Mistaken Identity Short Story contest

Deadline May 26, 2013; cash prizes; entry fee is $5 (euro); open to anyone in world; 3,000 words max; details HERE:

http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions/new-competitions/mistaken-identity-fiction-writing-competition/

 

Family Secret Writing Competition

Open to anyone in the world; cash prizes; May 1, 2013 deadline; entry fee is $2 (Euros); 500 words max; details HERE:

http://creativecompetitor.com/competitions/new-competitions/family-secret-writing-competition/

FREE short story contest

AndWeWereHungry – new online lit mag – Flying Elephants Short Story Contest; 4 writers to share $5,000 prize; no fee; deadline March 31, 2013; details HERE:

http://andwewerehungry.org/

The Ledge Magazine story contest

up to 7,500 words; deadline Feb. 28, 2013; $12 fee; $1,000 prize; details HERE:

http://www.theledgemagazine.com/Annual%20Contests.html

Chris O’Malley Prize in Fiction – short story contest

deadline Feb. 28, 2013; $1,000 prize; entry fee is $10; 30 pages max; details HERE:

http://www.english.wisc.edu/madisonreview/madisonReviewContests.htm

FREE – Switchback contest for fiction, poetry, nonfiction

deadline is Feb. 28, 2013; no entry fee; cash prizes; details HERE:

http://www.swback.com/

 

February Fiction in Five Contest

a prompt will be emailed to all paid entrants on Feb. 4, 2013; you’ll have 5 days to write and submit your 700-1,000 word story; entry fee is $5; cash prizes; details:

http://janiewrites.com/contests/a-fiction-in-five-rules/

Stringybark Young Adult short story contest

deadline is Jan. 13, 2013; 1,500 words max; link to Australia somehow; $770 worth of prizes; entry fee is $9.95; details HERE:

www.stringybarkstories.net

Meridian’s fiction and poetry contests

deadline Jan. 8, 2013; $1,000 prize per genre; send up to 4 poems, 10 pages max and short stories up to 10,000 words; $8 entry fee; details HERE:

http://readmeridian.org/?page_id=47

Seeking short stories for Dirty GRE Words

Green Gecko Publishing is seeking short stories for Dirty GRE Words. It’s a pretty interesting concept. Read the general guidelines first:

http://www.greengeckopublishing.com/submission-guidlines-read-me-first.html

 

Then the specifics for this contest:

http://www.greengeckopublishing.com/dirty-gre-words.html