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If judged entertaining and well-written, publishes short stories or excerpts on-line. No entry fees or royalties.
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We are no longer running a contest nor publishing short stories. Our Director is now writing for nationwide publications full-time, and publishing her next book, and cannot continue this service. Thank you to all the trully wonderful, talented writers who...Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes total $750 for first, second and third places.
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Contest re-opens November 1, 2003 for travel-related fiction and non-fiction.
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Annual fantasy fiction contest, open to all manner of fantastical stories between 2,000 and 10,000 words, closes November 15, 2004. Winners and runners-up will be printed in an anthology. Cash prizes total $300, plus wordage royalties.
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Fantasist Fantastical Visions Rules Enter your fantasy story into our contest for a chance to earn cash prizes and have your story published in the fifth volume of Fantastical Visions. Be sure to read the full rules before entering. The Prizes One First Prize...Original, unpublished short stories, less than 5,000 words, on any theme, are sought. Deadline: November 30, each year. Entry fees: $16 for one, $11 each additional. First Prize: $2,500. The best eighteen short-listed stories will be published in an anthology, read by leading literary agents. For 2004, a contest for very short stories of only 250 words, is also offered.
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A short story contest for original, unpublished manuscripts of less than 3,000 words, offering significant cash, publication and publishing prizes. Closes September 15, 2004. Entry fee: $10.
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Writing Contests Scribendi.com Scribendi staff questions about the contest, about the status of your entry, about possible exceptions to the rules, etc. Everything you need to know can be found on this page. If its not here, it doesnt apply to this competition....All entries must be unpublished; no longer than 5,000 words; postmarked by October 1; accompanied by a $15 entry fee per story. 1st Prize: $1,000. 2nd Prize: $500. 3rd Prize: $250.
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Zoetrope: All-Story: Contests Winners and seven honorable mentions will be determined by judge Pulitzer Prize–winner Robert Olen Butler and announced on the website December 1, 2005, and in the Spring 2006 issue of the magazine. First prize is 36;1000; second prize is 36;500;...Word Smitten offers a Flash Fiction Contest of 500 words or less. Prize: $150. Contest re-opens: February, 2004. Deadline: May 1.
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Flash Fiction Contest Word Smitten's Storycove for the contemporary short story Storycove ride the wave of contemporary fiction ~flash fiction~the sudden short story Welcome to Word Smitten's Storycove, our Flash Fiction Department where you'll find: Our annual flash fiction contest, Contributors providing great flash stories, Commentaries about the art of sudden...The Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine is one of the world's premier fiction awards for original, unpublished short stories. Maximum length: 10,000 words. Prize money totals $2,000. All submissions are considered for publication. International entries welcome. Entry fees: $15 (one), $25 (two), $30 (three). Only three entries per author are permitted. Closes: February 1.
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Carve Magazine Contest Page Click here to see the complete list of 2005's shortlisted stories. 2006 Contest Details: click here to print a flyer with complete contest details Judge: Bill Henderson, editor of the Pushcart Press. Submissions accepted September 1, 2005 Monday, January 2,...An annual contest for original, unpublished stories up to 3,000 words in length, open to writers who have not yet achieved major market success. Cash prizes total $2,000. Entry fee: $10. Deadline mid-May.
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Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Web Site Hemingway signs copies of her new book A World Turned Over during the festival. Photo by Andy Newman/Florida Keys TDC. Welcome to the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition Web site. The contest was created in 1981 to support and encourage...Toasted Cheese Literary Journal currently offers three short story contests on given themes, each year. No entry fees. Modest prizes. Deadlines vary.
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Toasted Cheese Literary Journal Contest Guidelines Click here for regular submission guidelines If you have a question about a contest, e-mail the editors or post it at Chasms Crags. General Contest Rules Go to: Three Cheers and A Tiger A Midsummer Tale Dead of Winter There...Open only to writers living within 150 miles of Memphis, this annual competition seeks original short stories of 3,000 to 5,000 words. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: August 1.
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Memphis Magazine Winner of more than 40 national awards Published by Contemporary Media, Inc. The winning story will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality of entries warrants. Below are contest rules: Authors...Annual contest offers $1,100 first prize for original, unpublished stories. Maximum length: 3,000 words. International English entries welcome. Fee: $15 (one), $25 (two). Submissions: Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 annually.
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Writecorner.com Fiction Award Stories must be unpublished. ANNUAL SUBMISSION PERIOD: BETWEEN OCT. 1 AND APRIL 30 Postmark Deadline, April 30) NO LIMIT ON NUMBER OF STORIES entered by any one writer THE WINNING SHORT STORY AND EDITORS CHOICES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON www.writecorner.com...Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine seeks short stories in the mystery genre of 5,000 words or less. Prizes total $450 cash plus free subscriptions and possible publication. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
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Short Story, Art, Poetry, Cartoon, Mystery Magazine Futures MYSTERY Anthology Magazine ...Open for original, unpublished short stories on a given theme. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Prize money totals Canadian$850. Deadline: June 1, 2004. Free entry.
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Untitled Document ...The stories must not exceed 8,000 words and must speak either directly or indirectly about what it is to be biracial or multiracial in the United States. Prize money will be awarded to the winner ($500) and each author published in an Anthology ($200). Deadline: December 31, 2003. Free entry.
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Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience Experienced editorial team is presently assembling an anthology of short stories (fiction only The stories must speak either directly or indirectly about what it is to be biracial or multiracial in the United States. Once assembled, the anthology will be...Open to all ages, this short story contest is designed to promote intergenerational understanding. Maximum length: 750 words. Cash prizes total $700. No entry fees. Deadline: June 30, 2004.
