“Stealing Time” parenting magazine seeks pieces on the theme “Opening”

deadline March 25, 2013; fiction, poetry and memoir; up to 3,000 words; details HERE:

http://www.stealingtimemag.com/submit.html

Paying market for fiction, memoir and poetry

Open to writing from around the world; details HERE:

http://www.granta.com/Submissions

Multiple writing contests

The 2012 Fish Anthology; 10 best entries in each category will be published:

• Short Memoir ($2,500) – deadline Jan. 30, 2012

• Flash Fiction ($1,300) – deadline March 20, 2012

• Poetry ($1,300) – deadline March 30, 2012

Details HERE:

http://www.fishpublishing.com

FREE contest for prose or poetry

Memoir (and) Prizes for memoir in Prose or Poetry; deadline is Aug. 16, 2011; FREE to enter; $500 prize; details HERE:

http://memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest-details/

Writing contest for books, short stories, essays and poems

2012 Indie Publishing Contest; deadline is Oct. 1, 2011; $35 entry fee; send up to 5,000 words; fiction, nonfiction/memoir, children’s/YA, poetry; details HERE:

http://www.sfwriters.org/pages.cfm?ID=7

SouthWest Writers 2011 memoir contest

Submit the openign 2 pages of a memoir, the initial hook, 500 words max; deadline is 2/28/2011; $10 entry; cash prizes; details HERE:

http://southwestwriters.com/contestBiMonthlyCurrent.php

Linda Flowers Lit Award (about NC)

Short stories, nonfiction, poetry; Aug. 15, 2010 deadline; all entries relevant to NC but don’t have to be a resident of NC or the U.S.; 2,000-2,500 words; cash prize; more info HERE:

http://www.nchumanities.org/flowers.html

Spring 2010 writing contest

Open to short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. Prizes: $3,250, $1,500, $750 and ten $100 each; $20 entry, July 31, 2010 deadline. GUIDELINES:

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/node/86956

Mozelle Memoir Contest

March 10 deadline; $10 entry fee; $500 prize; Info & entry HERE:

http://www.writersleague.org/contests/memoir.html

WriterAdvice’s 5th Annual Flash Prose Contest

Seeking flash fiction, memoir and creative nonfiction; April 15, 2010 deadline; 750 words max; $10 entry; cash prizes

Info and entry HERE: http://www.writeradvice.com/