(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)
August 1 - received by MIDNIGHT ON THIS DAY
Esquire Magazine
Esquire Fiction Contest (MUST BE BASED ON THREE TITLES - SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS)
$2,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Esquire fiction editors
4,000 word limit ¦ none, zero, nothing entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Ann Arbor Book Festival
Barrelhouse Magazine
Ann Arbor Book Festival Short Story Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by festival staff
7,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Bellevue Literary Review
Goldenberg Prize for Fiction (themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body)
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 1 - postmark
Benedictine University
Springfield College in Illinois
Quiddity: International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Teresa A. White Literary Award
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 1 - postmark
(authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis)
Memphis Magazine
Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 to 4,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 1 - received by
Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop
Bank of Ireland
Kelly Office Supplies
Des & Mary Kavanagh
Over The Edge New Writer Of The Year Competition
€600 award and public reading
short story ¦ judged by anonymous reader
3,000 word limit ¦ €15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
August 7 - postmark or received by
Manchester Metropolitan University
The Manchester Fiction Prize
£10,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by a selection of writers
5,000 word limit ¦ £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ UK
August 8 - postmark
Gival Press
Gival Press Short Story Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 15 - postmark
Subito Press
University of Colorado
Subito Press Book Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged by creative writing faculty
100 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 15 - received by
Warren Adler
The Warren Adler Themed Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Warren Adler
2,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 29 - postmark
University of North Texas Press
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories or novellas ¦ judged by an eminent writer
100-200 page limit/27.5k-50k word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 30 - received by
(this contest is themed - CHEMISTRY)
Twyford Writers
Write Space Short Story Competition
£200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by twyford staff
3,500 word limit ¦ £3.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Award
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Southern California Review
University of Southern California
SCR Annual Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Family Circle Magazine
Family Circle Fiction Writing Contest
$750 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,500 word limit/2 stories per person ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Hastings Writers’ Group
Legend Writing Award
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by panel
2,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - postmark
Black Lawrence Press
Adirondack Review
The St. Lawrence Book Award
$1,000 award, book publication, 10 copies and interview
short stories ¦ judged by anonymous panel
no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark
Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
University of Houston
Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2011 ???
500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
August 31 - postmark or received by
Juked
Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Dan Chaon
no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Aesthetica
The Annual Aesthetica Creative Works Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit, 2 stories per entry fee ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
Wells Festival of Literature
Wells Festival of Literature International Short Story Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,800 - 2,000 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
August 31 - received by
The Capilano Review
The Capilano Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award (Canadian) and publication
short story ¦ judged by TCR board members
2,000 word limit ¦ $45 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
August 31 - postmark or received by
NANO Fiction
Nano Prize for Flash Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
300 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Gemini Magazine
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $4 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
August 31 - received by
Wag's Revue
Summer Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
SEPTEMBER DEADLINES -26-
(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)
September 1 - received by ---live as of 7.25.15---
The Black Warrior Review
The University of Alabama
Eleventh Annual Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by Alissa Nutting
7,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 1 - received by
(another deadline in March for this same residency, held at a different time of year)
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska
KHN Center for the Arts Residency
$100 weekly stipend and 2, 4, 6 or 8 week residencies with free housing
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by KHN jurors
30 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 1 - postmark
New American Press
Summer Chapbook Contest
$250 award, 25 copies and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Beachy-Quick
20-30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 3 - received by
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Arizona Artist Grant
$5,000 award
any five pages ¦ judged by outside of state panel
5 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 5 - received by
The Kenny/Naughton Autumn School
Bill Naughton Short Story Competition
€200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by school officials
2,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
September 5 - received by
(open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland)
British Science Fiction Association
BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by BFSA committee
8,000 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
September 6 - postmark
(story must relate to the natural world, sense of place, or environmental issues)
Orlo
The Bear Deluxe Magazine
Doug Fir Fiction Award: Every Story Begins Somewhere
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Rivka Galchen
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 10 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by TBA
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
Literal Latte
Literal Latte Essay Awards
$1,000 award and publication
essays ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
(deadlines also fall in January and April)
The MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Residency
varying length residency
short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field
25 page limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
Greensboro Review
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Robert Watson Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $14 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
Texas Review Press
Sam Houston State University
George Garrett Fiction Prize
$200 award and book publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged by press editors
250 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
(another deadline also falls in January)
Jentel
Wyoming
Artist Residency
$400 stipend and monthlong residency
short stories or novel excerpt ¦ judged by professionals in field
20 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
(short stories that reflect aspects of the American educational or teaching experience)
The Teacher’s Voice
The Teacher’s Voice Chapbook Contest
$200 honorarium and 50 copies
short story or creative non-fiction ¦ judged by editorial board
16 - 24 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 21 - postmark or received by ---live as of 7.10.15---
(themed: What single decision changed your life?)
