Submit between February 1, 2013 at noon and April 2, 2013 at noon Entry Fee: $24 for non-subscribers; free for subscribers Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Ploughshares will be given annually for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Writers who have not published a book or chapbook are eligible. Submit three to five poems or up to 5,000 words of prose with a $24 entry fee, which includes a subscription to...

Switchback, a publication of the MFA Program at the University of San Francisco, is now accepting submissions for issue 17. Switchback publish only the very best fiction, poetry, nonfiction and art and appears both online and in ebook format. For issue 17, an Editor’s Prize will be awarded in the amount of $200.00 to the submission best addressing the issue theme (Broken). Additional prizes in the amount of $75.00 and $50.00 respectively...

Needle In The Hay is a creative writing competition that runs weekly and monthly awards for participants in a variety of genres and categories. The aim of the site is to encourage writers to participate by offering more frequent incentives then the traditional annual writing award. The funds for the awards come from my own pocket and the kind donations of others. Entrance to all awards is free, however some awards may have eligibility criteria....

A first prize of $800 can be won in the winter round of the Writers’ Village contest for short fiction up to 3000 words in any genre. Second prize is $400, third is $160 and there are five runner-up prizes of a free entry in the next round. Every story, win or lose, also gains a free critique – a feature thought to be unique among low-fee writing contests. Winning stories will be showcased at the site. Fee is $19 per story. Entries are...

The Empire State Building is an iconic landmark that has been featured in pictures, movies, plays, and novels. Built during the Great Depression it was at one time the tallest building in the world. The building was named one of the seven wonders of the world by the American Society of Civil Engineers. You can learn more about the building and its stories history here. For this contest, write a short story in the past, present, or future that...

Prose and Poetry Prizes This is the 13th year of the Prose & Poetry Prizes sponsored by The New Writer magazine, although it is the 16th consecutive year of the Poetry Prizes – previous winners include Judi Moore, Sharon Black, Wes Lee, Alexandra Fox, Cathy Whitfield, Mo McAuley, Alesha Racine, David Grubb, Katy Darby and Graham Clifford, whose award winning entries appeared in our anthologies – find details on this website....