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Fiction500 short fiction writing contest. Submit an original work of fiction no longer than 500 words, based on a prompt. Only 500 entries accepted. Awards: $500, $200, $100. Winning stories and honorable mentions published on website. Entry fee: $12. Deadline: Extended to May 18, 2012, or until 500 submissions received. Info: www.Fiction500.com
HOOT flash fiction, poetry, and memoir monthly contest - fewer than 150 words. Award: 30% of the entry fees we receive. Entry fee: $2 for every two entries, unlimited entries. Deadline: The 20th of every month (next is May 20, 2012). Info: http://hootreview.com
Watch Me Bounce "Resilience" Writing Contest. Poetry may be 3-30 lines in length; stories may be 50-3000 words, fiction or nonfiction, in any genre, but must be themed around the topic of "resilience." We are looking for stories and poems about either getting through, bouncing back from, and/or growing from adversity. Entries may be of any type of adversity, including: Psychological/Emotional, Physical/Medical, Grief, Stress, Family, Career or General. Award: Winner receives free critique, publication, and possibly featured on our website for up to one month. No entry fee. Deadline: May 20, 2012. Info: www.WatchMeBounce.com
Baltimore Review Summer Contest - Theme is Heat. Categories are fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Submit one story, one creative nonfiction piece, or 1-3 poems; 3,000 words max for prose; on epage per poem. Awards: $300, $200, $100 each category. First-place winner will be published. All entries will be considered for publication. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: May 30, 2012. Submit through website. Info: www.baltimorereview.org
2012 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. Awards: $1,500, $500, $500. No theme or genre restrictions. Maximum length 3,500 words; copyright remains property of the author.
Entry fee: $20. Deadline: extended to May 31, 2012. Info: www.shortstorycompetition.com; shortstorykw@gmail.com
Scribophile.com Two Ways writing contest. Write a piece on any theme that contains both a prose section and a poetry section. These two sections can be integrated or discrete, but must address the same core story. Length: 2500 words or fewer. Awards: $50, $25. No entry fee. Entrants must create a free account on Scribophile.com to participate. Deadline: May 31, 2012. Info: www.scribophile.com/contests/two-ways-contest/
The Psychiatry Research Trust Poetry Competition 2012 for previously unpublished poems in English language, in any style, on any subject. Maximum Length: 50 lines. This competition in aid of the London-based charity; The Psychiatry Research Trust is administered by Eastern Light EPM International, organizers of the Excel for Charity International Writing Competition series that raises funds for charities while rewarding creative excellence. Awards: £150, £75, £40, and £10 x 3 (High Commendation). All winning and commended poems receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine. Copyright to poems remains with the authors. Entry fee: £4/1 Poem, £7.50/2 poems, £10.50/3 poems, £12.50/4 poems and £14/5 poems. (A third of net entry fees goes to the charity). Deadline: May 31, 2012. Info: www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity/psychtrust-poetry-competition/
Write Reality - The Reality Show Idea Contest. Dedicated to finding the next hit reality show. Write a short, descriptive summary of your reality show idea. Award: $2000 and consideration by reality production companies such as MPH Entertainment, producers of The Dog Whisperer. The top ten ideas are read by industry judges from such companies as OWN and the Discovery Channel. Entry fees and deadlines: Regular deadline - May 31, 2012, $35. Final deadline - August 31, 2012, $45. Info: www.writerealitytv.com
The Chameleon Theatre Circle 13th annual New Play Contest. All submissions must be original works that have not been produced. The company is accepting 10-minute plays, one-acts and full-length features, including musicals. Awards. Winning plays will be showcased in a concert-format festival in September 2012. Cash awards of $100, $50, $25 depending on play length. No entry fee. Deadline: May 31, 2012. Info: www.chameleontheatre.org/newplay/index.php
