New Writing Contests 
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
An annual contest for short fiction. Submit one original, unpublished story under 10,000 words. One first place winner receives $1000 and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Cider Press Review Book Award
The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers a $1,500 prize, publication, and 25 author’s copies of a book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The Autumn House Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contests
The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2013 Autumn House Master Authors Series in Pittsburgh ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $30.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
Submit literary fiction only. Open to U.S. and international, but stories must be in English. Top 3 prizes determined by guest judge. First place will receive $1,000. All winners will be published in the Fall 2012 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $17.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The New Measure Poetry Prize
Parlor Press's poetry series, Free Verse Editions, is pleased to announce the fourth annual New Measure Poetry Prize, which will carry a cash award of $1,000 and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Submit poetry in traditional verse forms. Traditional verse is any poem that employs regular meter and/or rhyme, or is written in a recognized poetic form. First place prize is $3,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $3,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $8.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Red Hen Press Short Story Award
Established in 2001, in celebration of the new century and a new tradition of literature, this award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Pearl Poetry Prize
Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. In addition to publication and the $1,000 cash prize, the winner also receives 25 copies and a foreword by the finalist judge ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $15,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
The University of North Texas Press announces the 2013 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Entries will be judged by an eminent writer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Salamander Fiction Prize
Send no more than one story per entry. Each story must not exceed 35 double-spaced pages in 12 point font. All entries will be considered for publication. All entries will be considered anonymously. First place receives $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 05-May-2012
RopeWalk Press Editor’s Fiction Chapbook Prize
RopeWalk Press will award a prize of $1000 and 25 complimentary copies for the best fiction chapbook. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 05-May-2012
The Bitter Oleander Library Of Poetry Book Award
An award of $1000 plus book publication of the winning manuscript is open to anyone writing in the English language who has published (not self-published) at least one standard edition of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans
Submit a double-spaced manuscript in any genre (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction) of up to 20 pages. Work must be previously unpublished. Prize: $1,000 plus publication in The Iowa Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Towson Prize for Literature
The Towson University Prize for Literature is awarded annually for a single book or book-length manuscript of fiction, poetry, drama or imaginative non-fiction by a Maryland writer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Previous chapbook publication does not disqualify. International entries are welcome ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-16-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Akron Poetry Prize
The University of Akron Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,500 and publication of his or her book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Thomas A. Wilhelmus Editors' Award
Southern Indiana Review editors will award a prize of $1500 and publication in SIR for a work of creative nonfiction. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
The Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction is an annual national short fiction contest. The prize includes a $2,000 cash award, and includes an invitation to an awards dinner in October ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $10.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Indiana Review's 2012 ½ K Prize
Send no more than three short shorts or prose poems per entry, maximum 500 words each. The winner will receive $1000 and publication in Indiana Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets
The poems may be a sequence or unrelated. First place prize is $1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Boston Review Poetry Contest
The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2012 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
The competition is open to writers in English, whether published or unpublished. Writers must be residents of North America. Manuscripts should be 40,000-75,000 words in length ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 27-April-2012
River Styx International Poetry Contest
River Styx, a multicultural journal of poetry, prose and art, is seeking entries for its International Poetry Contest. Send up to three poems, no more than 14 pages. All poems will be considered for publication. First place prize is $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
The Bordighera Poetry Prize
The prize is dedicated to finding the best manuscripts of poetry in English by an American poet of Italian descent , to be translated upon selection. Each winning manuscript will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 19-April-2012
FIELD Poetry Prize
The contest is open to all poets, whether or not they have previously published in book form. Unpublished poetry manuscripts between 50 and 80 pages in length. The winning author receives $1,000 plus standard royalties ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $28.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Daniel Varoujan Award
For an unpublished poem (not a translation) worthy of Daniel Varoujan, a poet killed by the Turks in the genocide which destroyed three-fourths of the Armenian population. Prize $1000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $10.00
Added: 19-April-2012
The Elixir Press Fiction Award
Elixir Press is sponsoring a fiction contest open to all writers writing in English. Both short story collections and novels are eligible. The prize will be $2000, publication by Elixir Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $40.00
Added: 19-April-2012
8th Annual Gival Press Novel Award
Submissions of a previously unpublished original (not a translation) novel in English must be approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words of high literary quality. Author will receive $3,000.00 and his/her novel will be published ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-28-2012
PRIZES: $3,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $50.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Creative Nonfiction Southern Sin Contest
