Abrendal Austin National Writing Contests; deadlines are May 1, 2012; $20 entry fee; each category has cash prizes of $500, $250; details HERE:
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Tag Archives: stories
Nov24
Crazyhorse short story writing contest
Deadline is Jan. 15, 2012; entry fee is $16; $2,000 prize; details HERE:
Nov19
The OddContest for speculative stories or prose poems
Fewer than 500 words; prizes are $500 for adult winner and $50 for youth winner; deadline is January 15, 2012; entry fees are $10 for adults and FREE to youth under 18; details HERE:
Nov16
High paying market for short stories
Boy’s Life Magazine; pays $750 and up; short stories 1,000-1,500 words; humor, mystery, sci fi, adventure; details HERE:
http://media.scouting.org/boyslife/about/contributors/writers.pdf
Nov12
FREE poetry and short story contest
Literary Laundry; prizes are $500 for best poem, $500 for best short story and $250 for best one-act drama; Dec. 1, 2011 deadline; details HERE:
Nov7
WCDR contest – fiction and nonfiction
WCDR contest; fiction and nonfiction accepted; deadline is November 30,2011; first prize is $1,000; entry fee is $20 for Canadian writers and $25 for all other writers; details here; 1,000 words max; details here:
Oct28
Paying market for horror, sci fi, fantasy, mash-ups
Apex Magazine buys short stories and poems; pay is $.05/word; details HERE:
http://apex-magazine.com/submission-guidelines/
Oct21
Compass Rose flash fiction contest
Deadline is Nov. 15, 2011; prize is 50% of the entry fees, which are $5 each; send up to 3 pieces of no more than 1,000 words; details HERE:
Oct14
Indiana Review’s short story contest
$1,000 prize; deadline Oct. 15, 2011; $15 entry fee includes 1-year subscription; max length is 35 pages double spaced; details HERE:
Oct13
Arthur Edelstein Prize – short story contest
deadline is Oct. 31, 2011; $10 entry; up to 6,000 words; first prize is $1,200; details HERE:
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