Orion Magazine seeks essay, fiction, nonfiction & interviews

no queries; send 1 piece between 1,200 and 5,000 words; current submission window opened June 1, 2013; details HERE:

http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/mag/guidelines_for_article_submissions/

Paying literary magazine

In The Fray Magazine; pays honorarium for news, commentary, art, cultural criticism; details HERE:

http://inthefray.org/submissions/

Paying market for fiction, poetry, essay, reviews, etc.

The Bear Deluxe – quarterly – pays for first time rights; pays $.05/word; details HERE:

http://www.orlo.org/orlo.html

Writers’ Haven open to submissions

Buys articles, commentaries, translation, travelogues, essays, poems etc. See themes and details HERE:

http://www.original-writer.com/submissionwritershaven.html

Launch Pad contest for unpublished novelists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

$1,000 prize for book-length literary nonfiction work

150-400 pages long; deadline is Dec. 1, 2011; $25 entry fee; details HERE:

http://static.ashland.edu/riverteeth/guidelines.htm

Contest for book-length manuscript of literary nonfiction

River Teeth magazine and the University of Nebraska Press; Deadline is 12/31/2010; $25 entry fee; prize is $1,000 plus publication; 150 to 400 pages double spaced; details HERE:

http://static.ashland.edu/riverteeth/guidelines.htm

Paying market for fiction, nonfiction & poetry

Hayden’s Ferry Review; $50 payment; up to 6 poems; no max word count; READ GUIDELINES!:

http://submit.haydensferryreview.asu.edu/

Cash award for self-published/indy books

Jan. 21, 2010 deadline; $1,500 cash prize; $45/book entry; various genre categories

info and entry here: http://www.HofferAward.com/

FREE contest for literary nonfiction book in progress ($12,000 advance)

Submit Oct. 1-31; 100 pages minimum; Graywolf Press

Info and entry here: http://www.graywolfpress.org/Company_Info/Submission_Guidelines/Graywolf_Press_Nonfiction_Prize/127/