The Splinter Generation, a literary journal for and about people born between 1973 and 1993, has begun its next reading period and is now accepting submissions for creative nonfiction, fiction and poetry. We are looking for the most powerful work you have—work that makes us look at ourselves in a new way and work that challenges, or confirms in some subversive way, the stereotypes that paint our generation as lazy or stupid or narcissistic or...
Poetry Contests
PATRICIA GOEDICKE PRIZE IN POETRY Open Dec. 1 – Feb. 28, the Montana Prize in Fiction seeks to highlight work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness. The winner, chosen by judge D. A. Powell, will be featured in CutBank 75 and receive $500. All pieces will be considered for print publication. We look forward to reading your work! CONTEST GUIDELINES: The $17 contest entry fee includes...
Writerstype.com is starting up four monthly contests in the categories of: Poem, Flash Fiction, Short Story, and First Chapter. Monthly winners are automatically entered into our yearly competition. Entry fees are $5 for Poem or Flash Fiction, and $10 for Short Story or First Chapter. The only deadlines are the end of each month. But new contests begin at the start of the next. Authors retain all rights and can elect to not have their winning...
Scinti Story Contest Everyone has a story. We want yours. We are looking for true stories that astound, enchant, enlighten and startle us. We want to be swept up and away, pulled from our moorings, left shaken and inspired. We want to think, wonder, imagine, believe. Do you have a story that is especially meaningful to you, something hilarious or harrowing that touched you deeply, changed your heart, your soul, your way of seeing the world? It...
The New Quarterly invites entries for The Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest. $1000 for the winning poem; another $1000 in prizes. All submissions considered for paid publication. Seeks poems written in response to an occasion. Entry fee: $40 (includes a 1 year subscription to The New Quarterly: Canadian Writers and Writing). Entrants must be Canadian residents or citizens. Deadline: February 28, 2011. Visit the website for more...
Guidelines: Fiction – submit stories of up to 3500 words Poetry – submit up to 6 poems “fact” – submit up to 1500 words Send submissions to editors@anderbo.com A submission may be sent in the body of an e-mail and/or as an attachment in any common file format such as doc or rtf. Mac users, please be sure that your doc files are readable by PCs. No docx files, ever. And please, only one story per submission....
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