Posts made in November, 2007

Sudden Story Fiction Award

Guidelines: www2.hawaii.edu/~hireview/ A short-short story competition open to writers anywhere in the world. No. of words: 1500 or less No. of entries: limit 3 Reading fee: $10 per story Make check or money order payable to University of Hawai’i Address: Sudden Story Award Hawai’i Review c/o Board of Publications PO Box 11674 Honolulu, HI 96828 Deadline: December 1, 2007. Awards: Winner, $1500 Two finalists, $250 each Judge: Robert...

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The Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize

17th Annual Award 2008 Eligibility: Only undergraduates enrolled full-time in American and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2007-2008 are eligible for the prize. This Prize has always encouraged submissions from students with an Asian background, but we want to make it clear that we encourage students of all races and backgrounds to enter. Submissions of no more than 7500 words should be typed on paper 8½ by 11 and be...

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Flyway’s Hazel Lipa “Environmental” Poetry Chapbook Contest

Seeking poetry manuscripts of 20 to 30 pages with particular investment in human/place relationships Prize: Publication of chapbook in a separate section of an upcoming issue of Flyway, plus a $500 cash prize Judge: Debra Marquart, author of From Sweetness, Everything’s a Verb, and The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere. Entry Fee: $10 or $24 for entry and one-year subscription Deadline: January 31, 2008 Submit:...

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Colgate University: Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing

Colgate University invites applications for the Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing. Writers of poetry, fiction, or nonfiction who have recently completed an MFA, MA, or PhD in creative writing, and who need a year to complete their first book, are encouraged to apply. The selected writer will spend the academic year (late August 2008 to early May 2009) at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. The fellow will teach one...

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American Kennel Club 22nd Annual Fiction Contest

www.akc.org/pubs/fictioncontest/ $750 for first place $500 for second place $250 for third place Winning stories will be published in the AKC Gazette and AKC Family Dog as space allows. 1 The contest is open to anyone except employees of the American Kennel Club and their immediate families. 2 Entries must be original, unpublished stories that have not been offered to or accepted by any other publisher. Only one entry per author. 3 The American...

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