The Manchester Writing School at MMU is launching the next Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes – a major international literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing. Both prizes are open internationally to new and established writers aged 16 or over. There is a £17 entry fee and the deadline for entries is Friday 30th August 2013. The prizes will be awarded at a gala ceremony hosted as part of the 2013 Manchester Literature...

Wag’s Revue Summer Contest is open and will close at the end of August 2013. We’re offering a $1000 first prize (and guaranteed publication), $500 second prize, and $100 third, and all submissions will be considered for publication. The contest is open to all three genres–poetry, essays and fiction–and will be judged by the editors. There is a $20 reading fee per contest submission, plus Submittable’s fee. All...

The Earth Vision nature writing contest is for writers of short fiction, short creative non-fiction, poetic prose, or poetry, with a theme that celebrates the natural environment. First prize is $500. Two second prizes are $100. The competition was not held in 2012. Entries for the 2013 competition close November 1, 2013. Entry fee is $15. Entries can be made by going to http://www.heijira.com/earthvision Entry rules are at...

We are again running our annual Writing Contest Chair for the Society of Southwestern Authors. Categories: Short Story – 2,500 words max Personal Essay/Memoir – 2,500 words max Poetry – 40 lines max Prizes 1st: $250 2nd: $125 3rd: $75 Honorable mentions: $25 All work must be previously unpublished.  The full set at rules are posted at http://www.ssa-az.org/contest.html Deadline is August 31, 2013.  For more info contact Donna...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is international, open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject,...

The Cincinnati Review is now accepting entries for the 2013 Robert and Adele Schiff Awards in Poetry and Prose. One poem and one prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) will be chosen for publication in our 2014 prize issue, and the two winners will each receive $1,000. The entry fee of $20 includes a year-long subscription, and submissions will be accepted from June 1st to July 15th. All entries will be considered for publication. Please...