Fiction Contests

Lush Triumphant Literary Awards

Our Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Awards competition is now open for submissions. DEADLINE for entries: May 15, 2014 (postmarked) The Competition awards cash prizes & publication: 3 categories 3 cash prizes one deadline $3,000 in cash prizes, plus publication The skinny . . . FICTION MAXIMUM 3,000 WORDS (no specific theme, we simply want to be amazed!) POETRY A SUITE OF 5 RELATED POEMS (MAXIMUM 15 PAGES) CREATIVE NON-FICTION (Based on...

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32nd Annual SouthWest Writers International Competition

Visit swwcontest.com for complete rules and entry form. Entries are open from February 1 to May 1, 2014 and may be submitted after May 1 until May 15 with payment of a late fee. Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2014 Categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Poetry: $10 for SouthWest Writers members, $20 for all other entrants. All entries except poetry: $20 for SouthWest Writers members, $30 for all other entrants....

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William Faulkner – William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition

Deadline Thursday, May 1, 2014  Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Between $10 and $200 depending on category and manuscript length. Prizes: Between $750 and $7,500 depending on category Description: Accepting entries in eight categories: novel, novella, book-length narrative nonfiction, novel-in-progress, short story, essay, poetry and short story by a high school student. Only unpublished work accepted. No self-published or...

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Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

Deadline: Apr 30, 2014 Results Announced: Sep 15, 2014 Theme: All themes accepted Word Limit: 6,000 words Entry Fee: $16.00 per entry. You may submit multiple entries. Prefer to pay via PayPal? Prizes: FICTION: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each | ESSAYS: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each Full Guidelines

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The New Guard IV contests in fiction and poetry are open

THE NEW GUARD VOLUME IV contest submission period runs from February 10 to July 14, 2014. The entry fee is $15. Guidelines are below. Click the link below to submit via Submittable’s online submission manager. We are looking forward to reading your work! MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST: $1,000 for an exceptional fiction in any genre. Submit up to 5,000 words: anything from flash to the long story. Novel excerpts are welcome if the excerpt...

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KEEP THE RODEO ALIVE! SUBMIT TO THE ROUND UP!

Howdy Partners! The Round Up Writer’s Zine is currently courting fresh, new and relatively unpublished writers to submit short stories, poetry, or essays/musings for the 3rd installment. The Round Up Writer’s Zine is an online literary magazine devoted to transgressive pieces, dark humor and works laced in sarcasm. In fact we are partisan to works that are edgy and/or possibly offensive. If this sounds like the type of literature...

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