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Short Stories
and Collections Competitions
Abilene
Writers Guild
P.O. Box 2562
Abilene TX 79604-2562 |
Rhymed Poetry (up to 50 lines);
Unrhymed Poetry (up to 50 lines); Children's Stories for Ages 3-10
(1,000 words maximum); Articles of General Interest (1,500 words
maximum); Compositions of Inspiration (1,500 words maximum);
Memoir/Composition of Nostalgia (1,500 words maximum); Fiction for
Adults (1,500 words maximum); Adventure/Science
Fiction/Mystery/Fantasy/Horror Novels (no more than 10 pages of 1st
chapter and a 1-page synopsis of book); Mainstream/Romance/Western/Other
Novel (no more than 10 pages of 1st chapter and a 1-page synopsis of
book). All rights remain with the writer. Deadlines and entry fees vary
based on type of material submitted. See website for details. |
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| ACADEMY OF
CHILDREN'S WRITERS' WRITING FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION |
March 31 |
£5 |
1st: £1000 2nd: £300
3rd: £100 |
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Academy
of Children's Writers
P.O. Box 95
Huntington Cambridgeshire
PE28
5RL
England
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Annual award for short fiction
targeted toward the children's market. |
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The
Allegheny Review
Allegheny College
Box 32
Meadville PA 16335 |
Offered annually for unpublished
work. Accepts inquiries by e-mail and phone. Email address is review@allegheny.edu |
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American
Literary Review
P.O. Box 311307
University of North Texas
Denton TX 76203-1307 |
Annual prize alternates between
poetry and short fiction every other year. See website or send
an email to americanliteraryreview@yahoo.com
for annual deadline and content information. |
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Gival
Press, LLC
P.O. Box 3812
Arlington VA 22203 |
Annual award for a short story in
the English language (no translations) between 5 and 15K words. |
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| THE
SHERWOOD ANDERSON FOUNDATION FICTION AWARD |
April 1 |
$20 |
$1,000 |
Sherwood Anderson Foundation
3501 Highway 54 W.
Studio C
Chapel Hill NC 27516 |
Annual award given to best short
story or chapter from a novel. Entrants are required to have
published one book of fiction (either a novel or SS collection)
AND have published stories in multiple literary and/or
commercial magazines. |
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Gival
Press, LLC
P.O. Box 3812
Arlington VA 22203 |
Annual award for a short story in
the English language (no translations) between 5 and 15K words. |
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Tall
Tales Press Book Publishing, Inc.
20 Tuscany Valley Park NW
Calgary AB T3L 2B6
Canada |
Short story contest for adults and
children who have never been published. Adult--1st Place: $500;
2nd Place: $250; 3rd Place: $100; 4th Place: $75; Honorable
Mentions: $25. Junior Writers--1st Place: $200; 2nd Place: $100;
3rd Place: $50; 4th Place: $25; Honorable Mentions: $10. |
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Anthology
P.O.
Box 4411
Mesa AZ 85211-4411 |
Short story competition for almost
any genre. No erotica or horror. Word length between 1 and 6K
words |
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| ANTIETAM
REVIEW LITERARY AWARD |
Sept. 1 |
$15 |
$100 |
Antietam
Review
41 S. Potomac St.
Hagerstown MD 21740 |
Annual award for short story or
poems (send three). Only writers from Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Washington DC and Delaware are eligible. |
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Arizona
Authors' Association
P.O. Box 87857
Phoenix AZ 85080-7857 |
Annual award for previously
unpublished short fiction, essay, poetry or article. |
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Cottonwood
Art Cooperative
1124 Columbia NE
Albuquerque NM 87106 |
Annual competition for short
fiction up to fifty pages. This same organization also sponsors
a poetry fellowship and a traveling writer fellowship. |
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Arts
& Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture
Campus Box 89
GC&SU
Milledgeville GA 31061 |
Fiction, poetry, and drama (one-act
play). Fiction and poetry winners will attend a weekend program
in October, and the drama winner will attend a Spring festival
that includes a production of the prize-winning play. |
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| THE
ISAAC ASIMOV AWARD |
Dec. 15 |
$10 |
$500 |
International
Association for the Fantastic in the Arts
School of Mass Communications, University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler
Tampa FL 33620 |
Annual award for full-time college
undergraduate students for a science fiction story. In addition
to prize money, student also receives expense-paid trip to Fort
Lauderdale, FL for the awards ceremony. |
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AuthorMania.com
Route 4
Box 201-A
Buna TX 77612 |
Annual competition for short
stories up to 5K words in any genre. They will not consider
erotica or "hate fiction". |
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| AUTHORS
IN THE PARK SHORT STORY CONTEST |
April 30 |
$12 |
1st $1000 2nd $500 3rd $250 |
Authors
in the Park
P.O. Box 85
Winter Park FL 32790-0085 |
Annual competition for short
stories up to 5K words. Send an email to authorsinthepark@earthlink.net
for guidelines. |
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Association
of Writers & Writing Programs
Carty House, Mail Stop 1E3
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22030 |
Categories: poetry (Donald Hall
Poetry Prize), short fiction, novel, and creative nonfiction.
