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JANUARY DEADLINES (19)

(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

FEBRUARY 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)


February 1 - postmark

The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review Novella Prize—THIS CONTEST IS NOT UNTIL 2010
$1000 and publication
novella ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 - 20,000 word limit ¦ $40 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA


February 1 - received by

The Madison Review
The University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction
$1000 and publication
short stories ¦ judged by magazine editors
30 page limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 2 - received by
(open only to Irish writers)

The Stinging Fly
The Irish Times
The Davy Byrnes Irish Writing Award
€25,000
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Richard Ford
no word or page limit ¦ €10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND


February 11 - received by

James Merrill House
The James Merrill Writer-in-Residence Program
$5,000 or $10,000 and 1 or 2 semester residency
unspecified prose ¦ judged by Merrill House Committee
no length limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 14 - postmark
(this is late in 2008, usual deadline is mid-January)

University of Arizona
Fieries and Snuffies Residency
$500 and monthlong residency at U of A Poetry Center
fiction or non ¦ 2008 Judges: Esther Lee & Delphine Red Shirt
20 pages ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - received by (note this is a UK pub, so allow for mailing time)

Ambit Magazine
200 Words Competition
£500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
between 196 and 204 words ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


February 15 - postmark

Chicago Tribune
Nelson Algren Short Story Award
$5,000 and publication in the Trib
short story ¦ judged by Chicago Tribune editors
2,500 to 8,000 word limit ¦ no fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

The Binnacle
University of Maine at Machias
The Binnacle Ultra-Short Competition
$50 and publication
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by magazine editors
short story ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - 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


February 15 - postmark

Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Djerassi Residency
full 4 to 5 week residency
fiction ¦ judged by Djerassi panelists
25 page limit, flexible ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Florida Review
Florida Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
story or essay ¦ judge unspecified
no limit specified ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Northern Michigan University
Passages North: A Literary Journal
Waasmode Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Benjamin Percy
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Northern Michigan University
Passages North: A Literary Journal
Just Desserts Short-Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Liza Wieland
1,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee (2 stories) ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Sarabande Books
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction
$2,000 and book publication
short story, novella or novel ¦ judged by rotating fiction writers
150 to 250 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Press 53
Press 53 Novella Award
non-monetary award and publication
novella ¦ judged in 2008 by Roy Kesey
75 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Press 53
Press 53 Short Fiction Award
non-monetary award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Dan Wickett
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Press 53
Press 53 Short-Short Story Award
non-monetary award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Joseph Bathanti
1,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Press 53
Press 53 Flash Fiction Award
non-monetary award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Jennifer Pieroni
750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 15 - postmark

Gertrude Press
Fiction Chapbook Competition
$50 award and publication of 50 copies
short story(ies) ¦ judged by press editors
16—20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 16 - postmark

Noemi Press
Noemi Press Fiction Chapbook Award
$150 award, publication and 25 author's copies
fiction ¦ judged in 2009 by Rikki Ducornet
20-40 page word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - 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


February 28 - postmark

Grain Magazine
Postcard Story Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Yann Martel
500 word limit ¦ $36 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - received by

Summer Literary Seminars
St. Petersburg Fellowship
full fellowship in St. Petersburg, Russia
essay, story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2008 by Fiona McCrae
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - postmark

The Ledge Poetry and Fiction Magazine
Ledge Magazine Fiction Award
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - postmark

CutBank Literary Magazine
The Montana Prize in Fiction
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Aimee Bender
40 page limit ¦ $13 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - received by

University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Wisconsin Institute Fellowship in Fiction
$25,000 stipend and academic year appointment
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by Dept of English faculty
30 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


February 28 - postmark

Phoebe - A Journal of Literature and Art
George Mason University
Phoebe Winter Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Benjamin Percy
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA



St. Petersburg Review Poetry & Fiction Contests

MARCH DEADLINES (28)

(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)


March 1 - postmark

Del Sol Press
The Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize
$1,200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2010 by Robert Olen Butler himself
8,000 word limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 1 - postmark