Creative Nonfiction and the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference & Workshop are looking for essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness. The selected essays will be published in Creative Nonfiction #47, and CNF and Oxford will be awarding $5000 for Best Essay ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-28-2012
PRIZES: $5,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Sports Poetry and Prose Contest
An entry is 1-2 poems, one story, or one essay on a sports-related theme. Entries should be original and unpublished. Each entry may contain up to 6,000 words. First place prize is $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Beacon Street Fiction and Poetry Prize
Open to both fiction and poetry, the judges will award a favorite poem and story with $500 each and publication in issue 10.1 in Fall/Winter 2012. The winning story will be selected by Michael Kimball and the winning poem by Todd Boss ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-30-2012
PRIZES: $500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2013 issue of the BLR. Prose should be limited to 5000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
The Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award
Poems must be original, unpublished in ANY Medium,print or electronic, and not under consideration elsewhere. No poem must exceed 40 lines, beginning with the first line of text below the title. First place prize is $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $5.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Guy Owen Award
Prize includes $1,000 and publication for an unpublished poem. Submit three to five poems (10 pages maximum), a $20 entry fee (includes one-year subscription to journal) ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 31-March-2012
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
The Prize is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems by a U.S. author, which includes foreign nationals living and writing in the U.S. and U.S. citizens living abroad. Prize: $2000 plus publication for a full-length poetry collection ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 31-March-2012
SHP Chapbook Competition
The Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition is open to all writers who have not yet published a collection of poems in book or chapbook form. The prize for the annual SHP Chapbook Competition is a $1000 cash award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 31-March-2012
The Wolfe Pack's Black Orchid Novella Award
Each entry must be an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series. Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 10-February-2012
Fantasy Fiction Writing Contest
The Fantasy writing contest is looking for stories, of up to 8000 words, within any fantasy sub-genre. This could be traditional fantasy, epic fantasy, urban fantasy, steam-punk, and so on. $500 prize for the best Short Story, with runner up prizes of $250 and $125 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $500.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 03-February-2012
An annual contest for short fiction. Submit one original, unpublished story under 10,000 words. One first place winner receives $1000 and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Cider Press Review Book Award
The annual Cider Press Review Book Award offers a $1,500 prize, publication, and 25 author’s copies of a book length collection of poetry. Author receives a standard publishing contract ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The Autumn House Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction Contests
The winners will receive book publication, $1,000 advance against royalties, and a $1,500 travel grant to participate in the 2013 Autumn House Master Authors Series in Pittsburgh ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $30.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
Submit literary fiction only. Open to U.S. and international, but stories must be in English. Top 3 prizes determined by guest judge. First place will receive $1,000. All winners will be published in the Fall 2012 issue ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $17.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The New Measure Poetry Prize
Parlor Press's poetry series, Free Verse Editions, is pleased to announce the fourth annual New Measure Poetry Prize, which will carry a cash award of $1,000 and publication ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Submit poetry in traditional verse forms. Traditional verse is any poem that employs regular meter and/or rhyme, or is written in a recognized poetic form. First place prize is $3,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $3,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $8.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Red Hen Press Short Story Award
Established in 2001, in celebration of the new century and a new tradition of literature, this award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 12-May-2012
Pearl Poetry Prize
Open to all poets, with or without previous book publication. In addition to publication and the $1,000 cash prize, the winner also receives 25 copies and a foreword by the finalist judge ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 12-May-2012
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize recognizes and supports writers of short fiction and makes their work available to readers around the world. The award is open to writers who have published a book-length collection of fiction ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $15,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
The University of North Texas Press announces the 2013 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Entries will be judged by an eminent writer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-30-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Salamander Fiction Prize
Send no more than one story per entry. Each story must not exceed 35 double-spaced pages in 12 point font. All entries will be considered for publication. All entries will be considered anonymously. First place receives $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 05-May-2012
RopeWalk Press Editor’s Fiction Chapbook Prize
RopeWalk Press will award a prize of $1000 and 25 complimentary copies for the best fiction chapbook. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 05-May-2012
The Bitter Oleander Library Of Poetry Book Award
An award of $1000 plus book publication of the winning manuscript is open to anyone writing in the English language who has published (not self-published) at least one standard edition of poetry ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans
Submit a double-spaced manuscript in any genre (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction) of up to 20 pages. Work must be previously unpublished. Prize: $1,000 plus publication in The Iowa Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Towson Prize for Literature
The Towson University Prize for Literature is awarded annually for a single book or book-length manuscript of fiction, poetry, drama or imaginative non-fiction by a Maryland writer ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 05-May-2012
Finishing Line Press Open Chapbook Competition