WOW! Women On Writing Quarterly Flash Fiction Contest. Open to all themes and fiction genres; 250-750 words. Awards: 20 Winners Total: 1st Place: $350 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, 1 Year Premium Membership to AutomatedEditing ($420 value), publication; 2nd Place: $250 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, 1 Year Standard Membership to AutomatedEditing ($240 value), publication; 3rd Place: $150 Cash, $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, 1 Year Standard Membership to AutomatedEditing ($240 value), publication; 7 Runners Up: $25 Amazon Gift Certificate, publication; 10 Honorable Mentions: $20 Amazon Gift Certificate. Entry fee: $10; Critique available for an additional $10. Deadline: Contest offered quarterly. Next deadline is May 31, 2012. Info: www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php
June Fiction in Five Contest. A prompt will be issued via email to all paid entrants at 9:45 am (Pacific Time) on June 4, 2012. Final fiction stories are to be submitted no earlier than 10:00 am on June 4, 2012, and no later than 10:00 pm on June 8, 2012. Awards: $25, $15 Amazon Gift Cards plus other gift prizes. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: June 1, 2012. Info: http://janiewrites.com/writing-contests/a-fiction-in-five-rules/
Tiferet Journal 2012 Writing Contest for Poetry, Short Story, Essay or Interview. Awards: $400 each category plus one-year digital subscription. No entry fee. Deadline: June 1, 2012. Info: http://tiferetjournal.com/submit/
100 x 100 - One Hundred Short Shorts, One Hundred Words Long. Submit a short short containing 100 words, no more, no less, title excluded. The 100 stories chosen from submissions will be published in Marco Polo - www.marcopoloartsmag.com. Best story will be named and will win a hardcover edition of Vitamin P2. No entry fee. Only one submission per author. Deadline: June 1, 2012. Send submission to marcopoloartsmag@gmail.com.
Grate Righter, Bad Speler Contest 2012. Write a complete story in 100 words or less (not including the title), spelled horribly. The worse the spelling, the better, but it has to readable. The story must be complete and contain the five important elements of a short story: character(s), setting, plot, conflict, and theme. Awards: Various books (see list on website). No entry fee. One entry per household. Deadline: 12:00 am CST, Sunday, June 2, 2012. Info: https://mitchlav.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/grate-righter-bad-speler-cont est-2012/
First Page Competition 2012 - What are we looking for: the most gripping, read-on-able first page of up to 400 words. Any genre, but as always we're looking for The Best First Page. Awards: £500, £100, £50. All three winning entries will be published in the August 2012 issue of Words with JAM. Entry fee: £6 for one entry or £10 for two. Deadline: June 8, 2012. Info: www.wordswithjam.co.uk/firstpagecompetition2012
Launch Pad: Boosting You Out of the Slush Pile third annual Novel Rocket contest for unpublished novelists. Entrants are asked to submit the first chapter and synopsis of their complete novel; finalists must provide the complete manuscript and a book proposal. Here's how it works: One genre category is judged monthly, June through November. The winning entry is posted on the blog and the writer moves into the final round. Judges are all members of the Novel Rocket blog. The Grand Prize winner is chosen by a separate panel of judges. Award: an inscribed crystal rocket, plus, review by an agent and/or editor appropriate for the winner's genre, intended audience, and submission history. Entry fee: $35. Deadlines: Based on the category. Suspense/Crime/Mystery/Thriller, June 10, 2012. Contemporary Fiction/Women's Fiction (general fiction for and by men or women, with a setting from 1950 to the present), July 10, 2012. Middle Grade/Young Adult Fiction, August 10, 2012. Contemporary Romance, September 10, 2012. Speculative (Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror), October 10, 2012. Info: www.novelrocket.com/p/launch-pad-contest.html
The Stringybark Seven Deadly Sins Short Fiction Award 2012. Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. Surely all good short stories must contain one of these elements? Here's your chance to showcase your one or more of your deadly sins. Stringybark Stories invites all writers to enter their best work in this entertaining competition. Maximum length 1500 words; story must relate to one of the sins. Awards: Over A$600 in prizes, cash, plus publication for place-getters and highly commended stories. Entry fee: A$9.95 (discounts for multiple entries). Deadline: June 10, 2012. International entries warmly invited. Info: www.stringybarkstories.net
