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Oz Fiction Contest

Posted on: May 15th, 2012 by | No Comments

Prose story submissions are invited for the 2012 Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction. “Oz Fiction” is defined as any story about or pertaining to the Land of Oz as originally created by author L. Frank Baum in the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels, but stories need not be confined to Baum’s vision.

Cash prizes are: $100 First Prize, $50 Second Prize.

Deadline is June 30, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Writer’s Digest Writing Competition

Posted on: May 8th, 2012 by | 4 Comments

Writer's Digest LogoWriter’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for more than 80 years. The winning entries will be on display in the 81st Annual Writer’s Digest Competition Collection.

Prizes include a chance to win $3,000 in cash, national exposure for your work, one on one attention with four editors or agents, and a paid trip to the ever-popular Writer’s Digest Conference in New York City!

Entry fees vary. Deadline is May 15, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Southern Sin Creative Nonfiction Contest

Posted on: May 4th, 2012 by | No Comments

Creative Nonfiction and the Oxford Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference & Workshop are looking for essays that capture the South in all its steamy sinfulness. Your essay can channel William Faulkner or Flannery O’Connor, Alice Walker or Rick Bragg; it can be serious, humorous, or somewhere in between, but all essays must tell true stories, and must incorporate both sin and the South in some way. The selected essays will be published in Creative Nonfiction #47, and CNF and Oxford will be awarding $5000 for Best Essay. Essays must be unpublished, 4,000 words maximum.

There is a $20 reading fee; multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S.  The deadline is July 31, 2012.

For more information, please visit the website.

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The American Short(er) Fiction Prize

Posted on: May 3rd, 2012 by |

The American Short(er) Fiction Prize is now open! Got something great that’s right around 1,000 words? Or under? They’d like to see it.

First prize receives $500 and publication. Second prize receives $250 and publication. You may enter as many times as you like. Each separate entry requires its own entry fee of $15.

Deadline: May 15, 2012. Submissions are accepted online via the ASF Submission Manager.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Sentinel Annual Short Story Competition 2012

Posted on: May 1st, 2012 by | 2 Comments

The Sentinel Annual Short Story Competition has been introduced in 2012 to run side by side with their annual poetry competition. They are accepting submissions for previously unpublished short stories in English Language on any subject, in any style, up to 2000 words long.

First Prize: £500; Second Prize: £250; Third Prize: £125; High Commendation: £25 x 5

Fees: £5 per story for the first 2 stories, then £3.50 per story for any subsequent stories.

Closing Date: 30 November 2012

For more information, please visit their website.

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Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

Posted on: April 29th, 2012 by |

The Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest is open everyone, international to all poets and writers whether published or not, regardless of experience.

Prizes are:  First Place – $500.00; Second Place – $250.00; Third Place – $100.00.

There is a $10.00 (US dollars) entry fee per short story submitted and a $5.00 (US dollars) entry fee per poem submitted.

Summer 2012 Postmark Deadline is July 31, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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The CZP / Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature

Posted on: April 27th, 2012 by |

The CZP / Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature is now accepting entries for its 2012 awards.

Entry fee: $10.00 CDN or U.S. fee per entry, or $15.00 CDN or U.S. to enter both fiction and poetry categories.

Submission period: March 1, 2012 – May 31, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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“Daughters of Icarus” Anthology Accepting Submissions

Posted on: April 25th, 2012 by |

Pink Narcissus Press seeks short feminist science fiction writing for its “Daughters of Icarus” anthology. Submissions must explore gender roles in society; hard science fiction is not appropriate to this anthology.

Stories of any length will be considered.

There is no entry fee.

Deadline: May 31, 2012.

For more information, please visit the website.

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Earlyworks Press Short Story Competition

Posted on: April 24th, 2012 by |

Earlyworks Press Short Story Competition Earlyworks Press is now accepting submissions up to 8000 words for its 2012 Short Story Competition. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy of the anthology. 10-20 will be included, depending on length and quality. The entry fee is £5 per story up to 4000 words, and £10 for over 4000 words. The closing date is October 31st 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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THE INTERNATIONAL AEON AWARD SHORT FICTION CONTEST FOR FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION & HORROR

Posted on: April 20th, 2012 by |

The Aeon Award is a fiction writing competition for short stories in any speculative fiction genre, i.e. fantasy, science fiction, horror or anything in-between or unclassifiable! The Aeon Award short fiction contest has a Grand Prize of €1000 and publication in Albedo One! Second and third place prizes are €200 and €100 as well as guaranteed publication in Albedo One, the leading Irish magazine of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

The submission deadline for the first round is March 31st, the second round June 30th, the third round September 30th and the final round November 30th.

All stories entered in the Aeon Award short fiction contest must be accompanied by a modest entry fee of €7.50 (euro).

For more information, please visit their website.

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