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Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest

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WOW! (Women on Writing) announces their Fall 2012 Flash Fiction Contest. Open to all ages, all topics, any genre, but entries must be in English. Word count between 250-750 words. Guest judge is looking for creativity and originality. And yes, men can enter, too.

Prizes:
First place: $350 plus other prizes, including Amazon gift card and publication on website. Second place:  $250 plus other prizes, including Amazon gift card and publication on website.

Entry fee:
$10 per story.

Deadline for fall contest is November 30, 2012. For more information, please visit their website.

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InkTears Short Story Competition 2012

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InkTears is looking for short stories written in English, any theme, between 1,000 and 3,000 words. Deadline for submission is November 30, 2012. All prizewinners get published to the InkTears Readers and consideration for a short story collection/anthology publication.

Prizes:
Winner £1,000, runner-up £100

Reading fee is £6.00 per story.

Deadline is November 30, 2012. For more information, please visit their website.

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Words with JAM BIGGER Short Story Competition 2012

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Words with JAM’s Annual Short Story Competition just got BIGGER. Submit your 2500-word short story on any theme, 1000-word “shorter story,” and/or 250-word “shortest story.”

Prizes:
1st prize in each category – £300
2nd prize in each category – £100
3rd prize in each category – £50

Reading fee is £6.00 for first entry and £4.00 for each additional entry.

Deadline is October 31, 2012. For more information, please visit their website.

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The Danahy Fiction Prize

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The Danahy Fiction Prize is an award given annually for a previously unpublished work of short fiction, generally between 500 and 5000 words. Judging is by the editors of Tampa Review, and all entries are considered for publication.

Prizes:

$1,000 and publication in Tampa Review

Deadline for submissions is November 1, 2012. There is a $20 entry fee. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit their website.

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Anthology Call for Strange, Weird, and Wonderful

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Cover for Volume 1 of the anthology

Strange, Weird, and Wonderful Publishing, a small press specializing in horror, mystery, and science fiction, is looking for stories for their upcoming yearly anthology, A Big Book of Strange, Weird, and Wonderful.

Prizes:

Flat fee and contributor copies if you are included in the anthology.

Submission period for their third annual volume ends May 1, 2013. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit their website.

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Glimmer Train Fiction Open Contest

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Glimmer Train’s quarterly “Fiction Open” is open to all subjects, all themes, and all writers. Most entries run from 2,000 to 8,000 words, although stories from 2,000 to 20,000 words are welcome.

Prizes:

$2,500 for first place (plus publication in Glimmer Train Stories),  $1,000 for second place, $600 for third place.

Reading fee is $19 per story. Please no more than three submissions per contest.

Deadline is September 30, 2012. For more information, please visit their website.

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National Writing Contest in Fiction

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Prescott College encourages submissions from writers of all levels, including emerging or early-career writers. The annual contest awards $1000 plus publication for the first place winners in fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Finalists in each genre will be recognized as such, published, and paid in copies. Cost of entry: $15. Every entrant receives one copy of the 2013 issue, a $10 value. The issue will come out in late spring 2013. There is no theme for this issue; work is selected upon artistic merit. Submissions are accepted August 15 through October 1, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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8th Annual Write a DearReader Contest

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Write a DearReader ContestThe 8th Annual Write a DearReader Contest is now accepting submissions of previously unpublished short works on nearly any personal subject.

The deadline is August 12, 2012. Maximum word count is 650 words. Multiple entries per person are acceptable.

Prizes are: Grand Prize – $300; Runner Up – $200; Third Place – $100. In addition to a cash prize, the winning columns will be published in the daily book clubs at DearReader.com, Read-It-First.com and at BookTrib.com.

For more information, please visit their website.

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