Posts made in April, 2013

$10,000 Walton Sustainability Solutions Best Creative Nonfiction Essay Award

Postmark Deadline: May 31, 2013 Creative Nonfiction and Arizona State University’s Global Institute of Sustainability are looking for remarkable true stories that illuminate and present the human side of environmental, economic, ethical, and/or social challenges related to the state of the planet and our future. We welcome personal essays or stories about extraordinary individuals or communities, and stories about innovative solutions to...

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On The Premises Short Story Contest (no fee)

Online Submission Deadline: May 31, 2013 77% of web-based fiction magazines pay their fiction writers nothing. So do 60% of print-only fiction magazines! If you’d like to try getting paid for your fiction, why not consider us? Since 2006, On The Premises magazine has aimed to promote newer and/or relatively unknown writers who can write creative, compelling stories told in effective, uncluttered, and evocative prose. We’ve never...

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E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest

Postmark Deadline: April 30 First Place $1,100; Editors’ Choices, $100. Seeks unpublished stories, 3,000 words maximum. Any style, any theme. $15 fee for one story, $10 each additional story, payable to Koeppel Contest. (If sent from outside the USA, send money order in US funds—no cash or foreign funds.) Send one title page with author’s name, address, phone, email address, and short bio. Send second title page with title only. No...

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Announcing the free The Character-Driven Tale Writing Contest

The Character-Driven Tale contest is about writing great characters.   To enter, submit a short story of under 3,000 words in which the focus of the story is on the characters. Acclaimed author David Corbett will judge the entries based on the richness, uniqueness, and complexity of the characters you create.   Entry is free Deadline is April 30, 2013. 1st place receives a 50-page manuscript critique from David Corbett (worth $350), $100 in...

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Drunk Monkeys Short Fiction Contest Summer 2013

The Drunk Monkeys Summer 2013 Short Fiction Contest is here! We will consider short fiction and flash fiction pieces. Nothing shorter than 400 words or longer than 2,000. The theme of the contest is, appropriately enough, “SUMMER”. You can work the theme into the story in any way you choose, but it must be present. Entries will be accepted from April 1, 2013 to June 7, 2013. First prize will win $50 in cash money and publication in an upcoming...

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