Submit between February 1, 2013 at noon and April 2, 2013 at noon Entry Fee: $24 for non-subscribers; free for subscribers Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Ploughshares will be given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Writers who have not published a book or chapbook are eligible. Submit three to five poems or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $24 entry fee, which includes a subscription to...

For the third year, Austin Community College will award $1,500 to the best book of literary fiction published in 2012. DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2013 Traditionally the winner is flown to Austin for a campus reading. Books of prose may be submitted by author or publisher; send three copies; books must bear a publication date between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012. The reading fee is $30. The nomination form can be found here:...

Switchback, a publication of the MFA Program at the University of San Francisco, is now accepting submissions for issue 17. Switchback publish only the very best fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art and appears both online and in ebook format. For issue 17, an Editor’s Prize will be awarded in the amount of $200.00 to the submission best addressing the issue theme (Broken). Additional prizes in the amount of $75.00 and $50.00 respectively...

The Dzanc Books/ Guernica International Literature Award is granted yearly to the best fiction, poetry, or non-fiction that broadens the scope of North American fiction beyond the boundaries of North America. Any work with a global bent is welcome. The winning piece will be published in Guernica, one of the best literary and cultural magazines on the web, and the winner will receive a full scholarship (airfare, tuition and lodgings) to the...

Needle In The Hay is a creative writing competition that runs weekly and monthly awards for participants in a variety of genres and categories. The aim of the site is to encourage writers to participate by offering more frequent incentives then the traditional annual writing award. The funds for the awards come from my own pocket and the kind donations of others. Entrance to all awards is free, however some awards may have eligibility criteria....

A first prize of $800 can be won in the winter round of the Writers’ Village contest for short fiction up to 3000 words in any genre. Second prize is $400, third is $160 and there are five runner-up prizes of a free entry in the next round. Every story, win or lose, also gains a free critique – a feature thought to be unique among low-fee writing contests. Winning stories will be showcased at the site. Fee is $19 per story. Entries are...