Short Story Competitions

Sports Fiction and Essay Contest

Now in its third year, this contest, sponsored by Winning Writers, seeks the best in original sports-themed fiction and essays. Published or unpublished welcome. Up to 6000 words. Entry Fee: $16 per story Deadline: May 31, 2014 Prizes: FICTION: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each. ESSAYS: First Prize, $1,000; Honorable Mentions, 5 awards of $100 each. Visit...

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32nd Annual SouthWest Writers International Competition

Visit swwcontest.com for complete rules and entry form. Entries are open from February 1 to May 1, 2014 and may be submitted after May 1 until May 15 with payment of a late fee. Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2014 Categories: Fiction, Non-fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Poetry Entry Fees: Poetry: $10 for SouthWest Writers members, $20 for all other entrants. All entries except poetry: $20 for SouthWest Writers members, $30 for all other entrants....

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A Very Short Story Contest

It may be apocryphal, but the story goes that Ernest Hemingway won a bet by writing a short story that ran fewer than ten words. One version of the story places the bet at the famed Algonquin round table. Whether true or not, there is an actual bet-winning short story attributed to Hemingway: For sale. Baby Shoes. Never worn. You have to admit its pretty good. It builds, and there’s a whole world of background and emotion lurking beneath...

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The New Guard IV contests in fiction and poetry are open

THE NEW GUARD VOLUME IV contest submission period runs from February 10 to July 14, 2014. The entry fee is $15. Guidelines are below. Click the link below to submit via Submittable’s online submission manager. We are looking forward to reading your work! MACHIGONNE FICTION CONTEST: $1,000 for an exceptional fiction in any genre. Submit up to 5,000 words: anything from flash to the long story. Novel excerpts are welcome if the excerpt...

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KEEP THE RODEO ALIVE! SUBMIT TO THE ROUND UP!

Howdy Partners! The Round Up Writer’s Zine is currently courting fresh, new and relatively unpublished writers to submit short stories, poetry, or essays/musings for the 3rd installment. The Round Up Writer’s Zine is an online literary magazine devoted to transgressive pieces, dark humor and works laced in sarcasm. In fact we are partisan to works that are edgy and/or possibly offensive. If this sounds like the type of literature...

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THE FICTION DESK GHOST STORY COMPETITION

 — £7 ENTRY FEE. Deadline Friday, May 30, 2014. The first prize is £500, and there are at least five finalist prizes of £100 each, with both winner and finalists being published in an upcoming Fiction Desk anthology. Stories should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words in length. Visit the website:  http://www.thefictiondesk.com/submissions/ghost-story-competition.php

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