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

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

Contest for novels with a love story

Quirk Books is hosting its “Looking for Love” contest; Oct. 1, 2013 deadline; $10,000 prize and publication; details HERE:

http://quirkbooks.com/lovestories

Polis Books seeking new fiction authors

Crime Fiction; Sci Fi; Fantasy; Romance; Erotica; Commercial Women’s Fiction; details HERE:

http://www.polisbooks.com/submissions/

The Next Novelist contest

Details HERE:

http://www.nextnovelist.com/how-it-works.html#.UebkrxxOKv8

Book contest for horror, thrillers, suspense, apocalypse and mystery

Assent Publishing’s Bad Day Books is hosting; deadline is Oct. 31, 2013; 70,000-120,000 words for novels and 40K-50K for novellas; details HERE:

http://assentpublishing.com/BadDaySubmissions.aspx

Novelicious Books now accepting submissions

Novelicious Originals are 80,000-100,000 words; Novelicious Smalls should be 15K-30K words; details HERE:

http://www.noveliciousbooks.com/#!submissions/c1xuf