Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Short Fiction Contest for unpublished short stories between 5,000 and 7,000 words with GLBT content on the broad theme “saints and sinners.” Judged by John Berendt, best-selling author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Prizes: $250, $50, plus publication in QueerMojo anthology, and reading at Festival (May 12-15, 2011). Entry fee: $15. Deadline: November 1, 2010. Info: www.sasfest.com....

Prose and Poetry Prizes 2010 from The New Writer magazine Closing date 30 November Established in 1997, one of the major annual international competitions for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles;  offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The New Writer magazine. Back copies of previous annual “Collections” are available at the TNW website:...

2011 KORE PRESS SHORT FICTION AWARD Judge: Antonya Nelson Deadline: October 31, 2010 A prize of $1,000 plus chapbook publication by Kore Press will be given for a short story written in English. This competition is open to any woman writing in English, regardless of nationality. How to Submit Submit your manuscript and $15 entry fee on-line here: http://korepress.org/submissions Comment box should include: daytime and evening telephone numbers...

Creative Writers’ Circle Short Story Contest  Write an original short story based off of the prompt given at our website and submit for a chance to win awesome prizes, including cash and publication of your story on our website. Word limit: 3,500 First, second and third place prizes will be awarded.  As always, our contests and fun and free – no strings attached.  Anyone can enter, so why not start writing your entry today?  See...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling everyone! And to all who have the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or...

www.fictioncollective.blogspot.com (Short) Fiction Collective is proud to celebrate our 100th story! In order to do so we’ve set up a writing contest. Don’t worry, no entry fees! So here’s the deal, send up to 3 short stories (no romance or sci-fi please) of no more than 5,000 words each (email above.) Contest ends on November 1st, 2010. Winner will be announced in mid November. If you’re selected you’ll have your...