Go to oregonwriterscolony.org for full details. Deadline for submissions for both contests is August 15, 2009. www.oregonwriterscolony.org/contest.htm Short Stories Both True and Imagined (fiction and non-fiction) Awards: 1st place-$200, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50, 1st Honorable Mention-Certificate of Achievement, Additional Honorable Mention credited in “Colonygram” and on the website oregonwriterscolony.org First place winners...

Deadline for the St. Lawrence Book Award is August 31 About the St. Lawrence Book Award www.blacklawrence.com Each year Black Lawrence Press awards The St. Lawrence Book Award for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten...

www.northwestern.edu/magazine/spring2009/feature/fictioncontest.html Northwestern University’s alumni magazine, Northwestern, invites submissions of short fiction for its 2010 writing contest from Northwestern alumni and current students. JUDGE: Stuart Dybek Dybek, the first Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern, is an award-winning author of fiction and poetry, including the books I Sailed with Magellan and The Coast of Chicago. He...

bostonreview.net/about/contest/ Deadline: October 1, 2009 Judge: Chang-Rae Lee First Prize: $1,500 Complete guidelines: The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in Boston Review, the summer of 2010. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, and phone number; names should not appear on the...

Every Story Begins Somewhere At The Bear Deluxe Magazine, the Pacific Northwest’s leading environmental arts publication, many short fiction stories and their authors find their first recognition through the Doug Fir Fiction Award. Now in its third year, this annual contest celebrates writing related to the natural world, sense of place or environmental issues. Deadline: September 8, 2009 (postmark) Prize: $1,000 and publication Judge: Jon...

New publishing company Red Telephone Books has officially opened its 2009 novel competition. The winning novel will be published by Red Telephone Books during 2010. The prize includes editing, design, marketing and distribution, with royalties being paid annually. Runner-up prizes are also offered. Submissions are welcome from any genre – the competition closes on 31st December 2009. If you are interested in entering the competition, please...