Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine is holding monthly contests for poetry and stories based on classic fairy tales. Submission windows open at 12 a.m., on the first day of the month, and close at 11:59 p.m. on the second day of each month, Eastern Standard Time. Two prizes of $25 each, US dollars only, will be awarded in the form of electronic gift certificates, each month. Unpaid honorable mention is also possible, if the writer is...

anderbo.com Anderbo Self-Published Book Award For a Self-Published Book (Fiction or Nonfiction) One Winner will receive: $500 cash Announcement on the Anderbo web site Publication of a book-excerpt on anderbo.com Judged by Rick Rofihe Rick Rofihe is the author of FATHER MUST, a collection of short stories published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Grand Street, Open City, Swink, Unsaid, and online at...

Each month Switchback provides a prompt and we want you to send us your best work inspired by that prompt. The winning entry as decided by our editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send us only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. We accept simultaneous submissions but please notify us immediately of...

$660 prize for short fiction in Writers’ Village Contest Summer 2012 $660 is the top prize on offer for short fiction in the summer 2012 round of the Writers’ Village ‘Best Writing’ award. The second prize is $160 and third prize is $80. The five shortlisted entrants also gain a free entry in the next round. All contestants gain a helpful critique of their story, win or lose – a feature thought to be unique among low-fee writing contests....

1st Prize:£200.00 2nd Prize:£150.00 3rd Prize: £100.00 4th Prize: £75.00 Closing date: May 25th 2012 Entry Fee: £4.00 *Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members To stand any chance of winning any one of our fantastic cash prizes, simply craft a story around this suitcase (photo on site) and use your creative skills to conjure up an imaginative and excitingly written original work of fiction. Stories must be unique and previously unpublished....

**IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to a web hosting problem that has now been resolved, we have extended our 2012 deadline to May 31, 2012. This applies to our 2012 competition only. $2,500 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition   Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2012 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a 32-year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to...