The Writer 2012 Travel Essay Contest: Submit unpublished personal stories of up to 1,200 words that convey readers to distant lands – or the park around the corner – to share your traveler's experience and insight. Awards: $1,000, $300, $200; Gotham Writers' Workshop classes; subscriptions to The Writer magazine; and publication in The Writer for the winner. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: June 15, 2012. Info: www.writermag.com/travelcontest
Northern Colorado Writers (NCW) Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction Contest. Awards: $200, $100, $50. Winners and honorable mentions will be published in and receive a free copy of the second annual winners' anthology, Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2012 NCW Contest Winners, scheduled for release on December 1. Entry fees: $10 if mailed, $15 if emailed. Deadline: June 15, 2012. Info: www.northerncoloradowritersconference.com/upcoming-events-mainmenu -133/writing-contests.html
Machigonne Fiction Contest for a work of literary or experimental fiction. Novel excerpts welcomed. 7,500 word limit. Award: $1,000. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: June 18, 2012 (postmark). Info: www.newguardreview.com
Knightville Poetry Contest for a single exceptional narrative or experimental poem. 300 line limit per poem; three poems per submission. Award: $1,000. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: June 18, 2012 (postmark). Info: www.newguardreview.com
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry Competition for previously unpublished poems in English language, in any style, on any subject. Maximum Length: 50 lines. Awards: £150, £75, £50, and £10 x 3 (High Commendation). All winning and commended poems receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine. Copyright to poems remains with the authors. Entry fee: £3 (per poem), £11 (4 poems), £12 (5 poems). Deadline: June 20, 2012. Info: http://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/poetry-0712/.
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition for previously unpublished short stories in English language, in any style, on any subject. Maximum Length: 1500 words. Awards: £150, £75, £50, and £10 x 3 (High Commendation). All winning and commended stories receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine. Copyright to poems remains with the authors. Entry fee: £4 (per story), £10 (3 stories), £12 (4 stories). Deadline: June 20, 2012. Info: http://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/short-stories-0712/
20/20 Screenwriting contest -- predicated on the idea that the first 20 pages will reveal whether a screenplay is working. Multiple winners possible. Finding fresh voices and great scripts by fostering good writers into artistic and commercial success. We are a hands on contest. We do our own reading. Writers must submit the first 20 pages of screenplay with cover page. We accept hard copy and online entries. Award: Guild Signatory Agency Representation. Entry fees: $20 basic entry; $40 expanded coverage; $5 best first page. Deadline: June 20, 2012. Info: www.2020contest.com
The Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction. "Oz Fiction" is defined as any story about or pertaining to the Land of Oz as originally created by author L. Frank Baum in the book "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" and its sequels, but stories need not be confined to Baum's vision. Submissions about or pertaining to the Land of Oz in any of its forms will be accepted. Stories may follow on from Oz books, Oz plays, Oz movies, Magic Land, or any other fictional version of Oz. Maximum word count: 10,000 words. Submissions may not be previously published or publicly exhibited in any form, including online and digital publication. Awards: $100, $50. No entry fee. Deadline: June 30, 2012. Info: research@winkies.org; www.ozclub.org/The_International_Wizard_of_Oz_Club.html
Meridian Writing Summer Short Story Competition. Open Theme/Genre, 3000 words max. Awards: £100, £50, £25 plus firstwriter.com vouchers. Entry fee: £5. Deadline: June 30, 2012. Info: www.meridian-writing.co.uk
ScienceThrillers Creative Science Writing Contest. Submit: any unpublished, original work of fiction (including, but not limited to, short stories, poetry, fables, and short graphic works/comics) that meets the following criteria:
1. The work is suitable for a youth audience (grades 4-12).
2. The work contains accurate scientific content.
3. The scientific content should feel entertaining but secretly be educational.
4. The work should be between a few hundred and a few thousand words in length. Maximum length: 4,000 words.
5. If entry includes artwork, figures, or images they must be the original work of the contestant and must be submitted in digital format.
Awards: $100, $50, $25. Entry fee: $5. Deadline: June 30, 2012. Info: www.sciencethrillers.com/sciencethrillers-writing-contest-sci-with-fi/
Rhyme & Reason Writing Competition 2012 - Short Story and Poetry. Theme: Seasons. Awards: £110, £60, £30; book token prizes in Youth section. Winning entries will be published in 2013 diary edition of Rhyme & Reason. Note: "We reserve the right to publish any unplaced entries." Entry fee: £5 per short story or poem; £4 per entry for 3 or more entries. All profits from entry fees and sales of the diary go to Iain Rennie Hospice at Home. Deadline: June 30, 2012. Info: www.irhh.org/sitehome/fundraising/fundraisinggroups/rhyme_reason.html
Everything A Miracle Poetry Contest is open to anyone who can tell about a true miracle in the form of a poem. A miracle is an extraordinary experience. You may also create from specific knowledge or a perspective which allows the "ordinary" to be seen as extraordinary. Awards: $350, $100, $50. Winners will be published on our website and included in the book publishing project. Entry fee: $6 per poem. Postmark Deadlines (semi-annual): June 30 and December 31 each year. Info: www.everythingamiracle.com
Everything A Miracle Nonfiction Short Story Contest is open to anyone who can tell about a true miracle in the form of a short story. A miracle is an extraordinary experience. You may also create from specific knowledge or a perspective which allows the "ordinary" to be seen as extraordinary. Multiple entries are accepted. Awards: $700, $200, $100. Winners will be published on our website and included in the book publishing project. Entry fee: $12 per story. Postmark Deadlines (semi-annual): June 30 and December 31 each year. Info: www.everythingamiracle.com
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes in Poetry and Prose, given annually to a poet, a fiction writer, and a creative nonfiction writer for works about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. Submit up to three poems (five pages max), or up to 5,000 words of prose. Awards: $1,000 each category and publication in Bellevue Literary Review. Entry Fee: $15 ($20 includes a subscription to Bellevue Literary Review). Deadline: July 1, 2012. Info: www.blreview.org; info@BLReview.org
Texas Book Festival's 11th Annual Fiction Writing Contest, sponsored by Read to Lead, open to all Texas 7th, 8th, and high school students. Awards: Prizes will be awarded to the first, second, and third place finishers per division. First place winners will be invited to participate in a panel discussion on writing and the inspiration for their original compositions at the Texas Book Festival, October 27-28, 2012 at the State Capitol in Austin. Entries must be original fiction, no more than 2,000 words in length, on this year's theme "Out of the Blue." No entry fee. Deadline: July 3, 2012. Info: www.texasbookfestival.org/UIL_Fiction_Contest.php
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Poetry and Short Story Competitions; any subject or style. Up to 50 lines (Poems) and up to 1,500 words (Stories). Awards: £150, £75, £50, 3x£10 in each category, plus first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine (paperback and e-Book). Entry fees: £3/1 poem, £6/2 poems, £9/3 poems, £11/4 poems, £12/5 poems, £16/7 poems, £22/10 poems; £4/1 story, £8/2 stories, £10/3 stories, £12/4 stories. Deadline: July 5, 2012. Info: http://sentinelquarterly.com/competitions/
100 Words or Fewer TENTH Writing Contest -- Fiction. Categories: The Encounter, Locked Up, The Weary Enforcer, He Always Did the Dishes. Awards: Four prizes, each $250. Entry fee: $15. For checkmark evaluation, add $10; for critique, add $40; for entry, checkmark evaluation, and critique, total is $60. (See website for bonuses.) Examples of checkmark evaluations and critiques, as well as winning stories from Contest Nine, are on the website. Deadline: July 18, 2012. Info: hundredwordsorfewer@earthlink.net; www.100wordsorfewerwritingcontest.com
