(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)
January 2 - postmark
The Missouri Review
University of Missouri
Voice-Only Literature Competition
$1,500 award and semester grant
short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors
10-minute limit on CD ¦ $24 entry fee ¦ snail ¦ USA
January 12 - received by
The Camargo Foundation
Cassis, France
Camargo Fellowship
$2,500 stipend and semester grant
short stories or novel ¦ judged by foundation staff
30 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ FRANCE
January 14 - received by
Chapter One Promotions
International Short Story Competition
£2,500 award and publication
short story¦ judged unknown
2,500 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
January 15 - postmark
Iron Horse Literary Review
Texas Tech University
Collection Competition
$1,000 award and publication of a single issue dedicated to single author
fiction ¦ judged in 2010 by Mark Richard
between 15k and 20k words ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 15 - postmark
(deadlines also fall in April 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
January 15 - postmark
(another deadline also falls in September)
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
January 15 - postmark
BkMk Press of the University of Missouri-Kansas City
The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and book publication
short stories ¦ judged blind
150 - 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 15 - postmark
Literal Latte
K. Margaret Grossman Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 20 - postmark
(this contest also requires a CD copy of story)
(must be about the Italian-Canadian experience)
Accenti: The Canadian Magazine with an Italian Accent
Annual ACCENTI Writing Contest
$1,000 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 - 2,500 word limit ¦ $20 (canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CAN
January 30 - received by
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
Writing Award - Picardo BOOKS
€1000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Dr. Georgina Colby
5,000 word limit ¦ €8 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK
January 31 - received by
University of East Anglia
Norwich, United Kingdom
The Charles Pick Fellowship
£10,000 and 6-month Fellowship
short stories or non-fiction prose ¦ judged by University faculty
2,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK
January 31 - postmark
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University Prize in Short Fiction
$1,500 and book publication
short stories, novellas or combination ¦ judged by staff editors
150 - 300 pp or 40 - 80k words ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 31 - postmark
The Iowa Review
The Iowa Review Award in Fiction
$1,000 and publication
short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors
20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 31 - 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
January 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
January 31 - received by
PRISM international
Standard Story Submission - no contest
$2,000 (canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $28 (canadian) fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
January 31 - postmark
American Kennel Club
Annual Fiction Contest
$750 award and publication
short story (dog related - see guidelines) ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit ¦ no fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 31 - postmark
The Chattahoochee Review
Georgia Perimeter College
The Lamar York Prize for Non-Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
creative essay ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $12 fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
January 31 - postmark
Literal Latte
Literal Latte Food Verse Awards
$500 award and publication
food poetry (read: disguise your microfiction) ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA
