Contests to Consider

Puma · Jan 11, 2008

This thread is being started by pdr and Puma as a place for all of us to put posts about upcoming contests we all might want to consider. Below is a consolidation of ones that have been posted so far in January, 2008.

1. Daily Mail and Transworld publishers:
http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/f...mpetitions.htm NOVEL COMP JULY 2nd deadline

2. http://seasiderswrite.co.uk/novelcompetition.aspx novel comp. Jan 31st.
1. A synopsis and one sample chapter to be submitted by 31st January 2008 to
Seasiders` Write at Brantwood, 23 Coniston Road, Blackpool FY4 2BY.
2. The completed novel (if shortlisted) must be submitted by 31st May 2008.
3. All entries must be submitted in English and typed and be the original,
undisputed work of the author.
4. The competition fee of £10 must accompany the entry, by either cheque or postal
order made payable to “Seasiders` Write!”
Organisers – Seasiders` Write! - Brantwood, 23 Coniston Road, Blackpool, FY4 2BY.
Website - www.seasiderswrite.co.uk Yesterday 02:28 PM

If you write historical whodunnits they are welcome and can take you on to the Ellis Peters Award. However, I'll tell you now, so that you can howl first, that the entry fee is £20 (Roughly $2US to £1)

The Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Competition launched the careers of all these crime writers.
Could you be next?
The 2008 Debut Dagger Competition runs from 15th November – 15th February. Go on, take a stab at it, send us the opening chapter(s) – up to 3000 words – and a short synopsis of your proposed crime novel, and you could be a published crime writer.
Winning the Debut Dagger doesn’t guarantee you’ll get published. But it does mean your work will be seen by leading agents and top editors, who have signed up over a dozen winners as well as shortlisted Debut Dagger competitors.
The Debut Dagger is open to anyone who has not yet had a novel published commercially. First prize is £500 plus two free tickets to the prestigious CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger Awards and night’s stay for two in a top London hotel. All shortlisted entrants will receive a generous selection of crime novels and professional assessments of their entries, and will also be invited to the Dagger Awards Dinner.
www.thecwa.co.uk

Hogmannay Challenge - See the Early Works Press website and details. Payment by Paypal and e-mnail entries allowed for overseas entrants!

http://www.earlyworkspress.co.uk/Competitions.htm

Sixty Word Sagas £100 in prizes

1st prize £60, 2nd £30, 3rd £10

Flash fiction on any topic you like. Points will be awarded for style and entertainment value. Aim for 60 words exactly. Points deducted for every word over or under. Closes April 30th, 2008. The winning entries will be published on the website.

Open Short Story Competition

£100 1st prize. Publication for best entries.

Rules and Conditions

The competition is open to anyone over 16.
The first prize is £100 and first place in the anthology. The best entries will be published, and their authors will receive one complimentary copy. 10-20 will be included, depending on length. All winners will be offered further copies at a reduced price.
Closing date September 30th 2008. Winners will be notified by November.
Entry fee £5 up to 4000 words, £10 for 4 – 8000 words. Max 8000. Payment in pounds sterling. POs or cheques payable to Kay Green.
Stories must be the work of the entrant, previously unpublished, and not simultaneously entered for other competitions.
Stories must be titled and typed/clearly written on one side of A4 paper.
Names must not appear on the stories. Each entry must have a cover-sheet attached, marked ES4, giving title(s) of stories(s), word count, author’s name, address, and/or telephone number/email address. Please say where you heard about this competition.
The competitions are judged anonymously and the judges’ decision is final. No discussion will be entered into.
Entries are not returnable and cannot be acknowledged without SAE marked for that purpose.
Copyright remains with the author although Earlyworks Press reserves the right to publish winning entries in a competition anthology in 2008/9.
email entries only accepted where access to UK post/currency is denied. (Email us for assistance if this is the case)
Send paper copy to Earlyworks Press, Creative Media Centre, 45 Robertson Street , Hastings Sussex TN34 1HL.
Submission of work will be taken as acceptance of rules and conditions.

Stateside Short Fiction Contests

I got these from the About.com Fiction Writing website - http://fictionwriting.about.com They have a listing of contests by month. These might be worth looking into.

Kudzu Fiction Contest -- February 1
AWAITING 2008 INFO. Prizes of $100 for the best short story of 3,000 words or less on any topic. Submit entries to: Kudzu Hazard Community & Technical College, Knott County Branch, One Community College Drive, Hazard, Kentucky 41701, Attn: Donna Sparkman, 1-800-246-7521 ext. 73411, [email protected]. $5 entry fee.

