Salamander magazine will award a cash prize of $1,500 plus publication for the best fiction story. All entries will be considered for publication. Send no more than one story per entry. Each story must not exceed 30 double-spaced pages in 12 point font. Multiple entries are acceptable, provided that a separate reading fee is included with each entry. Contest reading fee includes a one-year subscription. Judge: Edith Pearlman Edith Pearlman’s...

    *** $1,000 First Place Prize ***     Postmark Deadline: October 1, 2013      Our annual contest awards $1000 plus publication for the first place winners in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Finalists in each genre will be recognized as such, published, and paid in copies. Cost of entry: $15, checks or money orders payable to Alligator Juniper. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2014 issue, a $10...

Contact: www.awomanswrite.com Prize: $500 Entry fee $40 includes a thorough, thoughtful critique, and the option to resubmit during the same contest period. The Good Read competition is for novels written by women 18 or older in English. Send 75 pages, a query letter and a two-page synopsis. Contest begins January 1 annually, and closes November 30 annually. We are more interested in a good story well told and a point well made than in attempts...

The 2013 Autumn House Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contests Naomi Shihab Nye, Poetry Judge Kathleen George, Fiction Judge Phillip Lopate, Nonfiction Judge Scroll down for separate contest guidelines for each genre. Guidelines for the 2013 Autumn House Poetry Contest Since 2003, the annual Autumn House Poetry Contest has awarded publication of a full-length manuscript and $2,500 to the winner. For the 2013 contest, the preliminary judge is...

Normal 0 The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject,...

  For publication in the Los Angeles Review     $1000 Award Deadline: June 30, 2013 Final Judge: Ron Carlson The winner of the 2013 Red Hen Press Short Story Award will be announced in 2014 Established in 2001, in celebration of the new century and a new tradition of literature, this award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes. Award is $1000 and publication of the awarded...