Real Simple
The Eighth Annual Life Lessons Contest
$3,000 award and publication
essay ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Glimmer Train
Fiction Open
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Cadenza Magazine
Open Short Story Competition
£200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
September 30 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in the Novel
$5,000 award only, no publication offer
novel ¦ judged by conference staff
no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in the Short Story
$2,500 award only, no publication offer
short story ¦ judged by conference staff
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
University of Massachusetts Press
Juniper Prize for Fiction
$5,000 award only, no publication offer
short stories, novellas or novel ¦ judged by press staff
150 - 350 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
(this contest is themed - WEATHER)
Vanda Inman's Write Space
Write Space Short Story Competition
£250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Vanda Inman and Linda Lewis
1,500 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
September 30 - postmark
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
University of Iowa
John Simmons Short Fiction Award
publication under Press’s standard contract
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
minimum 150 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
(must have adult female of African descent as the main character)
ESSENCE Magazine
ESSENCE Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Spire Press
Special Prose Chapbook Contest
$200 award and publication
short story or flash pieces ¦ judged by press editors
18 -28 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
PANK Magazine
1,001 Awesome Words Contest
$750 award and publication
any form ¦ judged by magazine editors
1.001 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee or $25 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
Truman State University Press
The Chariton Review
The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 1 - received by ---live as of 7.25.15---
The Black Warrior Review
The University of Alabama
Eleventh Annual Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by Alissa Nutting
7,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 1 - received by
(another deadline in March for this same residency, held at a different time of year)
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska
KHN Center for the Arts Residency
$100 weekly stipend and 2, 4, 6 or 8 week residencies with free housing
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by KHN jurors
30 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 1 - postmark
New American Press
Summer Chapbook Contest
$250 award, 25 copies and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Beachy-Quick
20-30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 3 - received by
Arizona Commission on the Arts
Arizona Artist Grant
$5,000 award
any five pages ¦ judged by outside of state panel
5 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 5 - received by
The Kenny/Naughton Autumn School
Bill Naughton Short Story Competition
€200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by school officials
2,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND
September 5 - received by
(open to any writer resident in the UK or Ireland)
British Science Fiction Association
BSFA 50th Anniversary Short Story Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by BFSA committee
8,000 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
September 6 - postmark
(story must relate to the natural world, sense of place, or environmental issues)
Orlo
The Bear Deluxe Magazine
Doug Fir Fiction Award: Every Story Begins Somewhere
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Rivka Galchen
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 10 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by TBA
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
Literal Latte
Literal Latte Essay Awards
$1,000 award and publication
essays ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
(deadlines also fall in January and April)
The MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Residency
varying length residency
short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field
25 page limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark ---live as of 7.10.15---
Greensboro Review
University of North Carolina - Greensboro
Robert Watson Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $14 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
Texas Review Press
Sam Houston State University
George Garrett Fiction Prize
$200 award and book publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged by press editors
250 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
(another deadline also falls in January)
Jentel
Wyoming
Artist Residency
$400 stipend and monthlong residency
short stories or novel excerpt ¦ judged by professionals in field
20 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 15 - postmark
(short stories that reflect aspects of the American educational or teaching experience)
The Teacher’s Voice
The Teacher’s Voice Chapbook Contest
$200 honorarium and 50 copies
short story or creative non-fiction ¦ judged by editorial board
16 - 24 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 21 - postmark or received by ---live as of 7.10.15---
(themed: What single decision changed your life?)
