Contests and Awards

Half the World Holdings seeks short stories, novels, and screenplays written in English that give a voice to the inner lives of women. Your work can be romantic, a tale…

Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Prize Deadline: April 30, 2016 Entry fee: $16 The Very Short Fiction Contest is open to all writers. Any story that has not appeared in…

http://www.writermag.com/writing-resources/contests Deadline: April 25 at midnight Heidi Pitlor, editor of The Best American Short Stories series and author of the novel The Daylight Marriage, will judge the winning entries. 1st…

The Northeast Texas Writers Organization hosts the Jory Sherman Short Story Contest. Deadline is March 31, 2016. Word count should be between 1,000 and 2,500 words. Each entry is read…

Writers’ Police Academy is back! August 11-14, 2016. Registration begins February 14 and available spots fill up fast. Location: Appleton, Wisconsin. This is a fabulous resource for crime and mystery…

Opportunities for experienced and aspiring writers to get published this year. Includes max word count, fees, deadlines, and direct links.

The 2016 Al Blanchard Award Contest, sponsored by the New England Crime Bake Committee, is now open. The prize consists of a $100 in cash, publication in Windward, Level Best…

Whether a professional writer, a part-time freelancer, or a self-starting student, here’s the chance to enter the premier competition exclusively for self-published books. Writer’s Digest hosts the 24th annual self-published…

The Nautilus Book Awards, now in its 18th year, represents Better Books for a Better World to recognize books that transcend barriers of culture, race, and class and promote conscious…