35th Annual Foster City International Writer’s Contest Contest Fee:  $10 per entry First Place:  $150  Second Place:  $75 The Foster City International Writer’s Contest is Sponsored by the City of Foster City Parks and Recreation Department, Foster City International Writers Contest Planning Team, a volunteer, city arts council.  Members of the judging panel are members of the distinguished Peninsula Press Club, under the direction...

2010 Wabash Prize for Fiction Prize: $1,000.00. Entry fee: $15.00. Deadline: 03-01-2011. WRITING CONTEST WEBSITE: http://www.sycamorereview.com/contest/ Submit one piece of fiction (or a series of related short-shorts) totaling no more than 10,000 words. First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Summer/Fall 2011 issue of Sycamore Review. Antonya Nelson will judge. Postmark deadline is March 1, 2011. All entrants will receive a copy of...

The Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series welcomes manuscripts in poetry and fiction from all living writers, including non-US citizens, writing in English. Both unpublished and published writers are welcome to submit manuscripts. Writers may enter both contests. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted for publication somewhere else.    Winners will receive $3000 and...

Writing Contest Details: Deadline: February 13th, 2011, midnight. Prize: E-book Ravena & The Resurrected by Tami Jackson. ($9.99 value) Specifics: Write a short story (250-600 words), any style, about vampires! The contest will be judged for: – spelling and grammar – engaging writing – solid ending – imagery/language – excessive use of clichés All entries must be submitted by Sunday, February 13th, at midnight....

With Guest Judge Jennifer Egan Enter the 2011 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Contest for a chance to win $1000 and have your work read at a Selected Shorts performance and recorded for possible broadcast as part of the Selected Shorts acclaimed public radio series. The winning submission will be selected by Jennifer Egan, a National Book Award finalist and author of such acclaimed works as A Visit from the Goon Squad and The Keep. Story...

The Splinter Generation, a literary journal for and about people born between 1973 and 1993, has begun its next reading period and is now accepting submissions for creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry. We are looking for the most powerful work you have—work that makes us look at ourselves in a new way and work that challenges, or confirms in some subversive way, the stereotypes that paint our generation as lazy or stupid or narcissistic or...