Guidelines for SASE and on website. Open to any writer. In
addition to cash prize, winning manuscript is published by one
of the member publishing houses |
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| B&A
FICTION CONTEST |
Ongoing |
$20 (CA) |
TBD |
P.O.
Box 702
Station P
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2Y4
Canada |
Annual competition for short
stories in any genre. Open to all writers, published and
unpublished. |
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| BARD
FICTION PRIZE |
Ongoing |
None |
$30,000 |
Bard
College
P.O. Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504-5000 |
Open to "younger
writers". Winning writer must agree to spend one year at
Bard College as Writer-in-Residence. |
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| BEACON
STREET REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD |
Ongoing |
None |
$100 |
Beacon
Street Review
Emerson College
120 Boylston St.
Boston MA 02116 |
Annual award for unpublished short fiction,
creative nonfiction or poetry. |
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Boston
Review
E53-407
MIT
Cambridge MA 02139 |
Annual competition for unpublished
short stories under 4K words. Winning story will be published in
a future issue of Boston Review. They also sponsor a similar
competition for poetry. |
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Boulevard
Magazine
6614 Clayton Rd.
PMB #325
Richmond Heights MO 63117 |
Offered annually for unpublished
short fiction. Winning author may not yet have published a book
of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nationally
distributed press. |
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What's
Inside Press
P.O. Box 16965
Beverly Hills CA 90209 |
Each year's awards are targeted
toward a specific theme. Check website for annual theme and
deadline. All stories must be targeted toward younger readers
and all entry fees are donated to a foundation that helps abused
children. |
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| BRAZOS
BOOKSTORE SHORT STORY AWARD |
Jan. 3 |
None |
$750 |
3700
Mockingbird Lane
Dallas TX 75205 |
Short story by any writer from
Texas that appeared in print in the previous calendar year. |
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The
Briar Cliff Review
Briar Cliff University
3303 Rebecca St.
Sioux City IA 51104-0100 |
Unpublished short fiction and
poetry up to 5K words. Looking for stories with a plot. Submit
work between August 1 and November 1. |
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| SANDRA
BROWN AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SHORT FICTION |
See Text |
None |
$250 |
descant
Texas Christian University's literary journal
TCU Box 297270
Fort Worth TX 76129 |
Annual award for unpublished short
stories. Submissions accepted from September through April. |
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Byline
Magazine Awards P.O. Box 5240
Edmond OK 73083-5240 |
Magazine sponsors several monthly
contests, open to anyone, in various categories that include
fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature; an
annual poetry chapbook award which is open to any poet. In
addition, an annual ByLine Short Fiction and Poetry Award
open only to Byline subscribers. Chapbook Award:
Publication of chapbook, 50 copies and $200; ByLine
Short Fiction and Poetry Award: $250 in each category, plus
publication in the magazine. |
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Atticus,
Inc.
