Deadline: October 20, 2009 Awards: $400 (first), $200 (second), $100 (third) $50 (fourth) and $50 (fifth). This is our third contest, our third opportunity to receive inspiring short fiction. We are celebrating with two prizes for a total of five. An innovation is the posting, on our website, of our checkmark evaluation grid. Now entrants will see what the “grid” is all about. Theme is open–We welcome whimsy, allegory,...

bostonpoetry.com/decameron/ Decameron.annual@gmail.com DEADLINE: September 30, 2009 One $300 prize winner receives publication in the Fall 2009 Issue GUIDELINES First, you may email the stories to Decameron.annual@gmail.com, with them as attachment or pasted in the body of the email. You may then send the 3.00 entry fee, per story, through paypal.com. Sign in (or sign up, it’s free), and then where it says “Send to,” enter our...

Other Voices Magazine invites you to enter your poetry, fiction, non-fiction, or art every month in its “monthlies” online writing contest. Each month a prompt is given to get your creative juices flowing. Text submissions cannot be more than 750 words. The prize is publication on the website, along with your choice of an OV t-shirt, travel mug or tote bag. Visit www.othervoices.ca/monthlies for more details.

www.twwoa.org FIRST PRIZE: $300 SECOND PRIZE: $200 THIRD PRIZE: $100 Ten Honorable Mentions Deadline: postmarked by August 30, 2009. * Submit a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less. Multiple entries are accepted. All work must be unpublished. * Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of work on a cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font. * Multiple entries are accepted. The entry fee...

First Prize: $250 USD Second Prize: An audiobook version of your winning novel, produced by Distinctly Audible Productions (All rights revert to winner, prize awarded contingent on your contract with your publisher*) Third Prize: Novel Planner Story-Planning Software Visit Editor Jennifer’s Website (www.editorjennifer.com) for detailed information. Enter soon – Contest closes August 31st.

The Saints and Sinners GLBT Literary Festival’s First Annual Short Fiction Contest is soliciting original, unpublished short stories between 5,000 and 7,000 words with GLBT content on the broad theme of “Saints and Sinners.” The contest is open to authors at all stages of their careers and to stories in all genres. The entry fee is $10 per story with a 3 story limit per author. One grand prize of $250 and two second place prizes of $50 will be...