Crazy Horse Fiction Prize / Linda Hull Memorial Poetry Prize
Mail in or upload online up to twenty-five pages of fiction or up to three poems (up to 10 pages total of poetry). Reading fee per manuscript includes a one-year/two-issue print and e-book subscription to Crazyhorse starting with the next issue.
Prize: $2000/category+pub
Deadline: January 15, 2011
Fee: $16 (includes one-year subscription)
Richard Bausch Short Fiction Contest
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Prize: $400+pub
Deadline: October 1 - January 15 (annual)
Fee: $25
The Night
Creative Nonfiction and The Salt Institute are seeking essays about "The Night": It was a dark and stormy night; Strangers in the Night; the night sky, etc. Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information, and reach for some universal or deeper meaning in personal experiences. We're looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.
Prize: $5,000/2,500+pub
Judge: Susan Orlean
Deadline: Postmark January 31, 2011
Fee: $20 or $25 for 4-issue subscription
Very Short Fiction Award
For stories of up to 3,000 words. The category will be open to submissions for one full month, form the first day through midnight (Pacific time) of the last day of the month. When we accept a story for publication, we are purchasing first-publication rights.
Prize: $1,200+pub+copies/$500/$300
Deadline: January 1-31 (annual)
Fee: $15/story
The Iowa Review Awards
The Iowa Review holds a yearly writing contest in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Submit up to 25 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (one poem or several, but no more than one poem per page). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you inform us of acceptance elsewhere.
Prize: $1000/500+pub
Judges: Claudia Rankine (poetry), Allan Gurganus (fiction), Patricia Hampl (nonfiction)
Deadline: Postmark January 1-31 (annual)
Fee: $20
William Allen Creative Nonfiction Contest
This annual competition honors the work of William Allen, the founding editor of The Journal. All styles, subject matter, and forms are welcome. The maximum word count is 6500 words. Please double-space all entries. For a list of winners, include an SASE.
Prize: $500+pub
Deadline: Postmark January 31 (annual)
Fee: $10
New Millennium Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction
Winners of NMW Awards are showcased along with interviews, profiles and tributes to writers such as Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Khaled Hosseini, J. D. Salinger, Julia Glass, Shel Silverstein, George Garrett, Ken Kesey, John Updike, and Cormac McCarthy.
Prize: $1,000/category+pub
Deadline: January 31, 2011 (extended)
Fee: $17
Transitions Abroad. Nonfiction. No Fee. 7/31/10 - 1/5/11
Boston Review. Poetry. $10. 1/14/11
Split This Rock. Youth Poetry Contest. No Fee. 1/14/11
Asheville Poetry Review. Poetry. $20. 9/1/10 - 1/15/11
Geist. Postcard Story. $20. 1/15/11 (extended deadline)
Literal Latte. Fiction. $10. 1/15 (annual)
Rosebud. Nonfiction. $10. 1/15/11 (biennial)
Third Coast. Poetry, Fiction. $15. 1/15/11 (extended deadline)
Wag's Revue. Poetry, Fiction, Essays. $20. 1/15/11
Columbia. Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction. $12. 1/18/11
PRISM international. Poetry, Fiction. $28. 1/29/11 (postmark)
WRITERS' Journal. Fiction. $15. 1/30 (annual)
The Adirondack Review. Photography. $5. 1/31 (annual)
Confrontation. Poetry. $10. 1/1-31/11
Literal Latte. Poetry. $15. 1/31 (annual)
University of New Orleans. Poetry, Prose. $25. 1/31 (annual)
To see more resources on the web, visit http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/writres.htm#contests
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