5828 Greenville Loop Rd.
Wilmington NC 28409 |
Annual competition for short
mystery or crime stories. Prefers unpublished writers, but
publication does not disqualify a writer. |
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| CAPTIVATING
BEGINNINGS SHORT STORY CONTEST |
Jan. 31 |
$5 |
$100 |
Lynx Eye
542 Mitchell Dr.
Los Osos CA 93402 |
Short stories up to 7,500 words
that have a powerful opening paragraph. |
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BkMk
Press, University of Missouri-Kansas City
5101 Rockhill Rd.
Kansas City MO 64110 |
Annual award for a collection of
short stories in English by a living author. Dead people need
not apply. Translations are not acceptable. Winning entry will
be published by BkMk. |
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Left
Field Press/Another Chicago Magazine
3709 N. Kenmore
Chicago IL 60613-2905 |
Open to any writer of fiction or
poetry. Entries must be unpublished works. |
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| CHILDREN'S
WRITERS FICTION CONTEST |
July 31 |
$10 |
$260 |
Stepping
Stones
P.O. Box 8863
Springfield MO 65801-8863 |
Competition for short fiction for
children, and about children. |
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Cleverkitty.com
6764 Sugar Hill Dr.
Nashville TN 37211 |
Short stories, creative nonfiction
or articles about anything related to walking hairballs. Er,
that is, cats. |
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Sir
Arthur C. Clarke
60 Bournemouth Rd.
Folkestone, Kent CT19 5AZ
United Kingdom |
Award for the best science fiction
novel published in the previous calendar year. Book must be
published in England. |
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Florida
Freelance Writers Association
P.O. Box A
North Stratford NH 03590-0167 |
Prizes will be awarded in each
category as follows: Nonfiction, fiction, children's literature
and poetry. All entries must be previously published work and
can include chapters from books as well as short pieces. |
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Pottersfield
Portfolio
9879 Kempt Head Rd.
Ross Ferry NS B1X 1N3
Canada |
Two awards given. One is to the
best short story under 1,500 words and the other is to the best
poem. $20 entry fee for the first entry, subsequent entries in
the same envelope are $5 each. |
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Adams
Media Corp./F+W Publications Co.
57 Littlefield St.
Avon MA 02322 |
$500 for the grand prize in each
contest, with $100 going to all other entries accepted. Occurs
four to five times a year. Looking for heart warming slice of
life stories. |
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The
Writers' Union of Canada
40 Wellington St. E., 3rd Floor
Toronto ON M5E 1C7
Canada |
Offered annually for an author's
first published collection of short stories. Open to Canadian
writers writing in the English language only. |
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Crab
Orchard Review
Dept. of English
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale IL 62901-4503 |
Short story competition open to all
writers. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to the Crab
Orchard Review. |
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Fantasist
Enterprises
P.O. Box 9381
Wilmington DE 19809 |
Annual prize given to the best
offering of fantasy received. They don't charge an entry fee for
just one story, but if you enter more than one, they charge $5
for two entries and $3 per entry for each one after that. |
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The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
624 Pirate's Alley
New Orleans LA 70116-3254 |
Novel: $7,500; novella: $2,500;
novel-in-progress: $2,000; short story: $1,500; personal essay:
$1,000; individual poem: $750; high school: $750 for student and
$250 for sponsoring teacher.entry fee: Novel--$35; novella--$30;
novel-in-progress--$30; short story, personal essay, and
individual poem--$25; high school short story--$10 (paid by
school). |
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Mid-American
Review
Dept. of English, Box W
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green OH 43403 |
Three entries can be packaged
together for $10. This would also include a copy of the issue in
which the winning entry is printed. Looking for short-shorts and
poetry. |
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Fish
Publishing
Durrus
Bantry, Co. Cork
Ireland |
$30 entry fee covers one short
story. Additional stories can be entered for $10 each. Looking
for literary fiction. |
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| F.
SCOTT FITZGERALD SHORT STORY CONTEST |
July 9 |
$25 |
$1,000 |
F.
Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference, Inc.
111 Maryland Ave.
Rockville MD 20850 |
This is the granddaddy of all short
story competitions. To win this one is a free ticket to success.
