Tallenge, which is a global talent platform. It has ongoing short story and poetry contest where writers amateurs and professionals from all over the world are invited to upload their works in any language. TALLENGE WRITING CONTEST – the winner receives $100 prize money The deadline for the contest is 11:59 PM GMT on 20-May-2014. The winner will be announced on 23-May-2014 You may enter as many times as you wish, provided that each...

Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2014 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-four year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, is the author of three critically acclaimed books:...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2014 GENRE: Short Stories DETAILS: Submit the worst possible opening sentence for a story up to 60 words max. Enter as many times as you like. PRIZE: a pittance URL: http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/ The rules to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest are childishly simple: Each entry must consist of a single sentence but you may submit as many entries as you wish. (One fellow once submitted over 3,000 entries.) Sentences may be of...

HILLERMAN MYSTERY COMPETITION —————————– DEADLINE: June 1, 2014 GENRE: Books OPEN TO: Authors with no published fiction books DETAILS: Murder or another serious crime or crimes is at the heart of the story, and emphasis is on the solution rather than the details of the crime. The story’ primary setting is the Southwestern United States, including at least one of the following...

GLIMMER TRAIN STANDARD CONTEST —————————— DEADLINE: May 31, 2014 GENRE: Short Stories DETAILS: One story of up to 12,000 words PRIZE: $700 and publication in Glimmer Train URL: http://www.glimmertrain.com/standard.html

CRIMINAL LINES – DEADLINE: May 5, 2014 OPEN TO: Unagented debut authors born or resident in UK or Ireland GENRE: Books DETAILS: Submit the first 15,000 words of your crime/thriller novel and a synopsis of a maximum 800 words. PRIZE: £1000 and chance to meet with AM Heath agents. URL: http://amheath.com/blog/criminal-lines/