Short Story Contests The Zodiac Review offers writers four opportunities each year to compete for a Zodiac Short Story Prize. Contests for flash fiction and prose poetry may be added in the future, but for now, please submit only short stories (1,000 – 7,500 word range) for our contests. Winning entries for the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter Prizes are published in the respective quarterly magazines. Awards  First Place: Publication in the...

  Fiction and Non-Fiction Writing Contest Deadline Wed., December 7, 2011Categories Fiction, Non-fiction (Creative or Essay) Entry Fee None Prizes In each category: $300/$150/$50 Description We are looking for works of up to 5000 words in each category. Previously published work are accepted so long as pixelhose.com can legally obtain free, one time, one site, permanent web publication rights. Guidelines All entries must be submitted via...

I’m writing on behalf of Mookychick.co.uk, a magazine and community for both teenage and adult feminists and alternative thinkers. We’re rather excited to announce a new annual feminist writing competition – FEMINIST FLASH 2011. Feminist Flash Fiction 2011 – Feminist writing competition The prizes are good ones, we feel: Money (£100), promotion and a 1 year subscription to BUST magazine. The premise is simple: Write a...

The Christian Creative Writer’s Contest The contest is free to enter, and accepts inspirational short stories and poetry. It is open to Christian writers from all denominations and backgrounds all over the world. As long as the writing is Christian based, the topic for entry in either contest is open to allow for more creativity. Up to three submissions are accepted in each genre. These contests are open to all registered users...

The Erma Bombeck Writing Competition sponsored by Washington-Centerville Public Library and established in 1997 to pay tribute to hometown writer Erma Bombeck, one of the greatest humorists of the 20thCentury. The contest, now held every two years, opens for online entries ($15 entry fee) at 8 am (EST) Tuesday, January 3, 2012, and closes at 7:30 am (EST) Tuesday, February 14, 2012. Entries should be 450 words or fewer and cannot be published...

The Sportswriter Competition 2012 is the first of what we hope to be an annual writing competition that seeks to identify new sportswriting talent. Prizes: First place: £250 Second place: £75 Third place: £25 (paid in British Pounds Sterling by bank transfer, cheque or through PayPal) The entry fee is £3.00, of which £1.00 will be donated to our chosen charity, Cyclists Fighting Cancer (http://cyclistsfc.org.uk/ ). The deadline for entries is...