Willow Springs
Willow Springs Fiction Prize
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 1 - postmark

Wilkes University
James Jones Fellowship Contest
$10,000 and excerpt publication
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged by fellowship committee
50 page limit and 2 page outline ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 1 - received by

The Adirondack Review
Black Lawrence Press
The Fulton Prize for Short Fiction
$250 and publication
short story ¦ judged by fellowship committee
no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


March 1 - received by

Writers At Work, Salt Lake City
Writers at Work Fellowship Competition
$1,500, publication in Quarterly West, featured reading and full Conference tuition
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2008 by Steve Almond
5,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


March 1 - received by
(another deadline in September for this same residency, 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


March 1 - postmark

The Southeast Review
World's Best Short Story Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Robert Olen Butler
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 4 - postmark

New South
Georgia State University's Journal of Art and Literature
New South Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - received by

Sycamore Review
Wabash Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story or linked micros ¦ judged in 2008 by Richard Bausch
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - postmark

Bellingham Review
Tobiass Wolff Award for Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2008 by Peter Rock
8,000 word limit ¦ $18 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - postmark

The Pinch - The Literary Journal of the University of Memphis
The Pinch Literary Award in Fiction
$1,500 award and publication
short story or novel excerpt ¦ judged in 2008 by Jason Brown
7,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - postmark

Colorado State University
Center for Literary Publishing
The Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Antonya Nelson
no length limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - postmark

Prairie Schooner
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Prairie Schooner Book Prize - Fiction
$3,000 award and book publication
short stories or 1 novella and short stories ¦ judged by senior editor
150 page minimum ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 15 - received by

DIAGRAM
$5 Innovative Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short stories or 1 novella and short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Kelly Link
10,000 word limit ¦ $5 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


March 17 - postmark

Georgia College & State University
Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture
Arts & Letters Prize in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 20 - received by

Fish Publishing
One-Page Story Prize
€1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
300 word limit ¦ €12 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ IRELAND


March 27 - received by

DIAGRAM
NMP/DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest
$1,000 award and 25 copies
poetry, fiction, nonfiction, mixed-genre ¦ judged in 2009 by Ander Monson
18-44 manuscript page limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


March 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


March 31 - postmark

Harpur Palate
Binghamton University
The John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - postmark

Bristol Review of Books
The Bristol Short Story Prize
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by anthology editors
3,000 word limit ¦ £7 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


March 31 - postmark

The Seattle Review
Al Young Prize in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - postmark

Hooded Friar Press
The Parthenon Prize for Fiction
$15,000 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Alice Randall
60,000 - 200,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - received by

Whiskey Island Magazine
Cleveland State University
Annual Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - received by

Short FICTION
University of Plymouth
New Writers Competition
£250 or $500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ £10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


March 31 - postmark

John Howard Reid and Tom Howard Books
Annual John Howard Reid & Tom Howard Short Story, Essay and Prose Contest
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by press editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - postmark

Carve Magazine
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Melvin Sterne
6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


March 31 - postmark

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
University of Houston
Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Antonya Nelson
25 page limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


March 31 - received by
Narrative Magazine
Winter 2009 Story Contest
$3,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
ENTER THIS CONTEST AT PERHAPS YOUR OWN RISK...READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST...
http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html



Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest........check the date....audio through symphony space in nyc

APRIL DEADLINES (12)

(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 - received by

Bomb Magazine
4th Fiction Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Jonathan Lethem
20 page limit ¦ $20 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
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
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
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
2,500 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK


April 30 - received by

Camber Press
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

MAY 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)


May 1 - postmark

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel Prize
$7,500 award and publication
novel ¦ judged by people
minimum 50,000 word limit ¦ $35 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novella Prize
$2,500 award and publication
novella ¦ judged by people
maximum 50,000 word limit ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Novel-in-Progress Prize
$2,000 award and publication
novel-in-progress ¦ judged by people
synopsis, 1st chapter or 1st 50 pages; max 12,500 words ¦ $30 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Short Story Prize
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by people
15,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

The Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society
William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition - Essay Prize
$1,000 award and publication
essay ¦ judged by people
2,500 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