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Intergeneration Foundation's Annual Storytelling Contest Titles to read the winning entries! 2004 Contest is closed--Check back here for details on the next Intergeneration story contest (One of our favorite storytellers, Sean Astin, most recently of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,...Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror stories up to 10,000 words are required. Entry fee: $6. Cash prizes total $325. Deadline: March 15.
http://www.specficworld.com/contest.html
Previously unpublished short stories up to 2,500 words are sought in this annual competition sponsored by "The Post and Courier" and the South Carolina Arts Commission. Entry fees: None. Deadline: January 15. Prizes: Twelve cash awards of $500. Open only to residents of South Carolina.
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SCAC SC Fiction Project This annual writing competition, sponsored by The Post and Courier and the South Carolina Arts Commission, calls for previously unpublished short stories of 2,500 words or less. The stories do not need to be Southern, nor do they need to...Seeks short stories (maximum 20 pages). Offers a First Prize of $1,000. Postmark deadline: April 1, 2005. Reading fee: $20, which includes a year's subscription to the magazine.
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BOMB Magazine: Fiction Prize All entries considered for publication. All entries considered anonymously. Send no more than one story per entry, 20 double-spaced pages maximum, in 12 point type. No previously published works, or works forthcoming elsewhere. Cover letter must include name, address, phone...A short story contest looking for true life stories in the categories of friendships, animals, Christmas, and amazing coincidences. Prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 (Canadian) will be awarded for winning submissions received on or before August 30, 2004. Word limit: 3,000. No entry fees.
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True Life Story Contest We would like to thank everyone who has entered the contest so far! It's been a great success and some wonderful stories have come down the pipe. The November 30, 2004 deadline has now passed, and the judging is under...Seeks original short stories in the children and young adult genres. Limit: 2,000 words. Unpublished authors only. Entry fee: $7. Deadline: September 30.
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Dragonfly Spirit ...Invites entries (maximum: 20,000 words) to a number of categories, including Short Story, Novel/Novella, and Children's Works. Prize: $500, plus publication. Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $25.
http://www.glacierpress.com/contest.html
Seeks original, unpublished stories, not exceeding 4,000 words. Open theme (but no children's stories). Cash prizes total 350 English pounds. Entry fee: 5 pounds (or equivalent). Deadline: March 31.
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Cadenza For top flight fiction and poetry To display this page you need a browser with JavaScript support. Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames....Details the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition with two thousand Euros in prizes. Limit: 3,000 words. Deadline: July 31.
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Munster Literature Centre Hompage This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year. Limit: 2,000 words. Accepts IRCs for entry fees.
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WORDSMAG Powerful support for your writing vital support for babies. Here at Words Magazine, the online writing resource, you can enter great writing competitions to win real cash prizes. You can order audio tapes or eBooks compiled from entries to our...The Momaya Annual Review seeks original short stories on any theme. Limit: 2,500 words. Deadline July 1. Prizes total $300. Entry fee: $10
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Our purpose is to help you find your audience. Congratulations 2005 Momaya Short Story Competition Winners! First Place Sleeping Lions, Tracy Moyle-Maton Second Place Lost Ideas, Donald Hiscock Third Place McCauley Speaks, Louis Malloy Honourable mention Bistro and Cemetery, Frances...Seeks Science-Fiction/Fantasy stories. Deadline: May 31, 2004. Entry Fee: $10. Cash prizes total $850.
http://www.gompublishing.com/contest
A cash prize of $500.00 is offered for an original short story up to 7,500 words. Minimum entry fee: $10. Deadline: July 1.
http://www.qbpublishing.com/sstory.html
A cash prize of $1,000 plus publication is offered for a short story on any topic. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Entry fee: $20. Closing date: March 31, 2005. Open to U.S. residents only.
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Author Mania Writing tips, markets, contests, get published, write! Learn how to build your story or novel. Get the information you need to create your book or short story, and make your words sell! Enter the AuthorMania.com Writing Contest and AuthorMania.com Poetry Contest! Click here for details! Writing Contests:...Seeks short fiction stories with Christian themes. Over $1,000 in prizes plus opportunity for publication. $15 entry fee.
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No fee. Length 1,500-5,000 words. Winner receives $25 and publication. Next deadline: September 15.
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Leading U.S. literary magazine offers $1,500 plus publication for original short fiction by an unpublished author. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 15, 2004.
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Contest D awarded for the winning group of three poems by a poet who has not yet published a book of poetry with a nationally distributed press Rules: 1. The poems may be a sequence or unrelated. All entries must be...A free-to-enter contest offering a modest cash prize for a 5,000 word (or less) story in any category or theme.
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Short Story Competition There is no entry fee or entry form. The deadline for receipt of stories is: 30th November 2005. The winner will be announced on the 1st of January 2006. Please send entries to submissions@donardpublishing.com 1. The competition is run by...Seeks original stories and essays, up to 8,000 words, either published or unpublished. Winning and commended works will be published in an anthology. Cash prizes total $2,575. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: March 31, 2005.
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JOHN REID/TOM HOWARD WRITING CONTESTS INFORMATION Chat cheap web hosting php hosting Web hosting Domain web hosting web hosting WebSite Hosting web hosting provider notebook computer JOHN REID/TOM HOWARD WRITING CONTESTS INFORMATION Each year, John H. Reid sponsors three writing Contests. These Contests are open to...