Entry fees are waived to any student of an accredited academic
institution at any level. |
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Scribendi.com
4 Sherman St.
Thamesville ON N0P 2K0
Canada |
Targeted for mainstream/literary short story
authors. They intend to expand this competition to genre fiction
in the near future. |
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Lumina
Slonim House
1 Mead Way
Bronxville NY 10708-5999 |
Open to US residents only. Flash
fiction in English. |
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The
Ruth Hindman Foundation
Dept. of English
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville AL 35899 |
Annual award for short story under
5K words. |
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The
Alexandra Writers' Centre Society
922 9th Ave. SE
Calgary AB T2G 0S4
Canada |
Annual awards for poetry or fiction
up to 3K words. Open to all subject matter and all writers are
eligible. |
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The
Writers' Union of Canada
40 Wellington St. E., 3rd Floor
Toronto ON M5E 1C7
Canada |
Offered annually for an author's
first published collection of short stories. Open to Canadian
writers writing in the English language only. |
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Glimmer
Train Press, Inc.
1211 NW Glisan St.
#207
Portland OR 97209 |
Offered twice yearly to encourage
the art of the very short story. Word count: 2,000 maximum. Open
April 1-July 31 (Summer contest) or November 1-January 31
(Winter contest). Follow online submission process on website.
Results will be e-mailed to all entrants on November 1 (for
Summer contest) and May 1 (for Winter contest). Glimmer Train
sponsors other competitions as well, including an award for new
writers. |
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QWF
Magazine
P.O. Box 1768
Rugby CV21 4ZA
United Kingdom |
Open to writers above the age of 18
anywhere in the world. |
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The
Greensboro Review
English Department, 134 McIver Bldg.
P.O. Box 6170
Greensboro NC 27402-6170 |
An award is given to the best story
up to 7,500 words and another for the best poem received. Open
to any writer. |
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| GSU
REVIEW WRITING CONTEST |
Jan. 31 |
$10 |
$1,000 |
GSU
Review, Attn: Annual Contest
Georgia State University Plaza
Campus Box 1894
Atlanta GA 30303-3083 |
Annual award give to both a poet
for three poems under fifty lines and an author of a short story
under 7,500 words. |
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Gulf
Coast
English Department
University of Houston
Houston TX 77204-3013 |
Annual competition for short
stories and poetry. Entry fee includes a subscription to Gulf
Coast Magazine. Open to all writers. |
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Writing
Today Conference
Birmingham-Southern College
Box 549003
Birmingham AL 35254 |
Annual award for previously
unpublished novels or short stories. $5,000 in annual prizes for
poetry and short fiction ($2,500 national and $2,500 state
level; 1st Place: $600; 2nd Place: $400; 3rd Place: $250), plus
$5,000 for an unpublished novel. Deadlines are September 30
(novels), December 31 (short stories and poetry) |
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University
of Pittsburgh Press
3400 Forbes Ave., 5th Floor
Eureka Bldg.
Pittsburgh PA 15260 |
One of the most prestigious awards
for fiction. Offered annually to writers who have published a
book-length collection of fiction or a minimum of 3 short
stories or novellas in commercial magazines or literary journals
of national distribution. |
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PEN
New England,
P.O. Box 400725
North Cambridge MA 02140 |
Annual award for best debut novel
or collection of short stories by an American author. |
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Hemingway
Days Festival
P.O. Box 993
Key West FL 33041-0993 |
Annual competition for short
stories under 3K words. $500 awarded to two runner-up stories. |
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Highlights
for Children
803 Church St.
Honesdale PA 18431-1824 |
Three awards given out each year
for stories written for children between the ages of 2 and 12.
500-word limit on stories for children in the lower range of
this age bracket, up to 800 words for older children. |
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John
H. Reid
c/o Winning Writers, 351 Pleasant St.
PMB 222
Northampton MA 01060-3961 |
Short stories, essays or prose up
to 8K words. 1st through 3rd place stories must all publication. |
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P.O.
Box 1630
Los Angeles CA 90078 |
1st Place: $1,000; 2nd Place: $750;
and 3rd Place: $500. Annual Grand Prize: $4,000.Eligible entries
are short stories or novelettes (under 17,000 words) of science
fiction or fantasy. December 31, March 31, June 30, September
30. Guidelines for SASE, online, or via e-mail. Send request to contests@authorservicesinc.com.
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Indiana Review
BH 465, Indiana University
Bloomington IN 47405-7103 |
Annual award for the best story
under 500 words. This magazine also features a standard short
story contest and a poetry contest. Entry fees and prizes are
the same. |
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The
Iowa Review
308 EPB
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242 |
Annual award given in each of the
three categories. |
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Jerry
Jazz Musician
2207 NE Broadway
Portland OR 97232 |
The Jerry Jazz Musician
reader tends to have interests in music, history, literature,
art, film, and theater, particularly that of the counter-culture
of mid-20th century America. Writing should appeal to a reader
with these characteristics. Offered three times a year.
