Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2014 Entry Fees: $15 per entry March 2 through May 31, 2014 Prizes: First Place: $1,000 (USD); publication, along with the finalist judge’s comments, in The Writer magazine; a creative writing workshop offered in New York City or online by Gotham Writers Workshop ($445 value); and a one-year subscription to The Writer magazine. Second Place: $500 (USD); publication on The Writer website (WriterMag.com);...

— NO ENTRY FEE. Open to all military personnel, veterans, and their families. Call for Submissions and Contest for Volume 3, Proud to Be: Writing by American Warriors. Deadline: June 1, 2014 (postmarked). Five categories for the contest, $250 prize in each. Poetry, Short Fiction, Essay, Photography, Interview with a Warrior. Poetry: up to 3 poems (5 pages maximum). Fiction, essay, interview: 5,000-word limit. Interviews are with military...

— $15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 15, 2014. Essays and nonfiction up to 6,000 words. Hybrid projects warmly welcomed. Winner receives $1,000 prize and publication, and finalists will be considered for publication in Issue 66 of Sonora Review. Visit the website:  http://sonorareview.com/contest/ 

You have a little more than three weeks to enter this year’s Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest sponsored by Winning Writers. The best story will receive $1,000, the best essay will receive $1,000, and we’ll award ten Honorable Mention prizes of $100 each. The winning entries will be published on our website. Submit entries by April 30. Arthur Powers is the judge of this year’s contest. We are pleased to...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or form, typed or neatly hand...

Now in its third year, this contest, sponsored by Winning Writers, seeks the best in original sports-themed fiction and essays. Published or unpublished welcome. Up to 6000 words. Entry Fee: $16 per story Deadline: May 31, 2014 Prizes: FICTION: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each. ESSAYS: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each. Visit...