(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