Real Simple
The Eighth Annual Life Lessons Contest
$3,000 award and publication
essay ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Glimmer Train
Fiction Open
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Cadenza Magazine
Open Short Story Competition
£200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
September 30 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in the Novel
$5,000 award only, no publication offer
novel ¦ judged by conference staff
no word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in the Short Story
$2,500 award only, no publication offer
short story ¦ judged by conference staff
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
University of Massachusetts Press
Juniper Prize for Fiction
$5,000 award only, no publication offer
short stories, novellas or novel ¦ judged by press staff
150 - 350 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
(this contest is themed - WEATHER)
Vanda Inman's Write Space
Write Space Short Story Competition
£250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Vanda Inman and Linda Lewis
1,500 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
September 30 - postmark
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
University of Iowa
John Simmons Short Fiction Award
publication under Press’s standard contract
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
minimum 150 page limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
(must have adult female of African descent as the main character)
ESSENCE Magazine
ESSENCE Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
Spire Press
Special Prose Chapbook Contest
$200 award and publication
short story or flash pieces ¦ judged by press editors
18 -28 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
September 30 - received by
PANK Magazine
1,001 Awesome Words Contest
$750 award and publication
any form ¦ judged by magazine editors
1.001 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee or $25 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA
September 30 - postmark
Truman State University Press
The Chariton Review
The Chariton Review Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
OCTOBER DEADLINES -39-
(pay keen attention to the first-of-the-month deadlines - better to treat them as end-of-the-month for the previous month lest you miss them)
October 1 - received by
StoryQuarterly
Rutgers University
StoryQuarterly Prize for Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1- received by
Ruminate Magazine - A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art (Christian)
William Van Dyke Short Story Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David James Duncan
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
The American Literary Review
University of North Texas
Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judges TBA
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Zoetrope Magazine
All-Story Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Elizabeth McCracken
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Newport Review — An International Journal of Writing and Photography
Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Meg Pokrass
1,000 word limit ¦ $8 entry fee or $21 for 3 pieces ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Southern Indiana Review
University of Southern Indiana
Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Alan Cheuse
35 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Georgetown Review
Georgetown Review Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit specified ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest
$200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by team of published writers
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
(short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River)
Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Mighty River Short Story Contest
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Miami University Press
Miami University Press Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged by creative writing faculty
18,000 – 40,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Poetry Center
Cleveland State University
Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Josip Novakovich
60 - 120 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark (snail) or received by (e)
Caketrain Journal and Press
Caketrain Chapbook Competition
$250, 25 copies and publication
short stories or novella ¦ judged in 2010 Deb Olin Unferth
40 - 80 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark or received by
The Missouri Review
The University of Missouri
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction
$5,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page word limit ¦ $20 entry fee each/unlimited entries ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Boston Review
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by Jennifer Egan
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Alligator Juniper
a publication of Prescott College in Arizona
National Writing Contest in Fiction
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Ventura County Writers Club
Ventura County Star
Annual Short Story Contest
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
10 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center Residency
4-week Full Fellowship
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee
15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 4 - received by
Opium Magazine
The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Amy Hempel
7 line limit ¦ $10 entry fee/$17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 10 - received by
The Age
The Age Short Story Competition
$3,000 (AU) and publication
short story ¦ judged by paper staff
3,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU
October 15 - received by
Cutthroat, a journal of the arts
Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award
$1,250 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 Lorian Hemingway
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - received by
Northwind
Fall 2012 Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by journal editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Open City
RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Rick Rofihe
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Texas Review Press
Sam Houston State University
Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
$200 award and book publication
novella ¦ judged by press editors
150 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - received by
The Wasatch Journal
The Quick-Draw Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by Jana Richman
3,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Salt Hill Journal of
Syracuse University
Creative Writing Program at
English Department of the University of Louisville
The Calvino Prize ('stories in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino')
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Harold Bloom
25 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Indiana Review
Indiana University
Indiana Review Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
35 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
dogwood - a journal of poetry and prose
Fairfield University
Dogwood Fiction Award
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Stewart O'Nan
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - received by
DIAGRAM
Hybrid Essay Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Ander Monson and Nicole Walker
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - postmark
Inkwell
Manhattanville College
Annual Short Fiction Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Catherine Lewis
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - received by
Thin Air
Northern Arizona University
Best-in-Show All Genre Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Jeff Gundy
unstated word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Award
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Standard Story Submission - no contest
$700 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
(this contest runs twice per year - see may deadlines)
Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
$300 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
16—36 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see april deadlines)
Raspberry & Vine
Short Story Competition
$300 (AU) award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by site editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU
