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ENDING: Writer’s HQ Flash Contest
The Writer's HQ Flash Contest is for flash fiction of up to 500 words by any author. Prize is 12 months of Writer's HQ membership plus 3 free retreats in the UK (you can donate …
Find out more »ENDING: Writers of the Future
The Writers of the Future is for science fiction and fantasy short stories or novellas of up to 17,000 words by any unprofessional author. This contest is known for boosting the careers of new authors. …
Find out more »ENDING: Writer’s HQ Quarterly
The Writer's HQ Quarterly is for flash fiction of up to 500 words by any author. Prize is £450's worth of free retreats (UK) or alternate prize outside UK. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by Writer's …
Find out more »ENDING: Chicken Soup: Self-Care and Me-Time
The Chicken Soup: Self-Care and Me-Time is for nonfiction personal essays and poems of up to 1200 words by any author. Prize is $200, paper publication, and 10 author copies. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by …
Find out more »ENDING: Writers of the Future
The Writers of the Future is for science fiction, fantasy, and horror short stories of 1500 to 17,000 words by any author. Prize is up to $6000, plus a one-week intensive workshop in Hollywood, California …
Find out more »ENDING: The Caribbean Writer Prizes
The Caribbean Writer Prizes are for poetry, short stories, personal essays, and one-act plays of up to 3500 words/10 pages by any author. Prize is up to $500. The work must relate to the Caribbean …
Find out more »ENDING: Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest
The Blue Mountain Arts Poetry Card Contest is for poems suitable for greeting cards of any length (one page or less preferred) by any author. Prize is up to $350 and web publication. More info …
Find out more »ENDING: Drinking Gourd Chapbook Prize (Diverse: PoC)
The Drinking Gourd Chapbook Prize (Diverse: PoC) is for poetry manuscripts of 25-35 pages by poets of color who have not yet published a book-length volume. Prize is $350 and chapbook publication. More info here. …
Find out more »ENDING: Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition
The Lilith Magazine Fiction Competition is for short stories "touching on the experience of Jewish women" of up to 3000 words by any author. Prize is $250. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by Lilith Magazine. Free …
Find out more »ENDING: Postman Award for Metaphor
The Postman Award for Metaphor is for poetry of any length by any author. Prize is $1,000. Poems must be accepted into Rattle Magazine, where they will automatically be considered for this prize. More info …
Find out more »ENDING: Society of Classical Poets High School Competition (Youth)
The Society of Classical Poets High School Competition (Youth) is for formal poems of up to 108 lines by authors aged 13-19. Prize is $100. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by the Society of Classical Poets. …
Find out more »ENDING: Lyric College Poetry Contest (College) (USA/CAN)
The Lyric College Poetry Contest (College) (USA/CAN) is for up to 3 traditional poems of up to 39 lines each by any author enrolled in an undergraduate program in an American or Canadian college. Prize …
Find out more »ENDING: Livingston Press Tartt Fiction Award (USA)
The Livingston Press Tartt Fiction Award (USA) is for a first collection of short stories of 160 to 275 pages by a USA citizen. Prize is $1000 and publication. More info here. Sponsored/Hosted by Livingstone …
Find out more »ENDING: Center Field of Gravity’s Inaugural Award
The Center Field of Gravity's Inaugural Award is for fantasy, science fiction, and horror short stories of up to 17,000 words by any author. Prize is $200. More info hereCenter Field of Gravity. Sponsored/Hosted by …
Find out more »ENDING: Aleph Writing Prize
The Aleph Writing Prize is for short stories of up to 10,000 words by any author. Prize is a limited run publication and all proceeds from it. More info hereThe Aleph. Sponsored/Hosted by . Free …
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