(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)
April 15 - postmark
(deadlines also fall in January and September)
The MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Residency
varying length residency
short stories or novel ¦ judged by professionals in field
25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
April 15 - postmark
Event Magazine
EVENT 2014 Non-Fiction Contest
$1500 award and publication
non-fiction ¦ judged in 2014 by Deborah Campbell
5,000 word limit ¦ $34.95 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN
April 16 - postmark
Willow Springs Editions
Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
$2,000 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
98 page minimum word limit, 3 story minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
April 25 - received by
(this contest runs twice per year - see october 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
April 30 - postmark
Crab Orchard Review
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Jack Dyer Fiction Prize
$1500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
April 30 - postmark
Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction
$2,000, publication and a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma for awards ceremony
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
April 30 - postmark
Writecorner Press
E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award
$1,100 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
April 30 - in hand
The Paris Writer's Workshop (biennial)
Paris Prize for Fiction
$5,000 and, well, the workshop is in Paris
novel excerpt and synopsis ¦ judged by Matt Thorne
1,000 word limit for excerpt ¦ €30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ FRANCE
April 30 - received by
Perigee: Publication for the Arts (LIKELY A DEAD MARKET)
Perigee Fiction Contest
$300, publication and Pushcart Nomination
short story ¦ judged by James Brown
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
April 30 - 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
April 30 - received by
Glimmer Train
Family Matters Fiction Award
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
12,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
April 30 - 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
April 30 - received by
Momaya Press
Momaya Short Story Competition
£110 award and publication
short story, themed, 'alienation' ¦ judged by press editors
3,000 word limit ¦ £8 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
April 30 - received by
Camber Press (LIKELY A DEAD LINK)
Fiction Chapbook Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ron Carlson
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA