http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/no-fee-rrofihe-trophy2012.html 9th Year! No Fee To Enter! The 2012 Open City Magazine No-Fee RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest @ Anderbo 2012 RRofihe Trophy For an unpublished short story (Minimum word count: 3,500; maximum to 5,000 words) Winner Receives: $500 cash Trophy Announcement & Publication on anderbo.com Judged by Rick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 2012 Contest Assistant: Carolyn Wilsey Carolyn Wilsey has read fiction...

Writing It Real Fall Contest Reading Period from September 15 to December 31, 2012! Do you have an essay, a memoir chapter, a short story or up to three poems to which you’d like to have professional response? Submit the work to our contest, and Sheila will respond in detail via email within a week of receiving the entry. Then you may revise the work and resubmit without additional fees for the final judging.  If entrants do not submit a...

The Prize in Fiction is open to all writers, regardless of publication history. We seek submissions of novels and short story collections. The contest is blind; your name and contact information will not be seen by anyone reading your work until a winner has been selected. Stories and excerpts previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion in submissions; manuscripts previously published or self-published in their entirety are...

$500 Fiction | $500 Non-Fiction | $250 Runner-Up   ENTER HERE – SUMMARY THE SANTA CLAWS CONTEST is for aspiring fiction and creative non-fiction writers who have not professionally published. This contest covers TWO issues: the October Issue (horror / suspense) and the December Issue (holiday / fantasy). SUBMISSIONS for the December Issue ( holiday / fantasy) are NOW OPEN! Please DO NOT submit horror material. Liternational Editor’s will...

INKTEARS SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2012 Now open for entries – winner’s prize £1,000 Deadline: 30 November 2012 Type: Short story (UK + International) Prizes: £1,000, £100, £25 x 4, plus all prizewinners get their story published to the InkTears Readers and consideration for a short story collection/anthology publication.   Full results will be announced by 30 March 2013. Fee: £6.00.  Length: 1000-3000 words, any theme NB: stories may have been...

SHORT OF THE MONTH As part of our commitment to emerging and underserved writers, beginning in November 2012, each month we will publish a short work of fiction on our blog and feature that author on our website. Selected authors are paid $250. This year it’s an experiment. Next year, it’s an annual anthology and maybe a podcast. It’s a fluid experiment, OK?  Please visit our Submittable page to send your freakishly awesome...