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The Story of the Year Contest is for short stories/nonfiction/novellas between 1000-15,000 words. There are three prize categories: and three grand prizes as follows Diversity Award ($3000), Texas Award ($5000), and Character Award ($2000). Only the … Read More»
The Linda Flowers Literary Award is for short stories, essays, or poetry with a connection to North Carolina, written by North Carolina residents. Winner received $1500 and stipend for a writer's residency at Weymouth Center for the Arts and … Read More»
The Fred Otto Prize for Oz Fiction/Warren C. Hollister Prize for Oz Nonfiction is for short fiction (poetry included in this category) and essays or articles up to 10,000 words pertaining to the Land of Oz. Prizes are $50-100 in each genre. More … Read More»
The Richard J. Margolis Award is for an essayist or journalist whose work "combines warmth, humor, wisdom" with "concern with social justice." Send at least two nonfiction pieces up to 30 pages total. Prize is a $5,000 stipend and a month-long … Read More»
The Chicken Soup "The Golden Years: Life After 60" Contest is for nonfiction essays and poetry up to 1200 words on the topic "The Golden Years: Life After 60." Prize is $200 and ten copies of the anthology. This comes out to well over the industry … Read More»
