Short Story Competitions

The Society of Women Writers Tasmania – Short Story Writing Competition

CALLING ALL WRITERS WORLDWIDE! The Society of Women Writers Tasmania is presenting a great opportunity for YOU to demonstrate your short-story writing skills by entering a short-story competition. The inaugural Launceston Tasmania Literary Award is inviting entries from all writers (both male and female) worldwide. Generously sponsored by the Launceston City Council, a first prize of $2,500, a second prize of $750 and a third prize of $500 is...

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Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is now accepting entries!

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand...

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The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition 2014

Closing date: 30th May 2014. Prizes: First prize £500, plus five finalist prizes of £100 each. Entry fee:  £7 per story. The competition is for ghost stories from 2,000 – 5,000 words. For more details, see: http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/ghost-story-competition.php Read last year’s in our anthology ‘New Ghost...

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Jean Toomer Literary Prize for Short Fiction

Open to new, emerging and established writers. $300 Prize and online publication.  No theme restriction. Send your best unpublished work. Blind judging. Entry fee $5. Full guidelines available online. Postmark deadline: June 30, 2014. Visit the website for details on how to enter: http://cathleenbailey.weebly.com/jean-toomer-literary-prize-for-short-fiction.html

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The Suptopian Magazine – 2113: An Oral History of the Future (Fiction Contest)

About As a genre, Dystopian fiction has a remarkable track record – 1984, Brave New World, Farenheit 451, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? By Phillip K. Dick, Neuromancer by William Gibson, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells…the list could go on and on. These are visions of our darkest possible future as a species, but they are the vision of a single individual. Our collective fate will be decided by many, not just one, and that is why...

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Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing

What is the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing? An annual prize for Young Adult and Children’s Literature. A chance for your YA and Children’s Lit to be read by Hunger Mountain editors and guest judges! What will the winner receive? One overall first place winner receives $1,000 and publication! Three category winners receive $100 each and publication. The categories are Young Adult (YA)  Middle Grade (MG) Picture Book or...

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