Contests and Awards

$500 and a publishing contract with Skyrocket Press, for novels or non-fiction. Submit the first ten pages and a synopsis. If selected as a finalist, it will move to round…

Calling for stories about families of all configurations. Reading fee: $18. Most entries run from 500 to 5,000 words, but any length story up to 12,000 words is welcome. http://www.glimmertrain.com/pages/open_now.php…

Looking for young, old, novice, and veteran writers to send us stories that possess a powerful sense of place. Stories can be fiction, nonfiction, or essay, but please indicate which…

Brink Literacy Project, a nonprofit organization that publishes the literary magazine, F(r)iction, currently has three writing contests. They are seeking previously unpublished flash fiction, short fiction, and poetry. The editorial…

Open to writers who have not published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nationally distributed press. Submit up to 8,000 words. Deadline December 31, entry fee…

Open to published or unpublished humor poems with a maximum of 250 lines, deadline April 1, no entry fee. Click here for more information.

Submit one story up to 6,000 words, deadline November 30, entry fee $10, Click here for more information.

Submit three unpublished poems, max 15 pages total. Deadline December 1, entry fee, $2, Click here for more information.

Enter short fiction up to 17,000 words from emerging sci-fi, fantasy, and dark fantasy writers. Only open to those who have not professionally published a novel or short novel or…

The Black River Chapbook Competition is a semi-annual prize from Black Lawrence Press for a chapbook of short fiction or poems. Entries should be between 16 and 36 pages in…