BOMB Magazine 2007 Fiction Contest BOMB Magazine announces its 3rd Fiction Contest! Our 2007 judge is esteemed short story writer Amy Hempel, author of The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, one of the New York Times’s “Top 10 Best Books of 2006.” The winner receives a $500 honorarium and publication in BOMB Magazine, a not-for-profit quarterly, now in its 26th year of publishing interviews between artists, writers, architects,...

2007 Wabash Prize for Fiction Final Judge: Dan Chaon First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Fall 2007 issue. Entries of honorable mention also published in Fall 2007 issue. Complete Guidelines for Contest Submissions Deadline: Entries must be received by March 15, 2007. This is NOT a postmark deadline. Entries received after March 15, 2007 will be returned unread. For each submission, send one piece of fiction (or a series of related...

Nelson Algren Awards The Nelson Algren Awards are for short fiction. Submissions must be written by an American and must be unpublished. One $5,000 prize and three runner-up prizes of $1,500 are awarded. The award is given in memory of Chicago author Nelson Algren. Stories must be typed and double-spaced, between 2,500 and 10,000 words. Manuscripts and e-mailed submissions will not be returned. Author’s names should not appear on the...

Announcing the Grub Street Book Prize for a non-first book of poetry from a poet outside New England. One winner receives $500 plus all-expenses-paid trip to Boston for reading, book party and citywide promotion. An exciting opportunity to promote your book in Boston’s thriving literary community. Poetry deadline postmark March 15th, 2007. Reading fee/donation $10. Mail to Grub Street Writers, 160 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02116. See...

New Millennium Writings Awards & Contests $4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW and on the Web at www.newmillenniumwritings.com $1,000 for best Story; $1,000 for best Poem; $1,000 best Nonfiction (Nonfiction includes humor, memoir, creative nonfiction, travel, opinion, essay, interview, features, investigative reporting, etc.) Plus, $1,000 for best Short Short Fiction (1,000-word limit) Winners of NMW Awards are showcased along with...

A N N U A L K U R T V O N N E G U T F I C T I O N P R I Z E First Prize $1000 Second $100 Third $50 Winners will be published in the North American Review. Deadline: December 31, 2006 (postmark) Entry fee: $18.00 (includes a one-year subscription). Make your check or money order out to North American Review. If you are outside the US, please make sure the entry fee is in US currency and routed through a US bank. Rules: Two copies of one story...