Sarabande Books Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction -- February 15
The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction includes a $2,000 cash award, publication of a collection of short stories, novellas, or a short novel, and a standard royalty contract. Send entries to: The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, Sarabande Books, Inc., PO Box 4456, Louisville KY 40204, $25.00 entry fee.

Low Fidelity Press Novella Award -- February 2008
AWAITING 2008 INFO. "At the request of skimpy novelists and bloated short story authors the whole world over, Low Fidelity Press is sponsoring The Second Biennial Novella Award. Low Fidelity will publish the winning novella -- and perhaps, down the line, esteemable runners-up -- as a stand-alone trade paperback book and award the author a $1,000 advance." Send entries to: The Novella Award, Low Fidelity Press, 1912 16th Ave South, Birmingham, AL 35205-5607. $20.00 reading fee.

The Ledge Fiction Awards Competition -- February 29
Three prizes of $1,000, $250, and $100, each with publication, for stories of no more than 7,500 words. Send entries to: The Ledge Fiction Awards, 40 Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713. $10 fee. $20.00 subscription gains free entry.

girlyswot · Jan 11, 2008

Thanks for collecting it all together!

Puma · Jan 21, 2008

March, April, May Contests

New South Review Writing Contest -- March 4
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in New South are given annually for a poem and short story. Send work of 7500 words or less to: New South, Campus Box 1894, Georgia State University, MSC 8R0322 Unit 8, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3083. $15 reading fee.

Bellingham Review Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction -- March 15
$1,000 and publication in Bellingham Review. 8,000 words maximum. Send entries to: Tobias Wolff, Bellingham Review, Mail Stop 9053, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225. $18 entry fee includes subscription.

Gulf Coast Writing Contests -- March 15
Prize is $1,000 in each genre [Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction] and publication in Gulf Coast. Submit one previously unpublished story or essay (25 pp max) to Gulf Coast Prize: (genre) English Department, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-3013. $15.00 reading fee includes subscription

The Pinch Writing Awards -- March 15
A prize of $1,500 for fiction of up to 7,000 words. First-, second-, and third-place stories will be published. Send contest entries and subscriptions to: The Pinch, Department of English, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152. $20 entry fee includes subscription.

Arts and Letters Prizes -- March 17
The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1,000 prize . A $15 submission fee, payable in U.S. dollars, includes a two-issue subscription to Arts & Letters. All submissions will be considered for publication. Send to: Arts & Letters Prizes, Campus Box 89, Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA 31061. Entry fee: $15.00, includes subscription to Arts & Letters.

Bristol Short Story Prize -- March 31
Awards of £300, £200, £100, and publication in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology. Submit stories of 3,000 words or less to Bristol Short Story Prize, Bristol Review of Books, 81g Pembroke Rd., Bristol BS8 3EA, UK. £7 entry fee.

Crab Orchard Review's Annual Literary Contests -- April 1
$1,500 prize for an original story of 6,000 words maximum. Mail entries to: CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW Literary Contests, Dept. of English, Mail Code 4503, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901. Indicate on the outside of the envelope if an entry is "POETRY," "FICTION," or "LITERARY NONFICTION." $15 entry fee includes subscription.

The Nimrod/Hardman Writing Awards -- April 30
Prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 (with publication) for stories of no more than 7,500 words. Send to: NIMROD Literary Contest -- Fiction or Poetry, The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College, Tulsa, OK 74104. $20 entry fee includes subscription.

Tennessee Book Award Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel -- April 30
Includes a $1000 cash award, publication of the novel by the University of Tennessee Press, and a standard royalty contract. Send entries to: Knoxville Writers' Guild, Tennessee Book Awards -- The Peter Taylor Prize, P.O Box 2565, Knoxville, TN 37901. $25 entry fee. Edit: 1/26/08 - Apparently suspended indefinitely.

Writecorner Press E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award -- April 30
Prizes of $1,100 and $100 for stories of no more than 3,000 words. Send to: KOEPPEL CONTEST, P.O. Box 140310 Gainesville, FL 32614. $15 entry fee.

University of Georgia Press Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction -- May 31
Awards of $1,000 for a short story collection; winners are often published by the Press under a standard book contract. Send 200-275 double-spaced pages to: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, The University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens GA 30602-4901. $20.00 entry fee.

New Letters Awards for Writers -- May 18
$1500 for an original short story not to exceed 8,000 words. Mail entries to: New Letters Awards for Writers, UMKC University House, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499. $15 entry fee includes subcription.