Spire Press
Spire 7th Annual Spring Chapbook Contest
$500 award and 20 copies
short story ¦ judged by press editors
18—28 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - received by

American Short Fiction
American Short(er) Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by editorial staff
1,000 word limit and up to 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

Ohio State University
The Journal
The Journal's Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Lee K. Abbott
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

Minnesota State University
New Rivers Press
American Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Clint McCown
7,500 word limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark

University of Idaho
Fugue
Annual Prose Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Ann Pancake
10,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 1 - postmark or received by

Southern Methodist University
Southwest Review
David Nathan Meyerson Prize for Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


May 8 - received by

Kaos Films
British Short Screenplay Competition
production of script by Kaos Films
short film script ¦ judged by industry veterans
15 minutes of screen time ¦ £25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


May 15 - postmark

subTerrain
Lush Triumphant Fiction Competition
$750(Canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
3,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA


May 15 - postmark

subTerrain
Lush Triumphant Creative Non-Fiction Competition
$750(Canadian) award and publication
essay, adorned with fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $25 (CANADIAN) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA


May 15 - postmark

Lorian Hemingway
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
$1,000 award
short story ¦ judged by Lorian Hemingway and panel
3,000 word limit ¦ $17 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 15 - postmark

New American Press
Spring Chapbook Contest
$250 award and 25 copies
short story ¦ judged by editor of THE JOURNAl and Kathy Fagan
20—30 page limit ¦ $12 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 15 - postmark

Eastern Washington University Press
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


May 16 - postmark

Many Mountains Moving
Many Mountains Moving Flash Fiction Contest
$250 award and publication
short-short story ¦ judged by anonymous judge
500 word limit, 2 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 18 - postmark or received by

University of Missouri - Kansas City
New Letters
Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction
$1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


May 31 - 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


May 31 - postmark

Pearl: A Literary Magazine
Pearl Short Story Prize
$250 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 31 - postmark

University of Georgia Press
The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by panel and Nancy Zafris
50k - 75k word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 31 - postmark

Antigonish Review
The Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize
$600 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20 page word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA


May 31 - received by

Frome Festival
Frome Festival Short Story Competition
£300 award and book publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Katie Fforde
1,000 to 2,200 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


May 31 - postmark
(this contest runs twice per year - see october deadlines)

Black Lawrence Press
Black River Chapbook Competition
$500 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged by press editors
16—36 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


May 31 - received by

Wag's Revue
Inaugural Fiction Contest
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
8,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA

JUNE DEADLINES (22)

(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)


June 1 - postmark or received by

Indiana Review
1/2 K Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Lydia Davis
500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee (up to 3 pieces) ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


June 1 - postmark

Mid-American Review
Fineline Competition for Short Shorts
$1,000 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David Shumate
500 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 1 - received by

Kennesaw Review - an online literary journal
Flash Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
750 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 2 - postmark

Writer's Digest
Annual Writer's Digest Competition
$1,000 award and critique
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
4,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 15 - postmark

Chelsea
Chelsea Award for Short Fiction
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 15 - postmark

Quarter After Eight
Ohio University
The Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest
$200 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by journal editors
500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 15 - 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


June 15 - postmark

Room Magazine
Room Magazine Fiction Contest
$500 (Canadian) award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 200 by Mary Borsky
4,000 word limit ¦ $39 (Canadian) entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ CANADA


June 17 - received by and/or postmark

New Millennium Writings
New Millennium 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


June 17 - received by and/or postmark

New Millennium Writings
New Millennium 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


June 20 - postmark

Hidden River Press
The William Van Wert Memorial Fiction Award
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 20 - postmark

Hidden River Press
The Hidden River Arts Playwriting Award
$1,000 award and publication
stage play ¦ judged by magazine editors
full-length play ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 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


June 30 - postmark

University of Pittsburgh Press
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize
$15,000 award and book publication
short stories/novella mix ¦ judged in 2008 by Scott Turow
150 to 300 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


