Looking for short stories about Kentucky women

Kentucky Her Story 2012 Now accepting submissions for a collection of short stories about Kentucky women. A new e-zine journal will be published summer 2012. Authors can be any gender. Stories should be 2,000 – 10,000 words. No exceptions on length, no poetry, art might be okay. Send one paragraph bio, author photo or representation, one sentence describing your story, and your story to parker.owens@gmail.com. Digital files only. No payment, no fees. Deadline June 15, 2012. Acceptance notice by August 1, 2012.

Launch Pad contest for unpublished novelists

deadlines vary by category: historical fiction is May 10, 2012, suspense/crime/mystery/thriller is June 10, contemporary fiction/women’s fiction is July 10, middle grade, YA fiction is August 10, contemporary romance is September 10, Speculative is October 10. entry fee is $35; details HERE:

http://www.novelrocket.com/p/launch-pad-contest.html

Interview about being an author/freelance writer

Jennifer Brown Banks interviewed me about my life as a writer:

http://penandprosper.blogspot.com/2012/01/q-with-author-wendy-burt.html

Quarterly WOW! short story contest

Deadline is Feb. 29, 2012; 250-750 words; $10 entry or $20 pays for entry and a critique; cash prizes; read the theme for each quarter; details HERE:

http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/contest.php

Glass Woman FREE short story and creative nonfiction contest

Deadline is 9/21/2011; FREE to enter; $500 prize; entries 50-5,000 words; details HERE:

http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrizeGuidelines.htm

Mslexia 2011 Women’s novel competition

first prize is $5,000 (pounds/Euros); deadline is Sept. 30, 2011; entry fee is $25 (pounds/Euros); submit first 5,000 words of novel; details HERE:

http://www.mslexia.co.uk/whatson/msbusiness/ncomp_active.php

Women Inspirational Poetry Contest

Deadline is April 11, 2011; entry fees are $7 for one poem, $14 for 2 or $17 for 3; prizes are $110, $60, $30; details HERE:

http://www.onealwalters.com/contests.html

FREE short story & essay contest for women

The GLASS WOMAN PRIZE; deadline is 3/21/2011; open to short stories and nonfiction essays; 50-5,000 words; published and unpublished work are both welcome; prizes range from $50-$500; no entry fee; details HERE:

http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm

Flash Fiction Contest

(FYI, this is a fundraiser for a great writing-related organization, the Pikes Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women):

Deadline is March 1, 2011; prizes are $20, $40, and $75; entry fee is $10; must be 100 words or fewer; to read previous winners, get a submission form or learn more, visit:

http://www.ppb-nlapw.org/contests.php

FREE contest for books by women published in 2010

The Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize; no entry fee but must be submitted by publisher; book must have been published in 2010; $5,000 prize; must be female and citizen of U.S.; open to fiction (novel, short stories or experimental writing); deadline is Feb. 1, 2011; details HERE:

http://www.rochester.edu/college/wst/SBAI/kafka.html