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....

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 Eileen Myles, 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 a one-year subscription to...

Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2011 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, is the author of three critically acclaimed books:...

Call for Submissions Deadline: February 11, 2011 Call for Submissions to the 10th Annual 10 By 10 in the Triangle, an international festival of new, 10-minute plays.  10 Plays! 10 Actors! 10 Minutes! 10 Bucks!  A panel of judges will select 10 plays to showcase in The ArtsCenter’s Earl and Rhoda Wynn Theatre (Mainstage Theatre) July 8-17, 2011.    The Submissions: Please email new, 10-minute plays with minimal set requirements to...

Gemini Magazine is pleased to announce its 2011 Short Story Contest featuring a grand prize of $1,000. Absolutely no restrictions on content, style, genre or length–just send your best. Second place wins $100 and there will also be three honorable mentions. All five finalists will be published in the June 2011 issue. Entry fee: $4. Deadline: March 31, 2011. Visit the website for full details:...

Creative Writers’ Circle Short Story Contest Write a short story based off of the prompt given on the CWC website.  The top three stories win.  Prizes include cash and gift certificates! Word limit: 3,500 Entry deadline: February 28, 2011 Prizes: 1st place: $25 cash + $60 Serenity Sales gift certificate        2nd place: $15 cash + $35 Serenity Sales gift certificate        3rd place: $25 Serenity Sales gift certificate How to submit:...

About The How To Eat Fried Furries / Mo*Con VI Short Story Contest Eraserhead Press recently published the dark satire How To Eat Fried Furries as part of the New Bizarro Author Series. To celebrate (and, honestly, help get word out about this book) author Nicole Cushing is sponsoring a short fiction contest for stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and bizarro genres. The prize for the winner? Pro rate payment (that’s 5 cents per...