography<br /><a href="http://www.newportreview.org/?contests.html">Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by &nbsp;Meg Pokrass<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $8 entry fee or $21 for 3 pieces ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark </span><br /><br />Southern Indiana Review<br />University of Southern Indiana<br /><a href="http://www.usi.edu/sir/mohrguidelines-fiction2009.asp">Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Alan Cheuse<br />35 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark </span><br /><br />New Orleans Review<br />Loyola University<br /><a href="http://neworleansreview.org/submission-guidelines/">Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Nancy Lemann<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark </span><br /><br />Georgetown Review<br /><a href="http://georgetownreview.georgetowncollege.edu/submissions.htm">Georgetown Review Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />no word limit specified ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley<br />Southeast Missouri State University Press<br /><a href="http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/hearne.htm">The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by team of published writers<br />500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River)</span><br /><br />Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley<br />Southeast Missouri State University Press<br /><a href="http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss.htm">Mighty River Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by press editors<br />30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Miami University Press<br /><a href="http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/mupress/novella.html">Miami University Press Novella Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />novella ¦ judged by creative writing faculty<br />18,000 – 40,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Poetry Center<br />Cleveland State University<br /><a href="http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest2.html">Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Josip Novakovich<br />60 - 120 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark (snail) or received by (e)</span><br /><br />Caketrain Journal and Press<br /><a href="http://www.caketrain.org/competitions/">Caketrain Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span>, 25 copies and publication<br />short stories or novella ¦ judged in 2010 Deb Olin Unferth<br />40 - 80 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Black Warrior Review<br />The University of Alabama<br /><a href="http://blackwarrior.webdelsol.com/">Fifth-Ever Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Peter Markus<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />The Missouri Review<br />The University of Missouri<br /><a href="http://www.missourireview.com/contest/editors_prize.php">Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$5,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page word limit ¦ $20 entry fee each/unlimited entries ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Boston Review<br /><a href="http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/#Fifteenth">Annual Short-Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Chang-Rae Lee<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Alligator Juniper<br />a publication of Prescott College in Arizona<br /><a href="http://www.prescott.edu/alligator_juniper/submit.html">National Writing Contest in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Ventura County Writers Club<br />Ventura County Star<br /><a href="http://www.venturacountywriters.com/Short_Story_Rules-08-4.pdf">Annual Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />10 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Vermont Studio Center<br /><a href="http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/apply/">Vermont Studio Center Residency</a><br />4-week Full Fellowship<br />short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee<br />15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 4</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Opium Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.opiummagazine.com/contest.aspx">The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Amy Hempel<br />7 line limit ¦ $10 entry fee/$17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 10</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Age<br /><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/08/14/1216492716423.html">The Age Short Story Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,000</span> (AU) and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by paper staff<br />3,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Cutthroat, a journal of the arts<br /><a href="http://www.cutthroatmag.com/contest.html">Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,250</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 Lorian Hemingway<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Open City<br /><a href="http://www.opencity.org/rrofihe">RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Rick Rofihe<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Texas Review Press<br />Sam Houston State University<br /><a href="http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp/trnovp.html">Clay Reynolds Novella Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and book publication<br />novella ¦ judged by press editors<br />150 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Wasatch Journal<br /><a href="http://www.thewasatchjournal.com/contests.html">The Quick-Draw Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by Jana Richman<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Salt Hill Journal of<br />Syracuse University<br />Creative Writing Program at<br />English Department of the University of Louisville<br /><a href="http://louisville.edu/english/creative-writing/contests/calvino-guidelines.html">The Calvino Prize</a> <span style="font-size: 78%;">('stories in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino')</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Harold Bloom<br />25 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Indiana Review<br />Indiana University<br /><a href="http://indianareview.org/">Indiana Review Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon <br />35 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />dogwood - a journal of poetry and prose<br />Fairfield University<br /><a href="http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/dogwood/">Dogwood Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Stewart O'Nan<br />25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />DIAGRAM<br /><a href="http://thediagram.com/contest.html">Hybrid Essay Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Ander Monson and Nicole Walker<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Inkwell<br />Manhattanville College<br /><a href="http://www.inkwelljournal.org/competitions.htm">Annual Short Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Catherine