The Knoxville Writers’ Guild is thrilled to announce submissions are being accepted now through midnight, Tuesday, June 30 for its 2015 writing contest. More than $1,000 in prizes are being offered in six different categories, including the Libba Moore Gray Award for Poetry, the KWG Award for Creative Nonfiction, the KWG Award for Genre Fiction, the Young Writers’ Prize and the Leslie Garrett Award for Literary Fiction. “Every...

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Fiction Contest Welcome to the 2015 Leapfrog Fiction Contest page! Deadline: May 1, 2015 Adult, YA, and middle grade novels, novellas and story collections; minimum length 22,000 words.  Finalist: $150 plus manuscript critique by this year’s finalist judge, author Mark Brazaitis. First prize: Finalist awards plus publication contract with $1,000 royalty advance. Past Winners: 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 the entry fee is $30. What...

http://www.pccc.edu/poetry NO ENTRY FEE. For a novel or collection of short fiction published in 2014. $1,000 award. Deadline April 1, 2015. For details, visit:  http://www.pccc.edu/uploads/69/d4/69d445c428d9ff10172e754dcf6db63c/Flyer_Fiction_Prize_rules.pdf

Two Categories: Fiction & Creative/Narrative Nonfiction Dates of submission: September 15, 2014 to February 1, 2015 www.NorthernColoradoWriters.com PRIZE: $1,000 Finalists will be announced and notified on or around March 1, 2015 and the winners will be announced in March 27, 2015 during dinner at the NCW 10th Anniversary Writers Conference. Attendance at the conference is not required. First Place: Framed certificate and $1,000  Finalists:...

Deadline: October 1, 2014 Announcing the Third Annual Shelf Unbound Writing Competition for Best Independently Published Book, sponsored by Bowker. Details and rules are here: http://www.shelfmediagroup.com/pages/competition.html The winner, finalists, and more than 100 notable books from the competition will be featured in the December/January 2015 issue of Shelf Unbound magazine. The overall winner will receive a year’s worth of...