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  • Aura Estrada Short Story Contest

    Posted by Admin - September 12, 2012 - 4,830 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Cambridge, MA
    Prize: $1,500 and publication in Boston Review.

  • Bellingham Review Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 18, 2013 - 4,209 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    First place winners will receive a $1,000 prize and be published in Bellingham Review. Runners-up and finalists may be considered for publication.

  • Blue Light Book Award Competition

    Posted by Admin - November 20, 2012 - 3,476 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    San Francisco, CA
    The Blue Light Book Award Competition is an annual contest for full-length books of poetry.

  • Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Contest

    Posted by Admin - November 20, 2012 - 3,870 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    San Francisco, CA
    The Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Contest is an annual competition. The winning manuscript is published by Blue LIght Press.

  • Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest

    Posted by Admin - November 20, 2012 - 3,969 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Boulder, CO
    The Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest submission guidelines

  • Carve Magazine's 2013 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 19, 2013 - 4,121 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Carve Magazine's 2013 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
    Cash prizes. All winners published in the fall 2013 issue on September 15, 2013. All winners are considered for representation by the Rees Literary Agency, Folio Lit Management, and Sobel Weber...  more

  • De Novo 1st or 2nd Book of Poetry Prize

    Posted by Admin - November 9, 2012 - 3,333 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Chattanooga, TN
    The De Novo Prize is an annual contest sponsored by C&R Press for a first or second book of poetry.

  • Dora and Alexander Raynes Poetry Prize

    Posted by Admin - November 30, 2012 - 3,726 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Accord, NY
    The Dora and Alexander Raynes Poetry Prize is sponsored by Jewish Currents Magazine. The top 36 poems will be published.

  • E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award

    Posted by Admin - March 20, 2013 - 4,135 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award
    First place winner will receive $1,100, and editor's choice winners each receive $100.

  • Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 16, 2013 - 3,911 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Finalists will be published online in June 2013. Grand prize: $1,000.

  • Glimmer Train Fiction Open

    Posted by Admin - March 18, 2013 - 3,927 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Glimmer Train Fiction Open
    Any length from 2,000 to 20,000 words welcome. Prizes: 1st place – $2,500
    and publication, 2nd/3rd places – $1,000/$600 and possible publication.

  • Grain Magazine Short Grain Writing Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 16, 2013 - 4,084 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Saskatoon, SK Canada
    The Grain Magazine Short Grain Writing Contest awards prizes in the categories of poetry and short fiction.

  • Hollis Summers Poetry Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 3,878 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Athens, OH
    An annual competition for unpublished collections of original poems. The winner receives publication and $1,000.

  • HOW 2013 Poetry Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 18, 2013 - 3,808 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    First place will receive $100 and will have their work posted online at HOW.

  • HOW Poetry Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 16, 2013 - 3,855 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Winner receives $100 and publication online at HOW.

  • Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 3,935 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Vermont College of the Fine Arts
    An annual contest for short fiction.

  • Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 4,109 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Vermont College of the Fine Arts
    An annual contest for the best writing in creative nonfiction.

  • Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize in Fiction, Essay and Poetry

    Posted by Admin - September 12, 2012 - 4,254 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    University of Missouri
    Select winning entries in the past have been reprinted in the Best American series.

  • Jersey Devil Press Second Annual Novella Contest

    Posted by Admin - March 18, 2013 - 3,409 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Jersey Devil Press Second Annual Novella Contest
    Between 15,000 to 25,000 words. One winner. Prize: Entire June issue of JDP dedicated to the winner.

  • Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing

    Posted by Admin - September 13, 2012 - 3,834 views - 0 comments - 0 likes
    Vermont College of the Fine Arts
    An annual prize for Young Adult and Children's literature.