Short Fiction Contests

Young Voices of America Write Their Stories Contest

Students in Grades K-12 are invited to participate. Accepting Submissions March 15, 2013 – May 31 2013Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation Count Follow ALL the rules for submitting your work. In every contest we have to disqualify a very large number of very good entries because the writer didn’t follow the rules for submitting his or her work. Don’t let that happen to you. Young Voices of America Contest Rules Remember to send...

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ROOM’S ANNUAL CONTEST

Room Magazine’s Annual Contest DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2013 Calling all women writers: Sharpen your pencils or fire up your laptop and send us your fiction, poetry, or creative non-fiction contest entries. Deadline: Entries must be postmarked or submitted online no later than July 15, 2013. Entry Fee: $30 per entry. Non-Canadian entries: $42 Canadian dollars. Each submission includes a complimentary one-year subscription to Room. Writers who...

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Last Call: Crow Woods Publishing: New!! 1st Art Inspired Story Writing Contest

New!!! 1st Art-Inspired Story Writing Contest A short story inspired by a work of art in the Crow Woods art books Submission Guidelines Deadline: Entry deadline – April 30, 2013 Results Announced – June 30, 2013 Prizes First prize – $500 Second prize – $300 Third prize – $200 Judge Tony Ardizzone, originally from the North Side of Chicago, is the author of eight books of fiction, including the novel The Whale...

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Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest – Last Call!

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest – Last Call! 21st year. $5,550 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $3,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to 5,000 words. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 40,000 subscribers. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Fee per...

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Last Call For Writers Deadline April 30, 2013 – International Writing Competition

LAST CALL! Three prizes of $50, publication in ArtAscent Magazine including your name a link to your website, as well as exposure in ArtAscent website and social media. Non-winning entries will not be published. You retain rights to your work. The competition theme is Emergence. Emergence can mean the gradual beginning or coming forth; the event consisting of the start of something; a growth in strength or number or importance; the becoming...

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Mystery Short Story Competition 2013

Mystery Times 2013 Last year, we received over 100 submissions from new and established authors alike. Never before published, they were gathered together in our Second Annual Mystery Times collection. Each story was read and rated on the same set of parameters; each judge brought his or her own unique talents and tastes to the task at hand. The quality of the stories was outstanding and the 2012 book rode the #1 and 2 spot on the Amazon Hot...

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