October 31 - received by
(this contest is for WOMEN only)
Kore Press
Kore Press Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and chapbook publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
4,000 - 12,000 word limit ¦ $23 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
The Writing Site
Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by an independent reader
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
Mid-American Review
Bowling Green State University
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robert Olen Butler
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
Dana Awards
Dana Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award
short story ¦ judged by chair of Dana Awards
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
the new renaissance journal
The Louise E. Reynolds Memorial Fiction Awards
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
36 page limit ¦ $16.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
StoryQuarterly
Rutgers University
StoryQuarterly Prize for Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1- received by
Ruminate Magazine - A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art (Christian)
William Van Dyke Short Story Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David James Duncan
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
The American Literary Review
University of North Texas
Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judges TBA
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Zoetrope Magazine
All-Story Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Elizabeth McCracken
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Newport Review — An International Journal of Writing and Photography
Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Meg Pokrass
1,000 word limit ¦ $8 entry fee or $21 for 3 pieces ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Southern Indiana Review
University of Southern Indiana
Mary C. Mohr Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Alan Cheuse
35 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Georgetown Review
Georgetown Review Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit specified ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest
$200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by team of published writers
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
(short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister River)
Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley
Southeast Missouri State University Press
Mighty River Short Story Contest
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
30 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Miami University Press
Miami University Press Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged by creative writing faculty
18,000 – 40,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Poetry Center
Cleveland State University
Ruthanne Wiley Memorial Novella Contest
$1,000 and publication
novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Josip Novakovich
60 - 120 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark (snail) or received by (e)
Caketrain Journal and Press
Caketrain Chapbook Competition
$250, 25 copies and publication
short stories or novella ¦ judged in 2010 Deb Olin Unferth
40 - 80 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark or received by
The Missouri Review
The University of Missouri
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in Fiction
$5,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page word limit ¦ $20 entry fee each/unlimited entries ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Boston Review
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2015 by Jennifer Egan
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Alligator Juniper
a publication of Prescott College in Arizona
National Writing Contest in Fiction
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - postmark
Ventura County Writers Club
Ventura County Star
Annual Short Story Contest
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
10 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 1 - received by
Vermont Studio Center
Vermont Studio Center Residency
4-week Full Fellowship
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by VSC committee
15 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 4 - received by
Opium Magazine
The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Amy Hempel
7 line limit ¦ $10 entry fee/$17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 10 - received by
The Age
The Age Short Story Competition
$3,000 (AU) and publication
short story ¦ judged by paper staff
3,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU
October 15 - received by
Cutthroat, a journal of the arts
Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award
$1,250 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 Lorian Hemingway
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - received by
Northwind
Fall 2012 Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by journal editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Open City
RRofihe Trophy for an unpublished short story
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Rick Rofihe
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Texas Review Press
Sam Houston State University
Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
$200 award and book publication
novella ¦ judged by press editors
150 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - received by
The Wasatch Journal
The Quick-Draw Short Story Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by Jana Richman
3,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Salt Hill Journal of
Syracuse University
Creative Writing Program at
English Department of the University of Louisville
The Calvino Prize ('stories in the fabulist experimentalist style of Italo Calvino')
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Harold Bloom
25 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
Indiana Review
Indiana University
Indiana Review Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
35 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 15 - postmark
dogwood - a journal of poetry and prose
Fairfield University
Dogwood Fiction Award
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Stewart O'Nan
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - received by
DIAGRAM
Hybrid Essay Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Ander Monson and Nicole Walker
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - postmark
Inkwell
Manhattanville College
Annual Short Fiction Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Catherine Lewis
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 30 - received by
Thin Air
Northern Arizona University
Best-in-Show All Genre Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Jeff Gundy
unstated word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Very Short Fiction Award
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Standard Story Submission - no contest
$700 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
(this contest runs twice per year - see may deadlines)
Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
$300 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
16—36 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see april deadlines)
Raspberry & Vine
Short Story Competition
$300 (AU) award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by site editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 (AU) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ AU
October 31 - received by
(this contest is for WOMEN only)
Kore Press
Kore Press Short Fiction Award
$1,000 award and chapbook publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
4,000 - 12,000 word limit ¦ $23 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
October 31 - received by
The Writing Site
Arthur Edelstein Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by an independent reader
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
Mid-American Review
Bowling Green State University
Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robert Olen Butler
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
Dana Awards
Dana Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award
short story ¦ judged by chair of Dana Awards
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
October 31 - postmark