Ramble Underground Short Fiction Contest -- May 15
Publication in <i>Ramble Underground</i> and cash awards, the amount of which varies with the number of entries (a minimum of $50). Apply online; 2500 words max. $6 entry fee.

Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition -- May 15
$3,000 cash and an all-expense paid trip to New York City to meet with editors or agents. Applications are accepted in ten categories. For fiction, apply online or send ms and fee to: 76th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236. $15 entry fee.

pdr · Feb 16, 2008

In case anyone waxes poetic?

this landed in my inbox today.

The Tapestry of Bronze is sponsoring a series of poetry contests to celebrate Greek and Roman mythology and the Olympian gods. The
subject of the first contest is Zeus (also known as Jupiter), the King of the Gods.

Each poem may be no longer than 30 lines and each poem must be in English.

The first contest opens on February 15, 2008 and remains open until March 31, 2008. You can read about the rules and the prizes now
by going to

http://www.tapestryofbronze.com/OdeForm.html

Hope that many of you will enter! It costs nothing but a little time. Even if you don't feel particularly poetic, it's a way to
honor Zeus. One of the reasons for starting this contest was to show to the world in general how important the Greek gods and myths
are - even today - and to encourage others to develop interest.

Also, feel free to share this message with others. There's a special section for those under 18, so we especially hope to encourage
high school teachers to pass this out to their students.

Kind regards
Victoria Grossack

pdr · Mar 28, 2008

Quick, get entering!!!!

http://www.fishpublishing.com/
Historical comp opens in May

http://www.leafbooks.co.uk/
MICRO-FICTION 2008 Closing date 31st May 2008

Submission guidelines: Leaf invites micro-fiction up to 300 words on any subject. Enter online or by post. £3 per single submission £10 for four submissions. Winner receives £200. Runner up receives ten free Leaf Books. All selected entries be published in a competition anthology. Closes – 31st May 2008.

http://www.slingink.co.uk
SlingInk Short Shorts Competition

The Task: Write a short story using a maximum of 140 words plus a single word title.
The Entry Fee: £5 for up to three entries by the same author.
The Deadline: 30th April 2008
The Reward: £75 for the work which is most original, captivating, entertaining and polished.

http://newshortstories.homestead.com/index.html
Willesden Herald International s/s award judged by Zadie Smith, free to enter and £5000 in prizes. Deadline for 2009 Comp is Dec 2008.

http://www.globalshortstories.net/rules.html
Organised by Certys Limited, supported by Darlington Arts Centre in Darlington, County Durham, England
Monthly comp. 2000 words - £5 entry

pdr · Mar 30, 2008

Thanks to girlyswot.

In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh

(Edited by Mark S. Deniz)

1st April 2009, Gilgamesh Press will publish its first anthology, In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh. We want to help promote new writers – one of our company goals – by reserving a slot in the anthology for a story from a writer who is, as yet, unpublished in any fiction medium.

The anthology will concern itself with tales from Assyrian mythology, such as the creation story and the Epic of Gilgamesh (details available on Wikipedia ). However, the stories in In the Footsteps of Gilgamesh will be interpretations or re-writes of these myths, and will fall under the genre umbrella of speculative fiction.

This means that before you write, you need to familiarise yourself with Assyrian mythology.

We are not strictly looking for re-written myths based in ancient Mesopotamia, you may write, for example, a futuristic science-fiction tale, a fantasy short story which takes place on another world or a straight horror story, as long as there is clearly some reference to the original myth.

Your story should be between 3,000 – 5,000 words and must contain speculative fiction elements (such as those mentioned above).

Any questions for those unsure of the theme are welcome and can be directed to: [email protected]

Submissions must be sent in Rich Text Format (.rtf), Double Spaced in Courier New font and the subject line should state ‘Submission: (your story title)’. Send your submissions to: [email protected]

Your stories will be read by a panel of six judges and the winning entry will be chosen to be published in the anthology. The winner will also receive two copies of the book.

The deadline is 1st December 2008 and all writers will be notified as to the status of their story as soon after this date as possible.

Puma · Apr 6, 2008

June-September Contests

Check out links before submitting.

The Chelsea Awards for Short Fiction June 15
The literary journal "Chelsea" awards $1,000 and publication for a work of fiction, not to exceed 30 typed pages, or about 7,500 words. The editors welcome both traditional and experimental fiction. Mail entries to: Chelsea Awards Competition, PO Box 773, Cooper Station, New York, NY 10276-0773. $15.00 entry fee

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize -- June 1
One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the fall issue of Hunger Mountain; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each. Send stories of no more than 10,000 words to HFMSFP, Hunger Mountain, Vermont College/UI&U, 36 College Street, Montpelier VT , 05602. $15 entry fee.

