With Guest Judge Jim Shepard The winning submission, selected by Jim Shepard, will be read as part of the Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space on June 12, 2013. The story will be recorded for possible later broadcast as part of the public radio series. The winner will also receive $1000 and a 10-week class from Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Story requirements Submit a single short story that fits the theme “Complicated...

Deadline: Postmarked by December 1st 2012 Website: http://www.thefiddlehead.ca/FHcontest.html Two contest categories: poetry and short fiction. Prizes in each category: $2000 for winner + publication payment and $250 for 2 honourable mentions + publication payment. Winning entries will be published in the spring 2013 issue of The Fiddlehead (no. 255) and on the website. One short-fiction entry is one story (6,000 words maximum). One poetry...

Cinnamon Press Writing  Awards Cinnamon Press competitions have been offering new and established writers excellent publication opportunities for the last seven years. Several authors who have won the competition have gone on to win other prestigious prizes or been short listed for major awards. From autumn 2012 we are re-launching the writing awards to make them even more accessible to a greater number of writers. The competitions in three...

Polygraph (n.) 1. a machine designed to detect and record changes in biological characteristics 2. an author who can write on a variety of different subjects The Polygraph Tests is a residency program committed to enriching the process of theatre development by pairing selected playwrights with collaborators eager to guide and inspire the scripts’ evolution. We are looking for dangerous stories that expose and examine the ways in which desire...

Short Story Contest 1st Place – £100 Newly established Scottish publisher is currently looking for talented writers. First prize is £100. All shortlisted entries will be collected and published in a collection. Space permitting, authors may also be featured in a short Q&A next to their story. Contest is not limited to UK. International entries are welcome. Short Story The theme for the story is “Fall” (in all meanings of the word)....