the new renaissance journal
The Louise E. Reynolds Memorial Fiction Awards
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
36 page limit ¦ $16.50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
NOVEMBER DEADLINES -27-
(pay keen attention to the first-of-the-month deadlines - better to treat them as end-of-the-month for the previous month lest you miss them)
November 1 - postmark
Malahat Review
Open Season Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
2,500 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦CAN
November 1 - postmark
Fiction Collective 2
The Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Lidia Yuknavitch
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
(accepts from September 15)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College
Bakeless Literary Publication Prize in Fiction
fellowship to Bread Loaf and book publication by Graywolf Press
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Boswell
150 - 450 pages of fiction ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Lilith Magazine
Annual Fiction Competition
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Reed Magazine
Center for Steinbeck Studies
San Jose State University
National Steinbeck Center
The John Steinbeck Award for short stories
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michelle Richmond
6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Briar Cliff Review
Briar Cliff Review Annual Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Tampa Review
The Danahy Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Bakeless Prize in Fiction
Full Fellowship for Bread Loaf and publication by Houghton Mifflin
short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2007 by Antonya Nelson
150 to 450 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Chautauqua
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Chautauqua Fiction Contest (theme of music and words broadly conceived)
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by David Crouse
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Homestead Review
Hartnell College
Central Coast Writers Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark or received by
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
$1,500 award, VIP festival pass, airfare, accomodations, public reading and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Amy Hempel
7,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 16 - postmark
Crab Creek Review
Crab Creek Review Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Kathleen Alcala
3,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings Award for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings Award for Short-Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
November 17 - postmark or received by
Firewheel Editions
Western Connecticut State University
The Firewheel Chapbook Award
no monetary award but 50 copies of a limited edition publication
short stories/mixed genre ¦ judged by Brian Clements and Michael Puttonen
20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 25 - received by
Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction
Small Spaces Fiction Prize
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Junot Diaz
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Glimmer Train
Short Story Award for New Writers
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Albedo One - Ireland's Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
International Aeon Award for Short Fiction
€1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ €7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
prairiefire - a canadian magazine of new writing
Award for Short Fiction
$1,250 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Winter
15,000 word limit ¦ $27 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
November 30 - postmark
Minnetonka Review
Tonka Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ribin Lippincott
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Fish Publishing
Fish International Short Story Prize
€3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Simon Mawer
5,000 word limit/unlimited entries ¦ €20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
Narrative Magazine
Fall Fiction Contest
$3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Stanford University
Wallace Stegner Fellowship
2-year fellowship and $26,000 stipend per year
various fiction mix ¦ judged Stanford writing faculty
9,000 word limit ¦ $50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Prism Review
University of La Verne
Prism Review Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lucy Corin
no length limit ¦ $9 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
The Writer's Community of Durham Region
Whispered Words Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
November 30 - postmark
The Yalobusha Review
The University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah Fiction Prize
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by William Gay
no length limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Yemassee Journal
University of South Carolina
The William Richey Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by George Singleton
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Malahat Review
Open Season Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
2,500 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦CAN
November 1 - postmark
Fiction Collective 2
The Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Lidia Yuknavitch
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
(accepts from September 15)
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College
Bakeless Literary Publication Prize in Fiction
fellowship to Bread Loaf and book publication by Graywolf Press
short stories, one or more novellas, novel ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Boswell
150 - 450 pages of fiction ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Lilith Magazine
Annual Fiction Competition
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - received by
Reed Magazine
Center for Steinbeck Studies
San Jose State University
National Steinbeck Center
The John Steinbeck Award for short stories
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michelle Richmond
6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Briar Cliff Review
Briar Cliff Review Annual Award in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Tampa Review
The Danahy Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 1 - postmark
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Bakeless Prize in Fiction
Full Fellowship for Bread Loaf and publication by Houghton Mifflin
short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2007 by Antonya Nelson
150 to 450 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Chautauqua
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Chautauqua Fiction Contest (theme of music and words broadly conceived)
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by David Crouse
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark
Homestead Review
Hartnell College
Central Coast Writers Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 15 - postmark or received by
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
$1,500 award, VIP festival pass, airfare, accomodations, public reading and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Amy Hempel
7,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 16 - postmark
Crab Creek Review
Crab Creek Review Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Kathleen Alcala
3,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings Award for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
November 17 - received by and/or postmark
New Millennium Writings
New Millennium Writings Award for Short-Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail and e submission ¦ USA
November 17 - postmark or received by
Firewheel Editions
Western Connecticut State University
The Firewheel Chapbook Award
no monetary award but 50 copies of a limited edition publication
short stories/mixed genre ¦ judged by Brian Clements and Michael Puttonen
20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA
November 25 - received by
Avery: An Anthology of New Fiction
Small Spaces Fiction Prize
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Junot Diaz
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Glimmer Train
Short Story Award for New Writers
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Albedo One - Ireland's Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