Lewis<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Thin Air<br />Northern Arizona University<br /><a href="http://www.thinairmagazine.com/index.html">Best-in-Show All Genre Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: large;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Jeff Gundy<br />unstated word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrainpress.com/writer/html/index2.asp">Standard Story Submission - no contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$700</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest runs twice per year - see may deadlines)</span><br /><br />Black Lawrence Press<br /><a href="http://www.blacklawrence.com/chapbook.html">Black River Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by press editors<br />16—36 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest runs twice per year - see april deadlines)</span><br /><br />Raspberry &amp; Vine<br /><a href="http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~raspberryandvine/Competitions.php">Short Story Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300 (AU)</span> award and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by site editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(this contest is for WOMEN only)</span><br /><br />Kore Press<br /><a href="http://www.korepress.org/KorePressShortFictionAward.htm">Kore Press Short Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and chapbook publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by press editors<br />4,000 - 12,000 word limit ¦ $23 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Writing Site<br /><a href="http://www.writingsite.com/">Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by an independent reader<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Mid-American Review<br />Bowling Green State University<br /><a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/studentlife/organizations/midamericanreview/fallcontests.html">Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robert Olen Butler<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Dana Awards<br /><a href="http://www.danaawards.com/guidelines.htm">Dana Award for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award<br />short story ¦ judged by chair of Dana Awards<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">October 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />the new renaissance journal<br /><a href="http://www.tnrlitmag.org/ab_awardsguide.html">The Louise E. Reynolds Memorial Fiction Awards</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />36 page limit ¦ $16.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-8186527434623747194?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-26853556557981567442010-03-03T13:54:00.000-08:002011-11-01T16:54:23.679-07:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><br /><hr style="color: darkred; font-size: 130%;" /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Bananafish Magazine<br /><a href="http://bananafishmagazine.com/contest.html">Short Story Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Malahat Review<br /><a href="http://www.malahatreview.ca/open_season/info.html">Open Season Award in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />2,500 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Fiction Collective 2<br /><a href="http://fc2.org/Sukenick%20prize.htm">The Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and book publication<br />short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Lidia Yuknavitch<br />no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><span style="font-size: 78%;">(accepts from September 15)</span><br /><br />Bread Loaf Writers' Conference<br />Middlebury College <br /><a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/blwc/bakeless_prize">Bakeless Literary Publication Prize in Fiction</a><br />fellowship to Bread Loaf and book publication by Graywolf Press<br />short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Boswell<br />150 - 450 pages of fiction ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Lilith Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.lilith.org/writers.htm">Annual Fiction Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Reed Magazine<br />Center for Steinbeck Studies<br />San Jose State University<br />National Steinbeck Center<br /><a href="http://reedmag.org/drupal/?q=node/19">The John Steinbeck Award for short stories</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michelle Richmond<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Briar Cliff Review<br /><a href="http://www.briarcliff.edu/campus/bc_review/bcreview_new/contest.aspx">Briar Cliff Review Annual Award in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Tampa Review<br /><a href="http://www.ut.edu/TampaReview/TRDetail.aspx?id=12172">The Danahy Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Bread Loaf Writers' Conference<br /><a href="http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/bakeless/">Bakeless Prize in Fiction</a><br />Full Fellowship for Bread Loaf and publication by Houghton Mifflin<br />short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2007 by Antonya Nelson<br />150 to 450 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 7</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Roanoke Review<br />Roanoke College<br /><a href="http://roanokereview.wordpress.com/">Roanoke Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Chautauqua<br />University of North Carolina at Wilmington<br /><a href="http://writers.ciweb.org/literary-journal/">Chautauqua Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 78%;"> (theme of music and words broadly conceived)</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by David Crouse<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Homestead Review<br />Hartnell College<br /><a href="http://centralcoastwriters.org/2009-spring-contest-rules.htm">Central Coast Writers Fiction Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival<br /><a href="http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/index.php?topic=contests">Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award, VIP festival pass, airfare, accomodations, public reading and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Amy Hempel<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 16</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Crab Creek Review<br /><a href="http://www.crabcreekreview.org/contest.htm">Crab Creek Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$100</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Kathleen Alcala<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by and/or postmark</span><br /><br />New Millennium Writings<br /><a href="http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php">New Millennium Writings Award for Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by and/or postmark</span><br /><br />New Millennium Writings<br /><a href="http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/awards.php">New Millennium Writings Award for Short-Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 17</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark or received by</span><br /><br />Firewheel Editions<br />Western Connecticut State University<br /><a href="http://firewheel-editions.org/">The Firewheel Chapbook Award</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span>no monetary award but 50 copies of a limited edition publication<br />short stories/mixed genre ¦ judged by Brian Clements and Michael Puttonen<br />20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 25</span></b>&nbsp;- <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction<br /><a href="http://www.averyanthology.org/?p=248">Small Spaces Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><span style="font-size: 21px;">$300</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Junot Diaz<br />30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/shorawfornew2.html">Short Story Award for New Writers</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,200</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Albedo One - Ireland's Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror<br /><a href="http://www.albedo1.com/html/aeon_award.html">International Aeon Award for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ €7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />prairiefire - a canadian magazine of new writing<br /><a href="http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests.html">Award for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,250</span> (canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Winter<br />15,000 word limit ¦ $27 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Minnetonka Review<br /><a href="http://minnetonkareview.com/contest_rules.html">Tonka Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ribin Lippincott<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Fish Publishing<br /><a href="http://www.fishpublishing.com/short-story-competition-contest.php">Fish International Short Story Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">€3,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Simon Mawer<br />5,000 word limit/unlimited entries ¦ €20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Narrative Magazine<br /><a href="http://narrativemagazine.com/2008-fall-fiction-contest">Fall Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$3,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Stanford University<br /><a href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/creativewriting/stegner.html">Wallace Stegner Fellowship</a><br />2-year fellowship and $26,000 stipend per year<br />various fiction mix ¦ judged Stanford writing faculty<br />9,000 word limit ¦ $50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Prism Review<br />University of La Verne<br /><a href="http://www.laverne.edu/academics/arts-sciences/prism-review/contests">Prism Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$250</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lucy Corin<br />no length limit ¦ $9 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">November 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Writer's Community of Durham Region<br /><a href="http://wcdr.ca/wcdr/?page_id=1479">Whispered Words Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">November 30</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Yalobusha Review<br />The University of Mississippi<br /><a href="http://yalobushareview.com/?page_id=15">Barry Hannah Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by William Gay<br />no length limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><hr /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">November 30</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />Yemassee Journal<br />University of South Carolina<br /><a href="http://www.yemasseejournalonline.org/fiction_contest.html">The William Richey Short Story Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by George Singleton<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-2685355655798156744?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4786873722138443870.post-82295213499234231672010-03-03T13:50:00.000-08:002011-12-27T15:34:13.560-08:00<b><span style="font-size: 78%;">(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)</span></b><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Mississippi Review<br />University of Southern Mississippi<br /><a href="http://www.usm.edu/english/mrcontest.html">Mississippi Review Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />1,000 - 5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">December 1</span></b>&nbsp;-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Florida Review &amp;<br />Hoopsnake Press<br /><a href="http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/chapbook.php">Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award in Fiction or Graphic Narrative</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$500</span>&nbsp;and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by David Huddle<br />35-page limit of flashes, shorts or long story ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Phoebe - A Journal of Literature and Art<br />George Mason University<br /><a href="http://www.phoebejournal.com/?page_id=8">Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest</a><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Caitlin Horrocks<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark???</span><br /><br />Quarter after Eight: A Journal of Experimental Writing<br /><a href="http://www.quarteraftereight.org/submissions.htm">Robert J. Demott Short Prose Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short short story ¦ judged by magazine staff<br />500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Water Stone Review<br />Hamline University<br /><a href="http://www.waterstonereview.com/contests.html">Brenda Ueland Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Blue Earth Review<br />Minnesota State University<br /><a href="http://www.english2.mnsu.edu/ber/contests.html">Flash Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$100</span> award and publication<br />flash fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />600 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />keyhole magazine<br /><a href="http://www.keyholemagazine.com/contest">keyhole fiction chapbook contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$250</span> award and 25 copies of chapbook<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Martone<br />30-50 pages, SINGLE-SPACED ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Flume Press<br /><a href="http://www.csuchico.edu/engl/flumepress/">Semi-Annual Fiction Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award, 25 copies and publication<br />short story(ies) ¦ judged in 2009 by Rob Davidson and Paul Eggers<br />10,000 - 12,000 words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Rose Metal Press<br /><a href="http://www.rosemetalpress.com/Submit/Submit.html">Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$ no cash</span> award but limited edition publication with a letterpress cover and intro by judge<br />short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Sherrie Flick<br />25-40 page limit of 1,000 word limit stories ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown<br /><a href="http://www.fawc.org/winter/index.shtml">Winter Fellowship Program</a><br />7-month full fellowship and $500 monthly stipend<br />various forms of fiction ¦ judged by members of Writing Committee<br />35 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The Fiddlehead<br /><a href="http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/Fiddlehead/contest.html">Fiddlehead Prize for Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> (canadian) award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />25 page limit¦ $30 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Phillips Exeter Academy<br /><a href="http://www.exeter.edu/about_us/about_us_537.aspx">Bennett Fellowship</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$12,000</span> stipend and academic year residency<br />prose ¦ judged by academy faculty<br />50 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 1</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />The Baltimore Review<br /><a href="http://baltimorereview.