Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award For a full manuscript of poetry. 48 page minimum. Judge: Katharine Coles Award: $3,000 and publication of the collection with Red Hen Press. Entry: $25 Deadline: August 31, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Short Story Award Up to two stories can be submitted, maximum 25 pages each. Judge: Mary Guterson Award: $1,000 and publication in The Los Angeles Review. Entry: $20 Deadline: June 30, 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ruskin...
Short Fiction Contests
Salamander 2012 Fiction Prize $1,500 Honorarium and Publication Final Judge: Carolyn Cooke Submit May 15 through June 15, 2012 Reading Fee: $15 Carolyn Cooke’s short fiction has appeared in AGNI, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, and several volumes of Best American Short Stories and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. Her short-story collection, The Bostons, was a winner of the PEN/Bingham Award and named one of the best books of the year...
“Let’s Rob a Bank” (debut fiction from Anders Benson), “A Faithful, One Handbag Woman” (Sudha Balagopal), “Personal Foul” (Don Riesett) and other thought provoking work can now be found online in the May issue of Gemini Magazine. THE 2012 GeminiMAGAZINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Grand Prize: $1,000 Second Place: $100 Third Place: $50 Three Honorable Mentions Entry fee: $4 ($3 for each additional entry) Deadline: August 31, 2012 Maximum length:...
Young Adult Fiction Competition 1st Prize: £200.00 2nd Prize: £150.00 3rd Prize: £100.00 Closing date: June 12th 2012 Entry Fee: £3.50 Free to Creative Competitor Premier1 Members To win any one of our three fantastic prizes, simply create the opening page to a young adult fiction story and send to us. There is no set word count but please note that your entry must fit onto one A4 page including the title. Now remember that this story is aimed...
CALLING ALL SCI-FI AND FANTASY WRITERS WIN AN IPAD WITH ETHER – OPEN NOW The Ether Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing Contest is open to any aspiring writer, anywhere in the world. We are looking for Sci-fi and fantasy stories of 3000 words or less, for downloading and reading on iPhones. Ether calls these ‘Quick Reads’. The stories will be available on our FREE app, which offers hundreds of quality short stories for any iPhone, iPad or iPod...
Our ghost story writing contest and fundraiser for the Dr. Eugene Clark Library in Lockhart, Texas, has entered its fourth year this 2012. We offer nice cash prizes and trophies for ghost story entries of 5,000 words or less for an entry fee of $20.00 that goes in its entirety to the Friends of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library. First place prize is $1000.00 and a trophy. Second place prize is $500.00 and a ribbon. Third place prize is $250.00 and a...
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