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...

DEADLINE: July 31, 2014 NO ENTRY FEES PRIZES: $3,000 DETAILS: Open to Kentucky residents, or writers whose work is set in or is about Kentucky. Winner must be willing to travel to KY for readings and events. Submissions may include: a collection of poetry (48-100 pages); a collection of short stories, one or more novellas, a short novel, a collection of essays or creative nonfiction (to 250 pages). No history, scholarly works, children’s...

— NO ENTRY FEE. Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length, Submitted by May 31, 2014. Each entry must be an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series. The mystery should be “traditional” in flavor. The crime must be solved using the deductive abilities of the sleuth. No coincidences. The detective could be a professional or amateur. The setting could be NYC or Boston or...

Deadline Thursday, May 1, 2014  Categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Between $10 and $200 depending on category and manuscript length. Prizes: Between $750 and $7,500 depending on category Description: Accepting entries in eight categories: novel, novella, book-length narrative nonfiction, novel-in-progress, short story, essay, poetry and short story by a high school student. Only unpublished work accepted. No self-published or...

An important part of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe’s opus are novellas. To celebrate this format, the Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine have partnered to sponsor the Black Orchid Novella Award. Want to submit an entry for the this year’s contest? It’s important that you read the rules and follow the procedures carefully. Click here to read this year’s contest flyer. The initial announcement in 2006 was...

  — $65 ENTRY FEE. This prize is the only recognition of the art of humor writing in the United States. The winner receives $5,000, a commemorative plaque, and is invited to Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. Deadline April 1, 2014. Eligible books are those that are published in book form, whether as a hardcover or as an original paperback, in the United States. Fiction, nonfiction, and collections of short stories are eligible. Visit the...