Indiana Review "1/2 K" Prize -- June 8
$1000 honorarium and publication for short-shorts and prose poems under 500 words. Send entries to: "1/2 K" Prize/Indiana Review, Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7103. $15 reading fee includes subscription.

New Millennium Awards for Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction -- June 17
$1,000 for best poem, $1,000 for best fiction (including short-short fiction), $1,000 for best nonfiction, plus publication. Enter online, or offline, by submitting to: "NMW," Room M2, PO Box 2463, Knoxville, TN 37901. $17 reading fee

Red Hen Press Literary Awards -- June 30
Established in 2001, in celebration of the new century and a new tradition of literature, this award is for an short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Open to all writers and themes. Award is $1000 and publication of the winning story by Red Hen Press.Send to: Red Hen Press, Attn: Short Fiction Award, P.O. Box 3537, Granada Hills, CA 91394. $15 entry fee.

Glimmer Train Open Fiction Contest -- July 15
Prizes of $2,000, $1,000, and $600 for original, unpublished stories. All themes, all lengths are welcome. Submit online. $15.00 entry fee.

Gival Press Short Story Award -- August 8
$1,000 given annually for a short story. Submit a previously unpublished original short story in English, approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words, of high literary quality. Mail to: Robert L. Giron, Short Story Award, Gival Press, LLC, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. $25.00 reading fee.

Mighty River Short Story Contest -- August 1
Southeast Missouri State University Press is looking for the best short story relating in some way to the Mississippi River, the River Valley, or a sister river. Winner receives an award of $500 and publication in Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley. Mail mss (max of 30 pages) to: MRSS Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. $15 entry fee.

University of North Texas Press Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction -- August 29
The winner of this annual award receives $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Mail entries to: Attn.: K.A.P. Contest, Department of English, University of North Texas, P. O. Box 311307, Denton, TX 76203. $20 entry fee.

The Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest -- August 1
Southeast Missouri State University Press is on the hunt for the best short-short story -- 500 words max -- on any theme. Winner receives an award of $200 and publication in Big Muddy: A Journal of the Mississippi River Valley. Mail mss to: Wilda Hearne Flash Fiction Contest, Southeast Missouri State University Press, MS 2650, One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701. $15 entry fee.

Wyoming Arts Council Neltje Blanchan Award -- August 8
Two prizes of $1,000 each awarded annually by the Wyoming Arts Council. The Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award is given for the best work inspired by nature, and the Frank Nelson Doubleday Award is given for the best work by a Wyoming woman. Submit no more than 25 pages of prose to: Wyoming Arts Council Neltje Blachan Award, 2320 Capitol Avenue, Cheyenne, WY 82002. No entry fee.

American Literary Review Contests in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry -- September 1
A prize of $1,000 and publication in ALR for the best work of 8,000 words or less. Entries should be labeled according to contest genre and mailed to ALR's regular submission address: PO Box 311307, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203-1307. $15 entry fee includes subscription.

Chautauqua Literary Journal Annual Contests -- September 30
The two winners each (poetry and fiction) receive $1500 and publication in Chautauqua Literary Journal. Send mss of 7,000 words or less to Chautauqua Literary Journal Annual Contests, P.O. Box 2039, York Beach, ME 03910. Entry fee: $15.

Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers -- September 30
Open to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any publication with a circulation over 5,000. 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue. 2nd/ 3rd place: $500/$300, respectively. Submit stories online. $15 reading fee.

Greensboro Review Literary Awards -- September 15
A prize of $500 and publication in the Spring 2005 issue of The Greensboro Review for one poet and one fiction writer. Submit stories of 7,500 words or less to: The Greensboro Review, MFA Writing Program, Department of English, 3302 Hall for Humanities and Research Administration, UNCG, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170.

Glimmer Train Press Short Story Award for New Writers -- September 30
Open to writers whose fiction has not appeared in any publication with a circulation over 5,000. 1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of that issue. 2nd/ 3rd place: $500/$300, respectively. Submit stories online. $15 reading fee.

