Writer Advice’s Fourth Annual Flash Prose Contest seeks flash fiction, memoir, and creative non-fiction that mesmerizes the reader in 750 words or less. DEADLINE: April 15, 2009. Entry fee: $10 per submission. First prize: $150. Last year’s prizewinners will judge. Complete guidelines, mailing address, and prizes at www.writeradvice.com.

Entry Deadline March 31 Eight Categories (Poetry, Flash Fiction, Short-Short Story, Short Story, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Novella, Young Writers) Eight Industry-Professional Judges Eight Personalized Etched-Glass Awards 17 Opportunities for publication in the second annual Press 53 Open Awards Anthology Complete details online at www.Press53.com.

100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com “We welcome any fiction of 100 words or fewer that will make us shiver. It can be whimsy, allegory, mystery, romance, fable,humor, love, fantasy, even horror. “First Prize is $500, Second Prize is $200, Third Prize is $100.The three authors and their stories will be presented on the website, accompanied by explanations by the Final Judge regarding the choices. Twenty authors will receive Honorable...

www.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacreview/fiction_contestad.html 1st Prize: $1,000 2nd Prize: $250 Submission Guidelines: Send 1 story (up to 15 pgs), along with $20 reading fee payable to Potomac Review. All entrants will receive a one-year (2 issues) subscription. Put author’s name and address on the cover letter only. Include a cover letter (including complete contact info, brief bio, and name of story), and a self-addressed stamped envelope...

www.tusculum.edu/tusculumreview/contest.html Deadline: March 15, 2009 (postmark) Works Accepted: Previously published stories (including web publications) are not allowed. Send all work to: The Tusculum Review Tusculum College Department of English P.O. Box 5123 Greeneville, TN 37743. Submission inquiries: wthomas@tusculum.edu How to Label Your Submissions Please send us a cover letter with your name, address, phone number and e-mail address....

Willow Springs invites submissions for The Willow Springs Fiction Prize, $1,000 plus publication in Willow Springs. Submission deadline: April 1, 2009 willowsprings.ewu.edu/contests.html Contest Submission Guidelines Include a $15.00 entry fee. Submissions without an entry fee will not be judged. Send only one story per submission. Use a check or money order only; cash will not be accepted. Please make the checks and money orders payable to...