poetry contest
The 39th annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest; deadline is March 31, 2012; prizes are $250, $175 and $100; submission fees are $10 for 3 poems, $2 for each additional poem. Details HERE:
2012 New South Writing Contest – poetry and prose
deadline is March 5, 2012; $1,000 first prize, $250 second prize; poetry and prose; $15 reading fee; 9,000 words max; details HERE:
15th Annual Poetry Contest
Deadline June 1, 2012; first prize is $1,500 and work published in the Boston Review; submit up to 5 unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages; $20 entry fee; details HERE:
Multiple writing contests
The 2012 Fish Anthology; 10 best entries in each category will be published:
• Short Memoir ($2,500) – deadline Jan. 30, 2012
• Flash Fiction ($1,300) – deadline March 20, 2012
• Poetry ($1,300) – deadline March 30, 2012
Details HERE:
FREE Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry contest
It’s back! Deadline is April 1, 2012; top prize is $1,500; no fee to enter; see details:
http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/wergle/we_guidelines.php
Esoteric Awards – short story contest
up to 8,000 words; $8 entry fee; deadline is Dec. 31, 2011; no genre fiction; cash prizes; details HERE:
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Romance manuscripts wanted
In 2012 Decadent Publishing is opening a new imprint for mainstream fiction and nonfiction titles called Bono Books. Details HERE:
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Deadline extended for essays on “passion for horses”
I just got this an email from Green Gecko Publishing saying they are still looking for 9 essays. They want to emphasize that they want pieces about “passion for horses” and not just horses.
Essays should be 500-1,500 words and must be nonfiction, personal experience. You can include a photo as a jpg attachment. Pay rate is 1/4 center per word (minimum of $5).
Click here for details and the email address:
http://geckopublishing.blogspot.com/2011/12/call-for-submission.html
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Ask Wendy – All things writing!- poetry contest January 27, 2012The 39th annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest; deadline is March 31, 2012; prizes are $250, $175 and $100; submission fees are $10 for 3 poems, $2 for each additional poem. Details HERE: http://www.midwestwritingcenter.org/askwendy
- 2012 New South Writing Contest – poetry and prose January 26, 2012deadline is March 5, 2012; $1,000 first prize, $250 second prize; poetry and prose; $15 reading fee; 9,000 words max; details HERE: http://www.review.gsu.edu/page/contest.htmlaskwendy
- Short story contest (up to 25 pages) January 25, 2012The Norton Girault Literary Prize; deadline is Feb. 29, 2012; $1,000 prize and publication in “Barely South Review”; up to 25 pages; details HERE: http://barelysouthreview.digitalodu.com/the-norton-girault-literary-prize/askwendy
- Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction January 24, 2012deadline is March 10, 2012; sponsored by Colorado Review; $2,000 first prize; 50 pages max; details HERE: http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nelligan-prize/askwendy
- Glimmer Train’s very short fiction award January 23, 2012deadline is Jan. 31, 2012; 3,000 words max; cash prizes of $1,500 $500, $300; details HERE: http://www.glimmertrain.com/askwendy
- FREE science fiction short story contest January 21, 2012writingforums.org; deadline is Feb. 20, 2012; $500 in prizes; 3,000 to 10,000 words; no entry fee; details HERE: http://www.sbwire.com/press-releases/writingforumsorg-announces-a-science-fiction-short-story-writing-contest-with-500-in-prizes-122159.htmaskwendy
- Momaya short story contest January 20, 2012Deadline is April 30, 2012; cash prizes; theme is “Heat”; 3,000 words max; details HERE: http://www.momayapress.com/contest.htmaskwendy
- FREE short story contest January 19, 2012witf is holding the contest; first prize is $500, runner up is $200; 1,500 words max; deadline is Feb. 29, 2012; details HERE: http://www.witf.org/contests-and-giveaways/enter-the-2012-writing-contest-short-story-competitionaskwendy
- 2012 Doris Gooderson Short Story Competition January 18, 2012Deadline is July 9, 2012; 1,200 words max; cash prizes; details HERE: http://sites.google.com/site/wrekinwriters/Home/competitions-1/2012-doris-gooderson-short-story-competitionaskwendy
- 15th Annual Poetry Contest January 17, 2012Deadline June 1, 2012; first prize is $1,500 and work published in the Boston Review; submit up to 5 unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages; $20 entry fee; details HERE: http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/index.php#Fifteenthaskwendy
- poetry contest January 27, 2012