International Aeon Award for Short Fiction
€1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ €7 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
prairiefire - a canadian magazine of new writing
Award for Short Fiction
$1,250 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Winter
15,000 word limit ¦ $27 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
November 30 - postmark
Minnetonka Review
Tonka Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ribin Lippincott
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Fish Publishing
Fish International Short Story Prize
€3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Simon Mawer
5,000 word limit/unlimited entries ¦ €20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND
November 30 - received by
Narrative Magazine
Fall Fiction Contest
$3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Stanford University
Wallace Stegner Fellowship
2-year fellowship and $26,000 stipend per year
various fiction mix ¦ judged Stanford writing faculty
9,000 word limit ¦ $50 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
Prism Review
University of La Verne
Prism Review Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Lucy Corin
no length limit ¦ $9 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
November 30 - received by
The Writer's Community of Durham Region
Whispered Words Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
November 30 - postmark
The Yalobusha Review
The University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah Fiction Prize
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by William Gay
no length limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
November 30 - postmark
Yemassee Journal
University of South Carolina
The William Richey Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by George Singleton
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
DECEMBER DEADLINES -30-
(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)
December 1 - postmark
Tupelo Quarterly
Tupelo Press
TQ9 Prose Open Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
15pp word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Florida Review &
Hoopsnake Press
Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award in Fiction or Graphic Narrative
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by David Huddle
35-page limit of flashes, shorts or long story ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Phoebe - A Journal of Literature and Art
George Mason University
Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Caitlin Horrocks
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark???
Quarter after Eight: A Journal of Experimental Writing
Robert J. Demott Short Prose Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Water Stone Review
Hamline University
Brenda Ueland Prize in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Blue Earth Review
Minnesota State University
Flash Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
flash fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
600 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
keyhole magazine
keyhole fiction chapbook contest
$250 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Martone
30-50 pages, SINGLE-SPACED ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Flume Press
Semi-Annual Fiction Chapbook Competition
$500 award, 25 copies and publication
short story(ies) ¦ judged in 2009 by Rob Davidson and Paul Eggers
10,000 - 12,000 words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Rose Metal Press
Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest
$ no cash award but limited edition publication with a letterpress cover and intro by judge
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Sherrie Flick
25-40 page limit of 1,000 word limit stories ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Winter Fellowship Program
7-month full fellowship and $500 monthly stipend
various forms of fiction ¦ judged by members of Writing Committee
35 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit¦ $30 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
December 1 - postmark
Phillips Exeter Academy
Bennett Fellowship
$12,000 stipend and academic year residency
prose ¦ judged by academy faculty
50 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - received by
The Baltimore Review
Short Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
Inkwell Literary Services
Predator Press Prose Chapbook Competition
$400 award, 25 copies and publication
short stories ¦ judged by faculty
28 - 32 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
White Eagle Coffee Store Press
The Long Story Contest, International
A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award, 25 copies and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
8,000 - 14,000 word limit/30 - 50 pp ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - received by
Meridian
The University of Virginia
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 20 - postmark
North Carolina Writers' Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Sheri Reynolds
12 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 20 - received by
Gulf Coast
University of Houston
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
500 word limit, up to 3 pieces ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 30 - received by
Many Mountains Moving
Flash Fiction Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit, up to 2 per entry fee ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Fiction Open
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
—every other year is poetry—
Burnside Review
3rd Annual Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Competition
$200 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short story or mixed short-short ¦ judged in 2012 by Blake Butler
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Ruth Hindman Foundation
H.E. Francis Contest
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by English dept faculty
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in Short Fiction
$600 award and announcement
short story ¦ judged by conference staff
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Boulevard Magazine
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Freefall Magazine: Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing
Annual Prose Contest
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robyn Sarah
3,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
December 31 - postmark
cream city review
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David Treuer
30 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Blue Mesa Review
University of New Mexico
Blue Mesa Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Kate Braverman
7,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
River Styx
Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest
$1,500 award and one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by magazine editors
500 word limit - up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Bayou Magazine
James Knudsen Editor's Prize for Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Michael Knight
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31- postmark
Moment Magazine - Jewish Politics, Culture, Religion
Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by 'well-known author'
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
New Orleans Review
Loyola University
Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Nancy Lemann
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31- received by
Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books Short Story Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short story manuscript ¦ judged by Dzanc staff
no limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Tupelo Quarterly
Tupelo Press
TQ9 Prose Open Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
15pp word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Florida Review &
Hoopsnake Press
Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Award in Fiction or Graphic Narrative
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by David Huddle
35-page limit of flashes, shorts or long story ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Phoebe - A Journal of Literature and Art
George Mason University
Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Caitlin Horrocks
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark???
