Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art is now accepting original work in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the Issue 54 Writing Contest. One winner from each genre will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in Issue 54, due out this spring. All entries will be considered for online publication. The deadline is December 31 and there is…Continue reading Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art – Issue 54 Writing Contest
Category: Creative Writing
Miami University Press 2016 Novella Prize
The Miami University Press is now accepting submissions through October 15th for the 2016 Novella Prize. Submissions must be between 18,000 and 40,000 words and require a $25 reading fee. The Novella Prize winner is offered $750 against royalties, a standard contract, publication, and ten copies of the book. All entrants receive a copy of the…Continue reading Miami University Press 2016 Novella Prize
The Fall 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition is Now Open
Black Lawrence Press is now accepting submissions for their Fall 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition. 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 36 pages in length. The winner will receive $500 and publication.…Continue reading The Fall 2015 Black River Chapbook Competition is Now Open
The Lascaux Prize in Poetry is Open for Submissions
The Lascaux Review is now accepting poetry submissions for The Lascaux Prize in Poetry. Deadline for submission is September 30, 2015. Poems may be previously published or unpublished, and simultaneous submissions are accepted. Winner receives $1,000 and publication in The Lascaux Review. Winner and all finalists will be published in The 2016 Lascaux Prize Anthology. Entry fee is $10. Two copies of the anthology…Continue reading The Lascaux Prize in Poetry is Open for Submissions
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Restless Books, an independent publisher of international literature based in Brooklyn, is pleased to announce a new $10,000 writing prize for first-generation American authors, the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. Restless Books created the prize in order to foster emerging writers of sharp, culture-straddling writing that addresses American identity in a global age and…Continue reading Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Essay Press Accepting Submissions for Digital Chapbook Contest
Essay Press, an independent print and digital publisher, is now accepting submissions for its first digital chapbook contest. Submissions are open from August 15 through November 1, 2015. Selections will be made by January. Twelve authors will serve as judges, each selecting one digital chapbook for 2016 publication. Each judge will write an introduction to their selected work.…Continue reading Essay Press Accepting Submissions for Digital Chapbook Contest
Narrative’s Seventh Annual Poetry Contest (Deadline: 7/20/15)
Narrative is reading submissions for its seventh annual poetry contest. The prizes for the contest winners will be as follows: • First Prize: $1,500 • Second Prize: $750 • Third Prize: $300 • Ten finalists receive $75 each The submission deadline is July 20, 2015. There is a $23 fee for each entry. Poets may submit…Continue reading Narrative’s Seventh Annual Poetry Contest (Deadline: 7/20/15)
Glimmer Train Fiction Open (Deadline: 6/30/15)
Glimmer Train is accepting submissions for its Fiction Open through June 30, 2015. The writing contest is open to all writers, subjects, and themes. The first-place winner garners $2,500 and publication. The reading fee is $20 per story. Writers may submit their stories here.
Calling Young Playwrights for Finding Words Competition (Deadline: 7/6/15)
The Ashton Group is seeking submissions of 60-minute one-act stage plays for its Finding Words initiative. The writer should be no older than 25. The play can be on any theme or subject. Writers should submit a synopsis (including the plot and character outline) and the first ten pages of the play to the Ashton Group’s associate director,…Continue reading Calling Young Playwrights for Finding Words Competition (Deadline: 7/6/15)
Fifth Wednesday Journal Essay Competition (Deadline: 7/1/15)
Fifth Wednesday Journal is accepting submissions of short essays of 800 words or fewer on the subject of small literary magazines and the advance toward a digital world for literature. The winning essayist will receive a one-year subscription to Fifth Wednesday Journal and a FWJ T-shirt, and his or her essay will appear in FWJ’s fall issue and blog. To…Continue reading Fifth Wednesday Journal Essay Competition (Deadline: 7/1/15)
2015 Narrative Prize (Deadline: 6/15/15)
Narrative awards the $4,000 Narrative Prize annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction that a new or emerging writer publishes in Narrative. Writers can submit their work here. The deadline for this year’s prize is June 15, 2015.
Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers (Deadline: 5/31/15)
Glimmer Train is accepting submissions for its Short Story Award for New Writers. The contest is open to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation of more than 5,000. The reading fee is $15 per story. The submission deadline is May 31, 2015.