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Contests are our
forté! Contests like these:
BOA SHORT FICTION PRIZE
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31. A prize for a short story collection.
Minimum of 90 pages; maximum of 200 pages. Winner receives book publication
by BOA Editions in spring 2020 and $1,000 honorarium.
CREATIVE NONFICTION
"SEX" THEME
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline July 16. For the spring 2019 issue of Creative
Nonfiction magazine, we're looking for true stories about doing it. Whether
you're straight, gay, or other; alone, in a couple, or in a crowd; doing it
for the first time or the last, or not doing it at all, we want to hear
your story. Creative Nonfiction editors will award $1,000 for Best Essay
and $500 for runner-up. All essays will be considered for publication in a
special issue of the magazine to be published in spring 2019. Essays must
be previously unpublished and no longer than 4,000 words.
BELLEVUE LITERARY REVIEW
CONTEST
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline July 1. The BLR Prizes award outstanding writing
related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body.
First prize is $1,000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2019
issue of BLR. Honorable mention winners will receive $250 and publication
in the Spring 2019 issue of BLR. Limit three poems and 5,000 words of prose
whether fiction or creative nonfiction.
HEADMISTRESS PRESS CHARLOTTE
MEW CHAPBOOK CONTEST
ENTRY FEE - SLIDING SCALE. FEE WAIVED UPON REQUEST. Deadline July 4.
Headmistress Press, a lesbian-identified publisher of books by LBTQ poets,
is proud to announce a fourth annual Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest.
First-prize winner will receive $300 plus 20 copies of the winning book.
All entries will be considered for publication.
NOWHERE TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST
$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31. Seeking young, old, novice and veteran
writers to send us stories that possess a powerful sense of place. Stories
can be fiction, nonfiction or essay, but please indicate which genre at the
top of your manuscript. The winner will receive $1,000, with publication in
Nowhere granted under First North American Serial Rights (FNASR). Up to ten
finalists also will be published.
CARL SENNHENN POETRY PRIZE
$8 ENTRY FEE. Deadline October 31. There are no limitations in form or
content; they are interested in everything from traditional forms to free
verse. Limit three poems in ten pages. The winner will receive a $500 prize
as well as publication in Conclave: A Journal of Character.
HOUSATONIC AWARD FOR FICTION
$25 ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 15. Open to titles published in 2016 and 2017.
The award includes all forms of fiction, both literary and genre (mystery,
fantasy, science fiction, thriller, etc.). The Award carries a $1,000
honorarium in exchange for appearing at the January residency of the MFA in
Creative and Professional Writing at Western Connecticut State University
(the first week of January) to give a public reading and a one-day,
three-hour workshop with MFA students. The Award also includes a $500
travel stipend and hotel stay during the residency.
JEFF SHARLET MEMORIAL AWARD FOR
VETERANS
NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31. This creative writing contest for U.S.
military veterans and active duty personnel is hosted by The Iowa Review
and made possible by a gift from the family of Jeff Sharlet (1942–69), a
Vietnam veteran and antiwar writer and activist. The contest is open to veterans
and active duty personnel writing in any genre and about any subject
matter. First place: $1,000 plus publication in an issue of The Iowa
Review. Second place: $750. Three runners-up: $500 each. Submit a
manuscript in any genre (poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction) of up to 20
pages.
WRITER'S BLOCK POETRY PRIZE
$12 ENTRY FEE. Deadline August 1. One first place winner will receive $500,
an opportunity to read at the 2018 Writer's Block Festival in Louisville,
KY on November 10, and publication in The Louisville Review, the literary
magazine of Spalding University's nationally distinguished low residency
MFA in Writing program. Submit up to three poems in a single word document,
with a total page number not to exceed six pages.
LAUREL REVIEW MIDWEST CHAPBOOK
CONTEST
$15 ENTRY FEE. Deadline June 1. Seeking chapbook-length collections of
poems, ranging from 25 pages to 35 pages. In addition to the publication of
the chapbook, the contest winner will be invited to give a reading at
Northwest Missouri State University as part of the University's Visiting
Writers Series. Travel expenses, lodging and an honorarium of $250 will be
provided.
UNTOLD STORY AWARD
Deadline May 21. Looking for Deep Dives on the theme "Renegades".
What's a Deep Dive? An epic feature story that requires long-term, in-depth
reporting. The reporter should spend time as a fly on the wall in the daily
lives of their subjects, and become an expert on the characters and the
topic (up to 6,000 words). Grand prize is $5,000.
EMERGING WRITER AWARDS FOR THE
KEY WEST LITERARY SEMINAR
$12 ENTRY FEE. Deadline July 30. The Merrill Award recognizes a poet, while
fiction writers may apply for either the Johnson Award (for a short story)
or the Russo Award (for a novel-in-progress). Winners receive full tuition
support for the January Seminar and Writers' Workshop Program, round-trip
airfare, lodging, a $500 honorarium, and the opportunity to appear on stage
during the Seminar. Writers of any age who live in the United States and
have not yet published a book with a major publisher are eligible to apply.
If you have published a book with a print run of 500 or fewer copies, you
are still eligible.
UNO PRESS PUBLISHING LAB PRIZE
$18 ENTRY FEE. Deadline August 15. Seeking full-length fiction manuscripts,
either novels or short story collections. The selected author will receive
a $1,000 advance on royalties and a contract to publish their winning
manuscript with UNO Press. The work does not have to be regionally focused.
There is no word limit. There is no limit on subjects covered. They select
15-20 finalists. The finalists are read by students at our publishing
institute in the fall of 2018, and one is chosen to become a book. The
class will focus on making the book a critical and commercial success upon
its release in the fall of 2019.
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING SPRING
2018 FLASH FICTION CONTEST
$10 ENTRY FEE. Deadline May 31. Seeking short fiction of any genre between
250 and 750 words. First Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25
Amazon Gift Certificate; second Place: $300, publication, interview, and $25
Amazon Gift Certificate; third Place: $200, publication, interview and $25
Amazon Gift Certificate; seven Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards,
publication and interview; and 10 Honorable mentions. Top 10 stories are
published in the WOW! Women On Writing ezine, and contestants are
interviewed on WOW's blog, The Muffin. Open internationally. Limit: 300
entries.
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