“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