Inktears Flash Fiction Competition 2012 - 500 words or less, any theme. Stories may have been previously published, providing the author still owns the copyright and there is no exclusivity with the prior publication, or unpublished. Awards: £300, £50, 4 x £25. All prize-winners will have their story published to the InkTears Readership and their bio published on the InkTears website. Entry fees: 1 entry £3.00 GBP, 2 entries £5.00 GBP, 3 entries £6.50 GBP, 4 entries £7.50 GBP. Deadline: July 31, 2012. Info: www.inktears.com/Inktears/WritersNewWriters2012.html
Southern Sin Essay Contest for essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness. 4,000 words maximum. Award: $5,000. Selected essays will be published in Creative Nonfiction #47. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: July 31, 2012. Info: www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#southernsin
Submissions for the third Trailer Festival are now open. The first two events were attended by industry exclusively and included Fox, Disney, Paramount and PBS. All the trailers were then placed in an Online Screening Room and for a year after the event Hollywood managers, producers and distributors logged in to view filmmakers' work. They have subsequently requested over 200 DVDs and scripts, with 11 deals being made so far. Entry fee: $30-$50 depending on when trailer submitted. Deadline: July 31, 2012. Info: www.thetrailerfestival.com/Home_Page.html
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest - Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject and/or Write a short story, 5 pages maximum on any theme. Awards: Poetry Contest: $250, $125, $50; Writing Contest: $500, $250, $100. Entry fees: $5 per poem, $10 per story. Postmark deadline: July 31, 2012. Mail entries/fees to: Dream Quest One, PO Box 3141, Chicago IL 60654. Info: www.dreamquestone.com
The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's Poetry Contest. Awards: $1,000 grand prize, a VIP All Access Pass ($500 value) for the 2013 Festival and publication in Louisiana Cultural Vistas magazine. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: August 15, 2012. Info: www.tennesseewilliams.net/contests/poetry-contest
Eco Arts Awards, an ecologically themed arts competition. The literature category accepts poetry, essays, novellas, short stories, and well developed blog posts. The maximum length for any entry should be no more than 5,000 words. Awards: $1000 for first place, plus gifts for 2nd and 3rd place. Entry fee: $30 (discounted entry fee of $20 until the end of May, then it will go back to the normal $30). Deadline: August 15, 2012. Info: www.ecoartsawards.com
Gemini Magazine Fourth Annual Flash Fiction Contest. Maximum length 1,000 words. Must be previously unpublished; no restrictions on content, style or genre. Awards: $1,000, $100, $50, three honorable mentions. All six finalists will be published online in the October 2012 issue of Gemini. Entry fee: $4 ($3 for each additional entry). Deadline: August 31, 2012. Info: www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html
Contest for Dog Rescuers. Tell your dog's story in 500-1000 words. Award: $50 donation toward animal shelter of your choice, plus free digital copy of the dog rescue anthology, plus free digital copy of Beating Cancer, an anthology of cancer survivor stories. Others selected for anthology will receive digital copy. All other rights remain with author. No entry fee. Deadline: September 1, 2012. Info: contact@beckyjacoby.com
Discovering the Undiscovered: Collected Poetry Competition for book-length poetry manuscripts. Award: $450 and publication. Entry fee: $17. Deadline: September 15, 2012. Info: http://gracenotesbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article &id=97&Itemid=102
9th Annual USA Best Book Awards - Open to all books, e-books and audiobooks with an ISBN and published in 2012 (galley copies welcome). 2010 and 2011 titles are also eligible. Awards: Media coverage and book exposuire. Entry fee: $69. Deadline: postmark of September 30, 2012. Info: http://usabooknews.com/2012usabestbookawards.html
Discovering the Undiscovered Competition 2012: Open to all forms of fiction or creative nonfiction including novels, memoirs, or collections of short fiction & essays. Entry fee: $23. Deadline: October 1, 2012. Info: http://gracenotesbooks.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article &id=96&Itemid=103
