Short Story Competitions

TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID FICTION & ESSAY CONTEST

23rd year. Bigger prizes! Best short story wins $1,500. Best essay wins $1,500. Total prizes: $4,000. Winning entries published online. Fee: $16. Limit: 6,000 words per entry. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Submit by April 30, 2015. Final judge: Arthur Powers. See guidelines, past winners, and submit online at  https://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory 

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Sentinel Literary Quarterly Competitions

SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION For original, previously unpublished short stories in English language on any subject, in any style up to 1500 words long. Closing Date: August 31, 2014 Judge: Brindley Hallam Dennis Prizes: £200 (1st), £75 (2nd), £50 (3rd), £20 x 3 (High Commendation) Fees: £5/1, £8/2, £10/3, £12/4 Enter competition now  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY...

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The Magic Oxygen Literary Competition

Our short story and poetry competition has an incredible prize fund of £3,000, which will be awarded to each category as follows: First Prize – £1,000 Second Prize – £300 Third Prize – £100 Two Highly Commended – £50 In addition, we will be planting a tree in Kenya for each entry, so every entrant is a winner! When the contest closes we will email the GPS co-ordinates of your tree to you. Brief guidelines: Short Stories up to 4,000 words,...

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Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest – Winter 2014 – 2015

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is 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 totaling $1275.00. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any...

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The Third Annual Thomas Morton Memorial Prize

Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Entry Fees Donation of $15 per entry. Prizes The first prize in each category (fiction and poetry) is $1,000 and a package of books from some of Canada’s best publishers (including Coach House, House of Anansi, and Bookthug) valued at $700, plus publication in our Fall 2014 issue. Description The Third Annual Thomas Morton Prize is a yearly contest run by The Puritan Magazine which searches for the...

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Chanticleer Book Review Blue Ribbon Awards

Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Entry Fees $40 Prizes First Place Category award winners will compete for the Overall Best Book CBR Grand Prize of a $1,000 and 1st Place Genre Awards for $250. Award winning books will have the opportunity to be placed on the Chanticleer Book Shelves (which sell and promote the winning titles). Our CBR Book Shelves are located in participating Independent Book Stores across the U.S. A Chanticleer Book...

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