Fiction Contests

FanStory.com Writing Contests – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry

FanStory.com Writing Community Get Feedback For Your Poetry and Stories Join Writing Contests! Over 50 Poetry and Story Writing Contests Now Available FanStory.com, helping writers improve their craft since the year 2000 —————————————————— A Love Poem Contest Write a love poem. Your love poem can be fictional or non-fictional. Cash prize...

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The Empire State Building Short Story Competition

The Empire State Building is an iconic landmark that has been featured in pictures, movies, plays, and novels. Built during the Great Depression it was at one time the tallest building in the world. The building was named one of the seven wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. You can learn more about the building and its stories history here. For this contest, write a short story in the past, present, or future that...

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The New Writer Magazine: Prose & Poetry Prizes 2012

Prose and Poetry Prizes This is the 13th year of the Prose & Poetry Prizes sponsored by The New Writer magazine, although it is the 16th consecutive year of the Poetry Prizes – previous winners include Judi Moore, Sharon Black, Wes Lee, Alexandra Fox, Cathy Whitfield, Mo McAuley, Alesha Racine, David Grubb, Katy Darby and Graham Clifford, whose award winning entries appeared in our anthologies – find details on this website....

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$2,500 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2013 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway, is the author of three critically acclaimed books:...

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The Sophie King Prize: an exciting new competition for romantic fiction writers

The Sophie King Prize. This romantic fiction short story competition aims to discover a great new romance short story. The winning story will be chosen by best-selling novelist and short story writer Sophie King. This free-to-enter competition is open to both published and unpublished writers resident in the UK. The winning story will be recorded by a professional actor, and broadcast from a dedicated online audio player at www.sophieking.info...

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2013 Bristol Short Story Prize

2013 Bristol Short Story Prize is open to all writers, UK and non-UK based, over 16 years of age. Stories can be on any theme or subject and entry can be made online via the website or by postal mail. Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 4,000 words (There is no minimum). The entry fee is £8 (about $12.83) per story. The closing date for entries is April 30th 2013. Prizes: 1st £1000 (about $1603) plus £150...

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