Fiction Contests

3rd Annual Burnside Review Fiction Chapbook Competition

Judge: Charles D’Ambrosio We are sponsoring our second annual fiction chapbook competition. Winner will receive twenty-five copies and a two hundred dollar cash prize. Competition runs September 15th to December 31st. Winner will be announced approximately March 1st, with publication date set for summer. The same dedication and care will go into the production of the chapbook as with our journal—quality cardstock cover with photography,...

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Short Fiction Competition: The Baltimore Review

baltimorereview.org/index.php Submissions accepted between August 1st -December 1st, 2008. Prizes: First Place: $500 + publication in The Baltimore Review Second Place: $250 Third Place: $100 Judges:The Editors of The Baltimore Review Rules:Submit one short story per entry fee. Stories must be original and unpublished elsewhere. All styles and forms are accepted. Maximum word count: 6,000 words. All short stories submitted to the contest will...

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Keyhole’s 2008 Fiction Chapbook Contest

Judged by Michael Martone www.keyholemagazine.com/contest Judge: Michael Martone Prize: $250 and 25 copies of the chapbook. Deadline: December 1, 2008. Michael Martone’s most recent books are Racing in Place, a book of essays, Double-wide, his collected early fictions, and Michael Martone, a memoir done in contributor’s notes. With Lex Williford he recently edited The Scribner’s Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction and The...

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Cervena Barva Poetry and Fiction Chapbooks Contests

www.cervenabarvapress.com/submissions.htm Accepting manuscripts November 1, 2008-January 31, 2009 Manuscripts postmarked after January 31st, will be returned. No manuscripts will be returned. For Poetry: 24 pages of poetry. 8 pages will be added automatically to the winning chapbook which will make the total 32 pages. Include the following: Title page with contact info Title page with just the title SASE for the announcement of the winning...

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The Crazyhorse Fiction Prize / The Lynda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize

$2000 each and publication in Crazyhorse Online entry & postmark deadline: December 15, 2008 Enter your manuscript online at crazyhorse.cofc.edu or mail in How to enter prizes: enter your manuscript online at crazyhorse.cofc.edu (click “Fiction and Poetry Prize” link for full instructions), or enter by mailing in your paper manuscript of up to twenty-five pages fiction or up to three poems (10 pp. poetry max). More than one manuscript may...

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Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest

www.tennesseewilliams.net/contest Judge: Richard Ford Grand Prize • $1,500 • VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), March 25-29, 2009 • Publication in the New Orleans Review • Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the Festival in New Orleans • Public Reading Second Prize: $200, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass Third Prize: $100, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass Eligibility: Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words Deadline:...

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