2013 RRofihe Trophy For an unpublished short story (Minimum word count: 3,500; maximum to 5,000 words) Winner Receives: $500 cash Trophy Announcement & Publication on anderbo.com Judged by Rick Rofihe 2013 Contest Assistant: Carolyn Wilsey Carolyn Wilsey has read fiction for Esquire and Swink, and is the Managing Editor of Anderbo. She teaches writing privately and at colleges in New York City. 2013 Contest Reader: Jean Hartig Jean Hartig...

Darkness and light… one cannot exist without the other. Competition Theme Two ageless companions that have been complementing each other since the dawn of time. Most of us yearn for a life filled with light, but often forget that without the dark we cannot gaze up at the stars, for only out of the darkness can light be born. Our imaginations are as limitless as darkness and light, so allow it to carry you to places you have never explored...

NICOLE BLIZZARD SHORT STORY CONTEST NO ENTRY FEE Radical Arts for Women encourages writers to write and sponsors the Nicole Blizzard Short Story Contest, open to all women living in Alaska. The fiction pieces must be between 250 and 5,000 words and contain some lesbian content. The grand prize is $500. Deadline March 15, 2013. Visit the website for details:...

Founded in 2001, Winning Writers provides fast, easy and affordable access to expert literary contest information. It’s celebrating its 12th year in business by hosting four international contests that will award over $16,000 in prizes. Here are summaries of the contest guidelines: Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee) 12th annual free contest seeks humor poems. Eleven cash prizes totaling $2,000 will be awarded. Top prize of $1,000....

$2,500 Awaits Winners of Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Writers of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2013 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard. Lorian Hemingway, granddaughter of Nobel laureate...

On behalf of the editors at The Lascaux Review, welcome to the second annual Lascaux Flash Fiction Contest! Essential Stuff                                  Using the photo prompt below, compose a work of short fiction, maximum length 250 words. The prompt is for inspiration only; entries will not be judged on how well they relate to it. Title and byline are not included in the word count.       Title and artist will be revealed at the end of...