June 30 - received by

Autumn House Press
Autumn House Fiction Contest
$1,000 award, $1,500 travel grant and book publication
short stories or novel ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth
200 to 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 30 - received by

Bridport Arts Centre
The Bridport Prize
£5,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Helen Simpson
5,000 word limit ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ UK


June 30 - received by

British Czech and Slovak Association
British Czech and Slovak Association Writing Contest
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Helen Simpson
1,500 to 2,000 word limit ¦ unknown entry fee ¦ unknown, mail or e? ¦ UK


June 30 - received by
(open only to IRISH writers)

Linen Hall Library
McLaverty Short Story Award
£2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Anne Tannahill and Carlo Gébler
2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND


June 30 - received by

The Writer's Bureau
Short Story Competition
£1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Iain Pattison
2,000 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


June 30 - postmark

Autumn House Press
The Autumn House Fiction Contest
£1,000 award, $1,500 travel grant and publication
full manuscript ¦ judged in 2008 by Sharon Dilworth
200 - 300 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 30 - postmark

Literal Latte
Literal Latte Short Shorts Awards
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
2,000 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


June 30 - postmark

Hunger Mountain
The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Katherine Vaz
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA

JULY DEADLINES (16)

(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)


July 1 - received by

WordSmitten
1010 Fiction Award
$1,010 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by site editors
1,010 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


July 1 - postmark

Wordstock Festival
City of Portland
Wordstock Short Fiction Competition
$1,000 award and publication (2008 had 300 entries)
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Barry Lopez
1,500 to 4,000 word limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


July 7 - received by

Mere Literary Festival
Open Short Story Competition
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Marion Molteno
2,500 word limit ¦ £5 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


July 11 - postmark

Hyphen Magazine
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
2008 Short Story Competition
$1,000 award and publication
short works of fiction ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


July 15 - postmark

Santa Fe Writers Project
SFWP Literary Awards
$1,750 award and publication
short works of fiction, any combination ¦ judged in 2009 by Pagan Kennedy
25 page limit ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


July 19 - received by

Hay & District Community Support
Hay on Wye Short Story Contest
£400 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by Hay & District Panel
2,000 word limit, themed entry ¦ £6 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


July 30 - postmark

Snake Nation Press
Serena McDonald Kennedy Award
$1,000 award and book publication
full manuscript ¦ judged by press editors
50K word limit (novella) or 200pp of short stories ¦ $25 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


July 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


July 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


July 31 - received by

Narrative Magazine
Spring Story Contest
$3,250 award and publication
short story, novel excerpt or non-fiction in 1st person ¦ judged by magazine editors
15,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA
ENTER THIS CONTEST AT PERHAPS YOUR OWN RISK...READ THE FOLLOWING FIRST...
http://artsandpalaver.blogspot.com/2008/08/did-tom-jenks-and-carol-edgarian.html


July 31 - received by

Highlands & Islands Short Story Association
HISSAC Annual Open Short Story Competition
£300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Clio Gray
2,500 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ SCOTLAND


July 31 - postmark

The Munster Literature Centre and Southword
Sean O'Faolain Short Story Prize
€1,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Philip Ó Ceallaigh
3,000 word limit ¦ €10/US$15/AU$18/Can$16 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ IRELAND


July 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
2,000 word limit ¦ £4 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ UK


July 31 - postmark or received by

Rain Farm Press
Paradigm Novel Contest
$500 award, book publication, interview and 3 copies
novel ¦ judged by press editors
minimum 35,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


July 31 - received by

Opium Magazine
Opium Magazine’s 250-Word Bookmark Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short-short ¦ judged in 2009 by Andrew Sean Greer
250 word limit ¦ $10 entry fee, $17.50 for two ¦ e submission ¦ USA


July 31 - postmark

The Cincinatti Review
University of Cincinatti
The Annual Robert & Adele Schiff Prose and Poetry Prizes
$300 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
6,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


http://www.canserrat.org/ Canserrat full month stipend in spain

AUGUST DEADLINES (21)

(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

NANO Fiction
Nano Prize for Flash Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
300 word limit, 3 pieces per entry ¦ $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 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 - received by

Opium Magazine
The Shya Scanlon 7-Line Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7 line limit ¦ $10 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ 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 2009 by Mary Robison
500 word limit, 3 stories per entry ¦ $15 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

SEPTEMBER DEADLINES (28)

(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
(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

Newport Review — An International Journal of Writing and Photography
Newport Review Flash Fiction Contest
$150 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 word limit ¦ $7 entry fee or $20 for 3 pieces ¦ 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 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


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 7 - postmark or received by
(themed: When did you realize that you had become a grown-up?)

