Harvill Secker Crime Writing Competition

Submit first 5,000 words of crime novel with 2-page synopsis; deadline Nov. 30, 2013; details HERE:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/crime-writing-competition/

Leapfrog 2014 Fiction Contest

Leapfrog 2014 Fiction Contest. Open January 15, 2014–May 1, 2014. Entry fee: $30.

Adult and Children’s manuscripts: Novels, novellas, story collections, any style

Finalist judge: Mark Brazaitis

See www.leapfrogpress.com for details. Email: fictioncontest@leapfrogpress.com.

$5,000 prize for 2013 novel set during a past war

Dec. 1, 2013 deadline; book must have been published in 2013; details HERE:

http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/w_y_boyd_literary_award

Win your children’s book on audio!

$4.99 entry fee; deadline Dec. 15, 2013; details HERE:

http://www.writermag.com/contests/book-audiologist-award-contest/

Pushcart Press Editors’ Book Award

deadline Nov. 15, 2013; $1,000 prize; for a fiction or creative nonfiction manuscript that has been submitted to but not accepted by a commercial publisher; details HERE:

http://www.pw.org/writing_contests/editors_book_award

Sci Fi/horror/fantasy, etc. novel submissions wanted

DoubleDragon published e-books and pays 30% royalties. Details HERE:

http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com/guidelines.php

Kraken Press seeks horror/dark fantasy/weird fiction novels, novellas and short stories

https://kraken.submittable.com/submit

Silverfish Review Press contest for book-length poetry

Oct. 15, 2013; cash prize plus 25 copies of book; details HERE:

http://www.silverfishreviewpress.com/?page=award

Nightboat Books poetry book prize

deadline Nov. 15, 2013; details HERE:

http://www.nightboat.org/prize

Picture book contest for people of color

deadline Sept. 30, 2013; Lee and Low; details HERE:

http://www.leeandlow.com/p/new_voices_award.mhtml