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...

Announcing PenTales Short Story Contest Submission Guidelines: Write us a short story (500 words or fewer) on the theme of Borders. This contest is open to anyone, from published writers to budding storytellers. All submissions must be original, unpublished work. If your short story is in a different language, please provide a valid English translation. Deadline: January 15, 2011 Judging Criteria: Winning stories will showcase unique voices and...

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...

Leapfrog 2011 Fiction Contest! Open January 15–May 1. Entry fee: $30.  Adult fiction: literary and mainstream novels, novellas, and short-story collections, minimum 22,000 words. First prize: Publication contract offer with advance, plus finalist awards. Finalists: $150 plus manuscript critique by finalist judges. Judges are Marge Piercy and the Leapfrog editorial staff. Visit http://www.leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm for details. Email:...

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...

We are now taking entries for our January writing competition. Offering you a chance to win £10o for your ‘how to’ article. The prize will be awarded for the best article submitted for the month of January, as judged by our editors. The article can be on any category and on any topic. As long as it’s a ‘how to’ article, and it fits our normal writer’s guidelines, it’s in with a chance. So get writing...