2012 Anderbo Self-Published Book Award for a Self-Published Book (Fiction or Nonfiction). Award: $500 cash, announcement on the Anderbo website, and publication of a book-excerpt on anderbo.com. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: October 15, 2012. Info: www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/anderselfpubbookaward2012.html
2012 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction; limit 7,500 words. Award: $1,000 and publication. Entry fee: $15, includes year's subscription to Sycamore Review. Deadline: November 1, 2012. Info: www.sycamorereview.com/contest/]
2012 Wabash Prize for Poetry; limit three poems and six pages. Award: $1,000 and publication. Entry fee: $15, includes year's subscription to Sycamore Review. Deadline: November 1, 2012. Info: www.sycamorereview.com/contest/
Sentinel Annual Short Story Competition 2012 for previously unpublished short stories in English Language, in any style, on any subject. Maximum Length: 2000 words. Awards: £500, £250, £125, and £25 x 5 (High Commendation). All winning and commended poems receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine. Copyright to stories remains with the authors. Entry fee: £5 per story for the first 2 stories, then £3.50 per story thereafter. Deadline: November 30, 2012. Info: www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/sawc/2012/short-story.html
Atlantis Short Story Contest 2012 - No theme or genre restrictions. Up to 2,500 words. Awards: $300 + In-Depth Feedback, $100 + In-Depth Feedback, $50 + In-Depth Feedback; Top 15: In-Depth Feedback; Top 40: Name And Short Story's Title Posted On Website. Entry fees: $10, $15, $25 depending on level of feedback wanted when story does not place. Deadline: November 30, 2012. Info: www.atlantis-shortstorycontest.com/site/page1.aspx
Sentinel Annual Poetry Competition 2012 for previously unpublished poems in English language, in any style, on any subject. Maximum Length: 60 lines. Awards: £500, £250, £125, and £25 x 5 (High Commendation). All winning and commended poems receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine. Copyright to poems remains with the authors. Entry fee: £5 per poem for the first 2 poems, then £3.50 per poem thereafter. Deadline: November 30, 2012. Info: www.sentinelpoetry.org.uk/sawc/2012/poetry.html
Bottle Tree Productions One Act Play Competition for Writers 2012. One Act Plays of from 10 minutes to 70 minutes may be submitted by mail or email. Awards: $1,000, $250, $100. Top ten entries are posted on site. Entry fee: $25. Deadline: November 30, 2012. Info: www.bottletreeinc.com/script_contest.html
100 x 500 - Marco Polo - www.marcopoloartsmag.com - seeks creative nonfiction and will publish the best 100 entries. Your nonfiction must be no longer or shorter than 500 words, title excluded. Break out of the mold and surprise us and yourself. Award: Top prize winner will receive a hardcover edition of Under The Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981, a journal, and a film on DVD, probably an awesome French film. No entry fee. Only one submission per author. Deadline: December 31, 2012 with selected entries published before and after the deadline. Send submissions and/or questions to marcopoloartsmag@gmail.com
WritersType.com sponsors three annual contests in the categories of First Chapter, Flash Fiction, and Short Story. Awards: In each category, the monthly winner receives a $25 honorarium, comments from readers, and publication on website. Each month, the top two submissions in each category advance to the annual competition. Annual prize a total of $250. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: December 31, 2012. Info: www.writerstype.com
1st Playing Bingo Short Story Competition - Theme: Bingo; 1,500-3,000 words. For UK residents, age 18 and over. Awards: £300, £100, and two runners up £50. No entry fee. Deadline: February 28, 2013. Info: http://playingbingo.co.uk/competitions-prizes/short-story/index.php
Annual Writers-Editors International Writing Competition. Nonfiction (Previously Published and Unpublished); Fiction (Short Story and Novel Chapter); Children's Literature; Poetry. Awards: $100, $75, $50. Entry fee: $3–$20. Deadline: March 15, 2013. Click for Guidelines and Entry form
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