Posts made in March, 2007

Prose for Papa short story contest

The third Annual Prose for Papa short story contest is held in conjunction with the 2007 Ernest Hemingway Festival, Sun Valley, Idaho Sept. 20-Sept. 23rd, 2007. Details for the Ernest Hemingway Festival short story contest 2007, Prose For Papa: Non-refundable $10 entry fee must be sent with the entry. Checks should be made out to SVKCVB. Cash prize of $500. First place winner will be published in the Hemingway Festival magazine and on this...

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Big Muddy Contests

Mighty River Short Story Contest Deadline: August 1, 2007. $500 and publication in Big Muddy. Best short story relating to Mississippi River, River Valley, or sister River.$15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Guidelines: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest Deadline: August 1,...

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Outrider Press/TallGrass Writer’s Guild Contest

Outrider Press in affiliation w/TallGrass Writers Guild announces deadline extension to 3/31. www.outriderpress.com Postmark deadline: 3/31. Cash prizes: $2000; $1000 in poetry/$1000 in prose. Each published contributor receives one free copy of the anthology; perfect-bound, trade paper original of approximately 230 pages. We nominate for Pushcart Prizes. Theme: “A Walk Through My Garden”; in the tradition of writers who garden (or...

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Fugue Writing Contests

Announcing Fugue’s Sixth Annual Prose & Poetry Contest! NonFiction Judge: Jo Ann Beard First place winner receives $1000 and publication. Second and Third prize winners receive publication. To enter: 1. Essay submissions should not exceed 10,000 words in length. 2. Enclose a cover letter that contains a short biographical sketch and a current email address, mailing address, phone number, and the title of your essay. 3. Send an SASE...

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Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

$2,000 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2007 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition to vie for $2,000 in cash prizes. The literary competition is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. The first-place winner will receive $1,000 in cash, while the second- and third- place...

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