Deadlines are September 15, 2004; January 31, 2005; and May 15,
2005. |
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Passages
North
Dept. of English, Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette MI 49855 |
Award given each year to a new
voice in literary fiction. Each entrant is sent a copy of the
magazine as part of the entry fee. |
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Snake Nation Press
110 W. Force St.
Valdosta GA 31601 |
Awards are given for collections of
unpublished short stories by unpublished or under-published
writers. |
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Klopp
Anthologist Publications
23 Pine Grove St.
Woodstock NY 12498 |
Annual anthology of short stories
featuring new or emerging writers. Open to any writer, but
stories must be in English. No translations. |
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Writecorner
Press
Koeppel Contest
P.O. Box 16369
Jacksonville FL 32245 |
Award for previously unpublished
short stories. Two stories can be entered for $25. |
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The
Missouri Review
1507 Hillcrest Hall
Columbia MO 65211 |
Annual award for best short
fiction. Open to all writers. Similar contests offered for
nonfiction and poetry. |
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Literal
Latté
61 4th Ave., Suite 240
New York NY 10003 |
Annual competition for previously
unpublished fiction. They have some pretty strict submissions
requirements, so check their website before submitting. |
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International,
White Eagle Coffee Store Press
P.O. Box 383
Fox River Grove IL 60021 |
Annual competition for stories
between 8K and 15K words. Winning story is published in a
chapbook, with 25 copies going to the author. Send an SASE for
submission guidelines. |
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subTerrain
Magazine
P.O. Box 3008
MPO
Vancouver BC V6B 3X5
Canada |
Open to fiction, nonfiction and
poetry. Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to
magazine as part of their entry package. |
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The
Malahat Review
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria BC V8W 2Y2
Canada |
In addition to the prize money,
winning author is paid an additional $30 per page for
publication rights. All entrants receive a subscription to the
Malahat Review as part of their entry package. |
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Malice
Domestic
P.O. Box 31137
Bethesda MD 20284-1137 |
Two awards given annually to an
emerging writer in the field of traditional mysteries (aka
Ellery Queen or Agatha Christie). No published writers in the
field of mystery fiction need apply. Query if you have been
published in other categories of fiction. |
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| MASTERS
LITERARY AWARDS |
Ongoing |
$15 |
$1,000 |
Titan
Press
P.O. Box 17897
Encino CA 91416-7897 |
Looking for fiction up to ten pages
and/or poetry up to fifty lines that has been published in the
past two years in another magazine. Unpublished work will be
considered, but not given preference. |
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Sarabande
Books
P.O. Box 4456
Louisville KY 40204 |
In addition to the $2,000 prize,
the winner is published under a standard royalty contract.
Finalists are frequently offered publishing contracts as well.
Submit a short story collection, novella collection or short
novel up to 300 pages for consideration. |
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Mid-List
Press
4324 12th Ave. S.
Minneapolis MN 55407-3218
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Collections of short fiction,
including short stories or novellas up to 50K words. Award
consists of a standard publication contract with an advance
against royalties to be negotiated. |
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Mississippi
Review
U.S.M. Box 5144
Hattiesburg MS 39406 |
Annual award for previously
unpublished literary fiction or poetry. |
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| NATIONAL
WRITERS ASSOCIATION SHORT STORY CONTEST |
July 1 |
$15 |
1st $200 2nd $100 3rd $50 |
The
National Writers Association
3140 S. Peoria, #295
Aurora CO 80014 |
Annual competition to encourage
writers to continue to pursue the short story as an artistic
endeavor. |
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DC
Commission on the Arts and Humanities
410 Eighth St., NW 5th Floor
Washington DC 20004 |
Annual competition open to
Washington, DC residents only. |
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| THE
NEBRASKA REVIEW AWARDS IN FICTION, POETRY AND CREATIVE
NONFICTION |
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