Real Simple
The Second-Annual Life Lessons Contest
$3,000 award, publication and trip to NYC for two
essay ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


September 8 - 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 2009 by Jon Raymond
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


September 10 - postmark

Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2008 by Nick Flynn
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


September 15 - postmark

The Greensboro Review
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Robert Watson Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ no entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ 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
(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 ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


September 15 - postmark

Greensboro Review
University of North Carolina
Robert Watson Fiction Prize
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
7,500 word limit ¦ $10 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 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 - received by
(must be a female resident of UK, but of any nationality)

The Asham Literary Endowment Trust
The Asham Award
£1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by trust editors
4,000 word limit ¦ £15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ 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



OCTOBER DEADLINES (36)

(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 - 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 - 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 2008 by Brian Evenson
40 - 60 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


October 1 - postmark or received by

The Black Warrior Review
The University of Alabama
Fifth-Ever Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Brian Evenson
7,500 word 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
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


October 1 - postmark

Mississippi Review
Mississippi Review Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
1,000 - 5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


October 1 - postmark

Boston Review
Annual Short-Story Contest
$1,500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Chang-Rae Lee
4,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ 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 10 - received by

Cutthroat, a journal of the arts
Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award
$1,250 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Alan Cheuse
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ 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 - 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 - 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


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 - received by

Ruminate Magazine - A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art (Christian)
Short Story Prize
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by David James Duncan
7,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ USA


October 15 - postmark

Indiana Review
Indiana University
Indiana Review Fiction Prize
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ron Carlson
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 15 - received by

Isotope, a Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing
Utah State University
Editors' Prize in Fiction
$300 and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
20 page limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission ¦ 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 2009 by Alice McDermott
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


October 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


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

NOVEMBER DEADLINES (24)

(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

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 - 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 7 - postmark or received by

Roanoke Review
Roanoke College
Roanoke Review Fiction Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ USA


November 14 - received by

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


November 15 - postmark

The Yalobusha Review
The University of Mississippi
Barry Hannah Fiction Prize
$500 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Jack Pendarvis
no length 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

Yemassee Journal
University of South Carolina
The William Richey Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
10,000 word limit ¦ $10 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 16 - 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 2009 by Jill McCorkle
7,000 word limit ¦ $20 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 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
€2,500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ronan Bennett
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

DECEMBER DEADLINES (21)

(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 - ***received by***

Third Coast
Western Michigan University
Third Coast Fiction Contest
$1,000 and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Ann Beattie
9,000 words ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ 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 8 - received by
(doesn't begin accepting until sept 15)

American Short Fiction
Short Story Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged in 2009 by Rick Moody
6,000 word limit ¦ $20 entry fee/multiples ok per fee ¦ e submission ¦ 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 or received by

Crazyhorse
College of Charleston
Crazyhorse Fiction Prize
$2,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
25 page limit ¦ $16 entry fee ¦ snail mail or e submission ¦ 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 - received by

North Carolina Writers' Network
Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize
$1,000 award and publication
short stories ¦ judged in 2008 by Ashley Warlick
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 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 2008 by Charles D'Ambrosio
10,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ e submission or snail mail ¦ USA


December 31 - postmark

University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Ruth Hindman Foundation
H.E. Francis Contest
$1,000 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by English dept faculty
5,000 word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA


December 31 - postmark

The King's English
Blodgett Waxwing Literary Prize in Fiction
$500 award and publication
short story ¦ judged by magazine editors
no word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ 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
no word limit ¦ $15 entry fee ¦ snail mail ¦ USA

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