Deadline Friday, January 31, 2014 Categories Fiction Entry Fees $15 Prizes First place receives $1,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories. Second place receives $500 (or $700 if accepted for publication). Third place receives $300 (or $700 if accepted for publication). Description Awards short stories, maximum 3,000 words. Submit through online submission manager. Contact Information Glimmer Train Press, 4763 SW Maplewood, P.O. Box 80430,...

Closing date: Midnight on 1st June 2014 Prizes: £100.00 on a prepaid currency card and published on website. Entry fee: Free to enter. For an exciting, original travel article up to 1,000 words, which may or may not relate to a senior travel experience. Fiction or non-fiction. See the website for full details: seniortravelexpert.com/writing-competition

Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2014 Categories Fiction, Nonfiction Entry Fees $15 (includes one-year subscription). Prizes $1,000 in each category and publication in The Chattahoochee Review. Description Submit stories or essays of up to 5,000 words via online submission manager. Contact Information The Chattahoochee Review. gpccr@gpc.edu Website:...

Deadline Saturday, February 1, 2014 Categories Children’s, Drama, Fiction, General, Mystery, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult Entry Fees $0 Prizes Beginning Reading Level Grand Prize: $10,000 Beginning Reading Level Second Prize: $5,000 Intermediate Reading Level Grand Prize: $7,500 Intermediate Reading Level Second Prize: $4,500 Best Series or Collection: $5,000 Best Character-Based Story: $3,000 Best Use of Images or Illustrations:...

Deadline Friday, January 31, 2014 Categories Fiction Entry Fees Entry Fee: $10 per story Prizes $250 and publication in our quarterly journal Description Currently accepting short stories of any genre ranging from 2,000 to 7,500 words. TBL strives to publish writers with engaging stories, vivid characters, and fresh perspectives and styles. All winners will be published in Tethered By Letters’ Spring Quarterly Journal and finalists will be...

NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline January 13, 2014. All women who consider themselves emerging playwrights (as distinct from fledgling or mid-career playwrights) are eligible to apply for the FEWW Prize. Playwrights from all over the world are encouraged to apply, but the play must be written in English. Eligibility does not require that a submitted work adhere to the traditional three-act structure. One-acts, two-acts (even four-, five-, six- acts),...

Greg Grummer Poetry Award Judge: Eduardo C. Corral DEADLINE: February 1, 2014 PRIZE: $1,000, publication in Phoebe 43.1, and a one year subscription. ENTRY FEE: $17 SUBMISSION SIZE: Up to 4 poems per submission, totaling no more than 10 pages. http://www.phoebejournal.com/2014-winter-writing-contests/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PHOEBE JOURNAL WINTER FICTION CONTEST Judge: Benjamin Percy One piece per submission, up to 7,500 words. Novel...