A prize of $1,000 and publication for a chapbook-length poetry collection. Previous chapbook publication does not disqualify. International entries are welcome ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-16-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Akron Poetry Prize
The University of Akron Press offers the Akron Poetry Prize, a competition open to all poets writing in English. The winning poet receives $1,500 and publication of his or her book ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Thomas A. Wilhelmus Editors' Award
Southern Indiana Review editors will award a prize of $1500 and publication in SIR for a work of creative nonfiction. All themes and/or subject matters are eligible ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction
The Marguerite McGlinn Prize for Fiction is an annual national short fiction contest. The prize includes a $2,000 cash award, and includes an invitation to an awards dinner in October ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $10.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Indiana Review's 2012 ½ K Prize
Send no more than three short shorts or prose poems per entry, maximum 500 words each. The winner will receive $1000 and publication in Indiana Review ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Poetry Contest for Emerging Poets
The poems may be a sequence or unrelated. First place prize is $1,000 and publication in Boulevard awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Boston Review Poetry Contest
The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2012 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
The competition is open to writers in English, whether published or unpublished. Writers must be residents of North America. Manuscripts should be 40,000-75,000 words in length ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 27-April-2012
River Styx International Poetry Contest
River Styx, a multicultural journal of poetry, prose and art, is seeking entries for its International Poetry Contest. Send up to three poems, no more than 14 pages. All poems will be considered for publication. First place prize is $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 27-April-2012
The Bordighera Poetry Prize
The prize is dedicated to finding the best manuscripts of poetry in English by an American poet of Italian descent , to be translated upon selection. Each winning manuscript will be awarded a cash prize of $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 19-April-2012
FIELD Poetry Prize
The contest is open to all poets, whether or not they have previously published in book form. Unpublished poetry manuscripts between 50 and 80 pages in length. The winning author receives $1,000 plus standard royalties ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $28.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Daniel Varoujan Award
For an unpublished poem (not a translation) worthy of Daniel Varoujan, a poet killed by the Turks in the genocide which destroyed three-fourths of the Armenian population. Prize $1000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $10.00
Added: 19-April-2012
The Elixir Press Fiction Award
Elixir Press is sponsoring a fiction contest open to all writers writing in English. Both short story collections and novels are eligible. The prize will be $2000, publication by Elixir Press ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $40.00
Added: 19-April-2012
8th Annual Gival Press Novel Award
Submissions of a previously unpublished original (not a translation) novel in English must be approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words of high literary quality. Author will receive $3,000.00 and his/her novel will be published ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-28-2012
PRIZES: $3,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $50.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Creative Nonfiction Southern Sin Contest
Creative Nonfiction and the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference & Workshop are looking for essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness. The selected essays will be published in Creative Nonfiction #47, and CNF and Oxford will be awarding $5000 for Best Essay ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-28-2012
PRIZES: $5,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 19-April-2012
Sports Poetry and Prose Contest
An entry is 1-2 poems, one story, or one essay on a sports-related theme. Entries should be original and unpublished. Each entry may contain up to 6,000 words. First place prize is $1,500 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Beacon Street Fiction and Poetry Prize
Open to both fiction and poetry, the judges will award a favorite poem and story with $500 each and publication in issue 10.1 in Fall/Winter 2012. The winning story will be selected by Michael Kimball and the winning poem by Todd Boss ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-30-2012
PRIZES: $500.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes
The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2013 issue of the BLR. Prose should be limited to 5000 words ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 06-April-2012
The Muriel Craft Bailey Memorial Award
Poems must be original, unpublished in ANY Medium,print or electronic, and not under consideration elsewhere. No poem must exceed 40 lines, beginning with the first line of text below the title. First place prize is $1,000 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 07-01-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $5.00
Added: 06-April-2012
Guy Owen Award
Prize includes $1,000 and publication for an unpublished poem. Submit three to five poems (10 pages maximum), a $20 entry fee (includes one-year subscription to journal) ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $20.00
Added: 31-March-2012
Blue Lynx Prize for Poetry
The Prize is awarded for an unpublished, full-length volume of poems by a U.S. author, which includes foreign nationals living and writing in the U.S. and U.S. citizens living abroad. Prize: $2000 plus publication for a full-length poetry collection ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $2,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $25.00
Added: 31-March-2012
SHP Chapbook Competition
The Slapering Hol Press Chapbook Competition is open to all writers who have not yet published a collection of poems in book or chapbook form. The prize for the annual SHP Chapbook Competition is a $1000 cash award ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-15-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $15.00
Added: 31-March-2012
The Wolfe Pack's Black Orchid Novella Award
Each entry must be an original unpublished work of fiction that conforms to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series. Entries must be 15,000 to 20,000 words in length ... (more)
DEADLINE: 05-31-2012
PRIZES: $1,000.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 10-February-2012
Fantasy Fiction Writing Contest
The Fantasy writing contest is looking for stories, of up to 8000 words, within any fantasy sub-genre. This could be traditional fantasy, epic fantasy, urban fantasy, steam-punk, and so on. $500 prize for the best Short Story, with runner up prizes of $250 and $125 ... (more)
DEADLINE: 06-01-2012
PRIZES: $500.00
ENTRY FEE: $0.00
Added: 03-February-2012
