Bear Deluxe Magazine Presents: The Doug Fir Fiction Award Every Story Begins Somewhere Grand Prize: $1,000, writer’s residency at Sitka Center for Art & Ecology*, national publication and manuscript review Finalists: Manuscript review, recognition, publication consideration Deadline: September 3, 2013 (postmark)* Award Judge (2012-13): Lidia Yuknavitch’s most recent books include Dora: A Headcase, a novel, and The Chronology of Water:...

The WOW! Award is back with €2100 in Prize money plus publication Prizes for fiction and poetry. Stories up to 3000 words. Poems up to 100 lines. Entries open July 1st 2013 and close November 1st 2013.  Results, prize-giving and Anthology launch Friday February 28th 2014 Submit by email or by post Email address: award@wordsonthewaves.com Postal address: Wordsonthewaves, 6 San Antonio Park, Salthill, Galway, Ireland Winners in both fiction and...

The Manchester Writing School at MMU is launching the next Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes – a major international literary competition celebrating excellence in creative writing. Both prizes are open internationally to new and established writers aged 16 or over. There is a £17 entry fee and the deadline for entries is Friday 30th August 2013. The prizes will be awarded at a gala ceremony hosted as part of the 2013 Manchester Literature...

Wag’s Revue Summer Contest is open and will close at the end of August 2013. We’re offering a $1000 first prize (and guaranteed publication), $500 second prize, and $100 third, and all submissions will be considered for publication. The contest is open to all three genres–poetry, essays and fiction–and will be judged by the editors. There is a $20 reading fee per contest submission, plus Submittable’s fee. All...

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is international, open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject,...

The Cincinnati Review is now accepting entries for the 2013 Robert and Adele Schiff Awards in Poetry and Prose. One poem and one prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) will be chosen for publication in our 2014 prize issue, and the two winners will each receive $1,000. The entry fee of $20 includes a year-long subscription, and submissions will be accepted from June 1st to July 15th. All entries will be considered for publication. Please...