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=26">Short Fiction Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Inkwell Literary Services<br /><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/inkwellliterary/Personal6.html">Predator Press Prose Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$400</span> award, 25 copies and publication<br />short stories ¦ judged by faculty<br />28 - 32 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />White Eagle Coffee Store Press<br />The Long Story Contest, International<br /><a href="http://whiteeaglecoffeestorepress.com/page4.html">A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award, 25 copies and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by press editors<br />8,000 - 14,000 word limit/30 - 50 pp ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 15</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Meridian<br />The University of Virginia<br /><a href="http://readmeridian.org/?page_id=47">Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />North Carolina Writers' Network<br /><a href="http://www.ncwriters.org/">Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Sheri Reynolds<br />12 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 20</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Gulf Coast<br />University of Houston<br /><a href="http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/index.php?n=7">Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Beckian Fritz Goldberg<br />500 word limit, up to 3 pieces ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 30</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Many Mountains Moving<br /><a href="http://www.mmminc.org/html/2010contests.htm">Flash Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />500 word limit, up to 2 per entry fee ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Glimmer Train<br /><a href="http://www.glimmertrain.com/fictionopen.html">Fiction Open</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$2,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by or postmark</span><br />—every other year is poetry—<br />Burnside Review<br /><a href="http://burnsidereview.org/contests.php">3rd Annual Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$200</span> award and 25 copies of chapbook<br />short story or mixed short-short ¦ judged in 2012 by Blake Butler<br />10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />University of Alabama in Huntsville<br />The Ruth Hindman Foundation<br /><a href="http://www.uah.edu/colleges/liberal/english/hefranciscontest/">H.E. Francis Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by English dept faculty<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />The King's English<br /><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~wapshot1/spring08/submis.Blodgett.html">Blodgett Waxwing Literary Prize in Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />no word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference<br /><a href="http://www.bsc.edu/events/writing-today/hackney.htm">Hackney Literary Award in Short Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$600</span> award and announcement<br />short story ¦ judged by conference staff<br />5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Boulevard Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.boulevardmagazine.org/partners.html">Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">received by</span><br /><br />Freefall Magazine: Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing<br /><a href="http://www.freefallmagazine.ca/contest.html">Annual Prose Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$300</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robyn Sarah<br />3,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />cream city review<br />University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee<br /><a href="http://www.creamcityreview.org/submit/#contests">A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David Treuer<br />30 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Blue Mesa Review<br />University of New Mexico<br /><a href="http://www.unm.edu/~bluemesa/fiction%20contest.htm">Blue Mesa Review Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Kate Braverman<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />River Styx<br /><a href="http://www.riverstyx.org/contests/index.php">Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,500</span> award and one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer<br />short story ¦ judged in 2009 by magazine editors<br />500 word limit - up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b> - <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Bayou Magazine<br /><a href="http://www.cola.uno.edu/cww/bayou/bonanza.cfm">James Knudsen Editor's Prize for Fiction</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$500</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by magazine editors<br />7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">December 31</span></b>- <span style="font-size: 78%;">postmark</span><br /><br />Moment Magazine - Jewish Politics, Culture, Religion<br /><a href="http://momentmag.com/moment/contests/shortfictionguidelines.html">Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest</a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">$1,000</span> award and publication<br />short story ¦ judged by 'well-known author'<br />7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA<br /><br /><hr /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></b><br /><b><span style="font-size: 21px;">December 31</span></b>-&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px;">received by</span><br /><br />Dzanc Books<br /><a href="http://www.dzancbooks.org/submissions/">Dzanc Books Short Story Competition</a><br /><span style="font-size: 21px;">$1,000</span>&nbsp;award and publication<br />short story manuscript ¦ judged by Dzanc staff<br />no limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4786873722138443870-8229521349923423167?l=fictioncontests.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>.noreply@blogger.com