Leapfrog 2014 Fiction Contest. Open January 15-May 1, 2014. Entry fee: $30.   Adult, middle grade, and YA novels, novellas, and short-story collections, minimum 22,000 words. First prize: Publication contract offer with advance, plus finalist awards. Finalists: $150 plus manuscript critique by finalist judges. Judges: author Mark Brazaitis and the Leapfrog editorial staff. For details, visit: http://www.leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm Email:...

Deadline: Saturday, February 1, 2014 Categories Fiction Entry Fees $5 Prizes Publication in both print and digital editions. Description Submit unpublished novel, novella or collection of stories. Submissions must be 150 pages (approximately 35,000 words) or longer. Submit through online submission manager. Contact Information Waxing Press. info@waxingpress.com Website...

Deadline: June 30, 2013 NO ENTRY FEE A prize of $15,000 and publication by University of Pittsburgh Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. The prize is open to writers who have published a book of fiction or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in nationally distributed magazines or literary journals. Submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages between May 1 and June 30, 2013. There is no entry fee. Send an SASE, e-mail,...

Contact: www.awomanswrite.com Prize: $500 Entry fee $40 includes a thorough, thoughtful critique, and the option to resubmit during the same contest period. The Good Read competition is for novels written by women 18 or older in English. Send 75 pages, a query letter and a two-page synopsis. Contest begins January 1 annually, and closes November 30 annually. We are more interested in a good story well told and a point well made than in attempts...

After a brief hiatus, Miami University Press invites submissions to the 2014 Novella Contest. This award has been given annually since 2005 to a novella length manuscript of original fiction. The winning manuscript will receive $750 and publication. Submissions are currently open. All entries will be reviewed blindly. Deadline: October 14, 2013 Submission Fee: $25 Judge: Joseph Bates, author of Tomorrowland For more information on how to enter,...

Colony Collapse Press will award a prize of $300, publication, and 20 complimentary copies for the best novella, as judged by our editorial board. Deadline: July 31, 2013. Length: 15,000 words minimum and 50,000 words maximum per each individual submission. These pages must comprise a single work of fiction or novella-length narrative nonfiction. Entry fee: $10 per manuscript. This fee is nonrefundable and must be paid by credit card from...