Contests and Awards

Glimmertrain pays well, but stories have to be excellent. They have five submission categories from which to choose, including the standard category ($2 processing fee; payment for accepted pieces is…

Words & Music Contest—Novella version Deadline May 1, 2017. Requirements: a short work of original fiction, previously unpublished. $35 entry fee. Works of fiction limited to 25,000 words will be…

Time for submissions for The Killer Wore Cranberry: A Fifth Course of Chaos! After a year or two hiatus, the popular short-story series will be back this year with a…

The Ventura County Writers Club is proud to announce the opening of their 17th annual short story contest. The fiction contest is open to all writers and winners receive cash…

Submit 25- to 30-page manuscript, through regular mail. Entry fee: $15. Deadline December 31, 2016. Prizes: $350, publication by Northwestern University Press, 15 copies of the chapbook, and a featured…

One short story, thirty pages max, online subs only. Deadline November 1, 2016 Entry fee $2. Prizes $1,000 and publication in The Madison Review. www.english.wisc.edu/madisonreview

Entry Fee: $25 Submit an unpublished novel, online only, 90 to 1,000 pages in length. Open to new, emerging, and established writers. Deadline January 31, 2017. Prizes, $1,000, and publication.…

This contest is designed to highlight overall excellence in books addressing all areas of Body, Mind, Spirit, from Acupuncture to the Zodiac and everything in between. A glance at our…

An industry-wide, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the electronic publishing industry, and are committed to illuminating and honoring the very best of English-language digital-publishing entertainment. The eLit…

Shining a Light on Exemplary Christian Books The second early-bird entry deadline is approaching; enter by August 27 to pay just $85 per title/category. The Illumination Book Awards are designed…