NO ENTRY FEE Application Deadlines :  Quarterly – 31 December, 31 March, 30 June and 30 September The L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest – Grand Prize is $5,000.00 – also quarterly prizes  (now in it’s 30th year) Worldwide competition – no age requirements: The winners are published in the now famous anthology. We have launched the careers of 12 New York Times Bestselling authors. Also fly all yearly...

Humorous Poetry Competition 1st Prize: £150.00 2nd Prize: £100.00 3rd Prize: £75.00 Closing date:  21st August 2013 Entry fee: £2.50 Enjoy writing poetry? Fancy writing something a little humorous to cheer us all up? Your poem can be about absolutely anything as long as it is amusing and importantly, it can be written in any style. Maximum 40 lines Must be original and previously unpublished Must be written in English. Email:...

Bear Deluxe Magazine Presents: The Doug Fir Fiction Award Every Story Begins Somewhere Grand Prize: $1,000, writer’s residency at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology*, national publication and manuscript review Finalists: Manuscript review, recognition, publication consideration Deadline: September 3, 2013 (postmark)* Award Judge (2012-13): Lidia Yuknavitch’s most recent books include Dora: A Headcase, a novel, and The Chronology of Water:...

The WOW! Award is back with €2100 in Prize money plus publication Prizes for fiction and poetry. Stories up to 3000 words. Poems up to 100 lines. Entries open July 1st 2013 and close November 1st 2013.  Results, prize-giving and Anthology launch Friday February 28th 2014 Submit by email or by post Email address: award@wordsonthewaves.com Postal address: Wordsonthewaves, 6 San Antonio Park, Salthill, Galway, Ireland Winners in both fiction and...

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...