www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Join-In/Tamarack-Award-Submissions/ Minnesota Monthly is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Tamarack Award, the magazine’s annual fiction contest. Entries will be accepted through July 1, 2009. The winning story will appear in the November 2009 issue. ELIGIBILITY The competition is open to residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Proof of eligibility...

Sponsored by Fiction Collective Two (FC2) and American Book Review americanbookreview.org/contest.asp Announcing the Winner of the 2008 Prize: Museum of the Weird by Amelia Gray The 2009 contest will be open from August 15 – November 1. Eligibility The Ronald Sukenick/American Book Review Innovative Fiction Contest is open to any writer of English who is a citizen of the United States and who has not previously published with Fiction...

www.memphismagazine.com/gyrobase/Magazine/Page?oid=21607 Cosponsored by Burke’s Book Store and Davis-Kidd Booksellers We are seeking entries for our annual fiction contest. The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Contest cosponsors are Burke’s Book Store, and Davis-Kidd Booksellers....

www.tennesseewilliams.net/article.php?story=fictioncontest2 The Festival is pleased to announce the second annual Fiction Writing Contest. We are now accepting submissions by mail. Online submissions coming soon. Grand Prize $1,500 VIP All Access Festival Pass ($500 value) for the 24th annual Festival: March 25-29, 2010 Publication in the New Orleans Review Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the 2010 Festival in New Orleans Public...

Spring 2009 Story Contest narrativemagazine.com/node/56338 Our spring contest is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner,...

canteenmag.com/contest.shtml Judged by Porochista Khakpour Prizes Fiction first-prize winner receives $1,000 and publication in issue five of Canteen. Poetry first-prize winner receives $500 and publication in issue five of Canteen. Fiction and poetry second-prize winners will also be published in issue five. How to Enter Reading fee: $10, which includes a free single issue of your choice. Current subscribers get free entry. Enter now by...