A competition for unpublished short stories of up to 2,200 words. We accept work on all subjects, so write about anything and everything you fancy – we love to read it. First prize £2,000 plus two optional extras: a week’s writing retreat at Chawton House Library, and a day with a Virago editor. Second prize: £500. Third prize: £250. Three other finalists each receive £100. Deadline March 17, 2014. All winning stories will be published in...

Each one accepts published as well as unpublished work. Winners are promoted online and in our email newsletter, with over 50,000 subscribers. Follow us on Twitter at @winningwriters. Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest No fee, $2,000 in prizes, April 1, 2014 deadline https://www.winningwriters.com/wergle Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest All subjects welcome. $16 fee, $3,000 in prizes, April 30, 2014 deadline...

Send in your poetry news for inclusion in an upcoming issue (as space permits). Poetry news can be poem publications, chapbook or book publications, awards, etc. News items must be poetry or writing related. Poetry contest info should include contact info and be a short paragraph (don’t send a press release or a link only) TIPS: Do not send Press Releases. No poems. We don’t publish poems. DONATIONS: Donations very much appreciated....

SRPR Editors’ Prize Contest First Place Prize: $1,000, publication, and introduction written by prominent outside judge Entry Fee: $20, includes one-year subscription to SRPR (two issues). Deadline: April 15, 2014 (postmark) Submission: ONLINE as well postal SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review) is pleased to announce the opening of our annual Editors’ Prize Contest! One winning poem will be awarded $1,000, two runners up will be awarded...

$800 bursary offered to debut novelists   Debut novelists can win a $800 bursary to have their novel professionally critiqued at the Writers’ Village Foundation, a not-for-profit award scheme established to help new authors. The top eight submissions will also gain personal feedback from the award judge, novelist Michelle Spring, a Royal Literary Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge.   Entry is $19 and the deadline is 31st March...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Summer 2014 is open to anyone who loves expressing their innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! 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...

Deadline: Saturday, February 1, 2014 Categories Fiction Entry Fees $5 Prizes Publication in both print and digital editions. Description Submit unpublished novel, novella or collection of stories. Submissions must be 150 pages (approximately 35,000 words) or longer. Submit through online submission manager. Contact Information Waxing Press. info@waxingpress.com Website...