Independent publisher Glimmer Train is now accepting submissions for their Short Story Award for New Writers contest. The contest is exclusively open to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. The due date for submissions is November 30th (with a one week grace period). First place…Continue reading Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers
Category: Creative Writing
“Two Roads Diverge” Short Story Contest from The Writer
The Writer is now accepting fiction submissions for their “Two Roads Diverge” short story contest. The contest asks for a 2,000 word short story responding to two quotes from novelist Colum McCann who will be the contest judge. Prizes include: $1,000 cash prize for the winner and publication in March 2016 print issue of The Writer,…Continue reading “Two Roads Diverge” Short Story Contest from The Writer
Reminder: Deadline Approaching for 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition!
Black Lawrence Press will soon be closed for submissions to their Fall 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition. The deadline for the Fall 2015 Competition is October 31! The Black River chapbook Competition is a semi-annual prize for a chapbook of short fiction or poems open to new, emerging, or established writers. Entries should be between 16 and…Continue reading Reminder: Deadline Approaching for 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition!
Narrative 30 Below Contest 2015
Narrative is now open for submissions to their 2015 30 Below Contest. The contest is open to all writers, poets, visual artists, photographers, performers, and filmmakers between eighteen and thirty years old. They are looking for the traditional and the innovative, the true and the imaginary, and looking to encourage and promote the best young…Continue reading Narrative 30 Below Contest 2015
Dappled Things Announces JF Powers Fiction Prize
Dappled Things literary magazine is now open for submissions to the 2016 J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction. The winner will receive $500 and a prize of $250 will go to the runner-up. There is no reading fee. The winning stories will be announced in February, 2016 and published in Dappled Things, along with up to eight honorable mentions. Find…Continue reading Dappled Things Announces JF Powers Fiction Prize
Creative Nonfiction Call for Submissions
Creative Nonfiction is now seeking multiple short and long-form stories. See their call for submissions below: Nov 16 Childhood (an issue of CNF) What’s on the line: $1,000 for best essay; $500 for runner-up; publication in CNF. What we’re looking for: True stories that explore the joys and struggles, the indignities and infinite possibilities of childhood. Maybe…Continue reading Creative Nonfiction Call for Submissions
Saints and Sinners LGBT Literary Festival
The 2016 Saints and Sinners LGBT Literary Festival‘s Writing Contest’s Deadline has been extended to November 2, 2015. The Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was founded in 2003 as a new initiative designed as way to reach the community with information about HIV/AIDS, particularly disseminating prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBT community…Continue reading Saints and Sinners LGBT Literary Festival
Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Submissions Open
Callaloo, the premier literary journal of the African Diaspora, is now accepting applications for the 2016 Brown Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop (CCWW). They invite submissions of poetry or fiction for admission consideration for this two-week workshop, which will be hosted by the Department of Africana Studies and the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice…Continue reading Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop Submissions Open
Reminder: Submit to the Guild Literary Complex 2015 Prose Awards
Thursday, October 22 at 5:00 pm is the deadline to submit to The Guild Literary Complex for their 2015 prose awards for short fiction and non-fiction. Every fall, the Guild Complex acknowledges emerging and established writers via a judged competition and recognition at the historic Chopin Theatre in Chicago. A cash prize of $500 in each category (fiction and non-fiction) will…Continue reading Reminder: Submit to the Guild Literary Complex 2015 Prose Awards
Narrative Magazine Poem of the Week
This Sunday marks the beginning of the 2015-2016 cycle of Narrative Magazine’s poem of the week contest. Authors are paid $25 (reprints) to $50 for a selected poem, a chance to win $150 if selected as one of the years Top Five Poems of the Week, and eligibility for the $4,000 Narrative Prize. Each week the…Continue reading Narrative Magazine Poem of the Week
Guild Literary Complex Annual Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Ficiton
The Guild Literary Complex is now accepting submissions for their 2015 prose awards for short fiction and non-fiction. Every fall, the Guild Complex acknowledges emerging and established writers via a judged competition and recognition at the historic Chopin Theatre in Chicago. A cash prize of $500 in each category (fiction and non-fiction) will be awarded to an…Continue reading Guild Literary Complex Annual Prose Awards for Short Fiction and Non-Ficiton
Submit for the PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize
The PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize has extended their deadline until October 26th. The prize recognizes a promising young writer under the age of 35 for an unpublished work of fiction that addresses a global and/or multicultural issue. The winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize and be honored at the 2016 PEN Awards Ceremony next spring. Eligible…Continue reading Submit for the PEN/Fusion Emerging Writers Prize