The 2007 Orchid: A Literary Review SHORT FICTION CONTEST www.orchidlit.org 1st Prize: $1100 + Publication in Issue #11 (Spring 2008) Four Finalists: Notation + Possible Publication 2007 Final Judge Stuart Dybek Stuart Dybek is the author of three books of fiction: I Sailed With Magellan, The Coast of Chicago, and Childhood and Other Neighborhoods. Both I Sailed With Magellan and The Coast of Chicago were New York Times Notable Books, and The...

The 2007 Million Writers Award for best online fiction is now open for nominations. Readers and editors wishing to nominate a short fiction story published in an online magazine or journal during 2006 should first read the rules, then visit the links below. This year’s award is sponsored by the Edit Red Writing Community (formerly known as Spoiled Ink). As a result of this sponsorship, the award features a $300 prize for the overall...

The third Annual Prose for Papa short story contest is held in conjunction with the 2007 Ernest Hemingway Festival, Sun Valley, Idaho Sept. 20-Sept. 23rd, 2007. Details for the Ernest Hemingway Festival short story contest 2007, Prose For Papa: Non-refundable $10 entry fee must be sent with the entry. Checks should be made out to SVKCVB. Cash prize of $500. First place winner will be published in the Hemingway Festival magazine and on this...

Mighty River Short Story Contest Deadline: August 1, 2007. $500 and publication in Big Muddy. Best short story relating to Mississippi River, River Valley, or sister River.$15 fee includes copy of Big Muddy with winning story. MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650 One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. Guidelines: www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest Deadline: August 1,...

Outrider Press in affiliation w/TallGrass Writers Guild announces deadline extension to 3/31. www.outriderpress.com Postmark deadline: 3/31. Cash prizes: $2000; $1000 in poetry/$1000 in prose. Each published contributor receives one free copy of the anthology; perfect-bound, trade paper original of approximately 230 pages. We nominate for Pushcart Prizes. Theme: “A Walk Through My Garden”; in the tradition of writers who garden (or...

$2,000 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2007 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition to vie for $2,000 in cash prizes. The literary competition is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a nationally distributed publication with a circulation of 5,000 or more. The first-place winner will receive $1,000 in cash, while the second- and third- place...