Quarter after Eight: A Journal of Experimental Writing
Robert J. Demott Short Prose Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine staff
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Water Stone Review
Hamline University
Brenda Ueland Prize in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Dan Chaon
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Blue Earth Review
Minnesota State University
Flash Fiction Contest
$100 award and publication
flash fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
600 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
keyhole magazine
keyhole fiction chapbook contest
$250 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Michael Martone
30-50 pages, SINGLE-SPACED ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Flume Press
Semi-Annual Fiction Chapbook Competition
$500 award, 25 copies and publication
short story(ies) ¦ judged in 2009 by Rob Davidson and Paul Eggers
10,000 - 12,000 words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
Rose Metal Press
Annual Short Short Chapbook Contest
$ no cash award but limited edition publication with a letterpress cover and intro by judge
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Sherrie Flick
25-40 page limit of 1,000 word limit stories ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Winter Fellowship Program
7-month full fellowship and $500 monthly stipend
various forms of fiction ¦ judged by members of Writing Committee
35 page limit ¦ $45 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - postmark
The Fiddlehead
Fiddlehead Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit¦ $30 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA
December 1 - postmark
Phillips Exeter Academy
Bennett Fellowship
$12,000 stipend and academic year residency
prose ¦ judged by academy faculty
50 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 1 - received by
The Baltimore Review
Short Fiction Competition
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
Inkwell Literary Services
Predator Press Prose Chapbook Competition
$400 award, 25 copies and publication
short stories ¦ judged by faculty
28 - 32 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - postmark
White Eagle Coffee Store Press
The Long Story Contest, International
A. E. Coppard Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award, 25 copies and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
8,000 - 14,000 word limit/30 - 50 pp ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 15 - received by
Meridian
The University of Virginia
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 20 - postmark
North Carolina Writers' Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Sheri Reynolds
12 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 20 - received by
Gulf Coast
University of Houston
Editors' Prize Contest in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
500 word limit, up to 3 pieces ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 30 - received by
Many Mountains Moving
Flash Fiction Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
500 word limit, up to 2 per entry fee ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Glimmer Train
Fiction Open
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
—every other year is poetry—
Burnside Review
3rd Annual Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Competition
$200 award and 25 copies of chapbook
short story or mixed short-short ¦ judged in 2012 by Blake Butler
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by or postmark
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Ruth Hindman Foundation
H.E. Francis Contest
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by English dept faculty
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Birmingham-Southern College Writing Today Conference
Hackney Literary Award in Short Fiction
$600 award and announcement
short story ¦ judged by conference staff
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Boulevard Magazine
Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - received by
Freefall Magazine: Canada's Magazine of Exquisite Writing
Annual Prose Contest
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Robyn Sarah
3,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ CAN
December 31 - postmark
cream city review
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
A. David Schwartz Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David Treuer
30 page word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Blue Mesa Review
University of New Mexico
Blue Mesa Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2011 by Kate Braverman
7,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
River Styx
Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest
$1,500 award and one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by magazine editors
500 word limit - up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
Bayou Magazine
James Knudsen Editor's Prize for Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2012 by Michael Knight
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31- postmark
Moment Magazine - Jewish Politics, Culture, Religion
Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by 'well-known author'
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
December 31 - postmark
New Orleans Review
Loyola University
Walker Percy Prize in Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Nancy Lemann
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
December 31- received by
Dzanc Books
Dzanc Books Short Story Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short story manuscript ¦ judged by Dzanc staff
no limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
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