TWO SYLVIAS PRIZE  — $15 ENTRY FEE. Winner receives his or her chapbook published as both print and ebook; 20 copies of the print version for the winner; $250 prize; and an amethyst depression-glass trophy cup (circa 1930’s). Submit 17-24 pages of poetry. Deadline June 16, 2014. Visit the website:  http://twosylviaspress.com/chapbook-prize.html  

MASON’S ROAD LITERARY PRIZE  — $15 ENTRY FEE. Submissions for Issue 9 are open until May 15, 2014, and we are looking for creative and unique interpretations of our theme: TRUTH. ?Please submit only one document in a genre for each issue, and limit prose and screenplay/drama to 5,000 words (double-spaced), poetry to 3 poems (up to 3 poems in a single document). Our submissions period runs for three months: February 15 – May 15,...

QUIDDITY PRIZE https://quiddity.submittable.com/submit — $15 ENTRY FEE. First prize $500 and publication in Quiddity as well as public-radio broadcast (offered via NPR member and PRI affiliate, Illinois Public Radio hub-station WUIS). Honorable mentions may also be offered publication and broadcast. All entrants will receive a one year subscription to Quiddity. Contest deadline May 5, 2014. Submit one prose poem. Submit online using...

Hermeneutic Chaos Literary Journal has embarked on its maiden voyage and we are extremely excited to anticipate all that this adventure will entail. The journal will publish its inaugural issue composed of beautifully handcrafted semantic mindscapes in May, and is accepting submissions for the same. We want poetry and prose that evade the limitations of genre and celebrate the commotion of the liminal space.Writings which provoke secluded...

The Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence is awarded to the single best submission in the respective categories of poetry and fiction. The prize is open for submissions each year from January 1st to September 30th through our online submissions manager. The judges for this year’s prize are Margaret Atwood (for poetry) and Zsuzsi Gartner (for fiction). In addition to publication in Issue 27: Fall 2014, each winning author receives...

Poetic Republic Short Story Prize 2014 | Closing Date: 15th April 2014 First Prize £2,000. Best Commentator prizes 2x £250. Anonymous peer review online short story competition judged by the entrants themselves. The event culminates with a collaborative eBook publication featuring the best short stories as chosen by the participants. For Short Stories from 500 to 3,000 words. Entry fee:  £12 per story; one entry per person. Enter online at: ...