Greensboro Review Literary Awards -- September 15
A prize of $500 and publication in the Spring 2005 issue of The Greensboro Review for one poet and one fiction writer. Submit stories of 7,500 words or less to: The Greensboro Review, MFA Writing Program, Department of English, 3302 Hall for Humanities and Research Administration, UNCG, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170.

pdr · Apr 18, 2008

Nice mag and nice contest.

http://www.narrativemagazine.com/
New at Narrative

The Narrative First-Person Story Contest with $7,000 in prizes opens May 1,
for entries of fiction and nonfiction. Entry deadline: July 31.

pdr · May 31, 2008

Fish Historical Short story contests.

Our summer competitions open on Sunday 1st of June.

The same as last year they are:

The Fish-Knife Award: A short story competition run in conjunction with the
Crime writers' Association for those of you who fancy tackling a juicy
crime story.
http://www.fishpublishing.com/fish-knife-award-2008.php

Short Histories IV: A short story competition for stories with a historical
theme and setting. This competition is run in conjunction with the
Historical Novel Society.
http://www.fishpublishing.com/historical-short-fiction-prize-2008.php

And then of course we have the aptly named Criminally-Short Short Histories
Award: This is a one-page competition (up to around 300 words) which is
split into three sections, Crime Stories, History Stories and of course
Historical Crime stories. We had a wonderful set of entries last year and
we are looking forward to reading these little gems again this summer.
http://www.fishpublishing.com/criminally-short-histories-2008.php

-oOo-

The Micro-Fiction Showcase is also open. The May competition closes at
midnight tonight, but that's OK because the June competition opens at
midnight tonight.

The Micro-Fiction Showcase runs for three months, with monthly prizes, and
a final showdown of all the monthly winners from May, June and July, where
you, all the registered Fish Authors, get to vote for the ultimate winners
in each category. All the monthly winners will appear in the NEXT Fish
Anthology.

You can find out all about this year's Micro-Fiction Showcase at:
http://www.fishpublishing.com/Micro-fiction-showcase2.php

And you can read the winning entries from last year's competitions at:
http://www.fishpublishing.com/showcase.php#top

c.e.lawson · Jun 1, 2008

Contests!

Hi everyone,

Things have been VERY quiet over in Historical SYW for a while now, and pdr has just posted a list of contests held by Fish Publishing in conjunction with the Historical Novel Society.

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2405103&postcount=9

I've already got a 2k word historical short ready, but I'd like to try a short short or micro fiction or two. Is anyone else up for writing some shorts this summer? I think a challenge here would be fun, and we've got lengths from 60, to 300, to 4000 to choose from. What do you say?

c.e.

Puma · Jun 1, 2008

I'm looking more at stateside contests - working now on the Big Muddy contest (details in the western forum - but it doesn't have to be a western; it has to relate to the Mississippi River or one of the sister rivers). And, in my opinion, the Fish contests seem just a little bit pricey. Puma

c.e.lawson · Jun 1, 2008

Hi Puma,

I mentioned the Fish contests because I think it'd be a great feather in one's cap, so to speak, to have a pub credit associated with the Historical Novel Society. Wouldn't that likely impress a prospective agent/publisher into giving our historical novel a look?

The Fish micro fiction monthly contests throughout the summer (not associated with the HNS but open to most genres) are only 2 Euros each entry. They wanted to make it accessible (in terms of cost) to everyone. And keep in mind that the Fish prizes are pretty large --

Fish Knife first prize 1000 Euros
Historical Short first prize 100O Euros
Micro Fiction (60 words) prize 25 Euros

c.e.

Doogs · Jun 1, 2008

You know, I just may. I'm most of the way through my latest round of revisions, and after that it's time to wait for beta feedback to trickle in, work on the query, and really start getting my elbows deep in the Late Empire. I've already come across several anecdotes that could be an absolute blast to turn into a short or two...

PastMidnight · Jun 1, 2008

You know me, don't seem to have any luck with shorts. But I'll be cheering you all on from the sidelines!

pdr · Jun 2, 2008

Ah, you are all still alive!

I'm no good at shorts either.
I've got a long for the Fish.
Doing a short hist-myst.

But the whole board seems moribund and I've to get my website finished and blog up and running.

I'll try though if I see signs of activity from people!

Doogs · Jun 2, 2008

Yep, still alive! Same old story though - work's busy, baby's fussy, what spare time I do have usually goes to writing (or these days, editing). But I'm here and respond when I have something to add (hard to do when no one posts, though).

PastMidnight · Jun 2, 2008

Yeah, everyone sounded interested in getting things going again in SYW, but we didn't get the same traffic that we used to.

pdr · Jun 6, 2008

Just a suggestion...

I'm in the middle of June submissions and have discovered a magazine which accepts 55s and 69ers.
They do not require payment so perhaps we could all put in a sub?

These are flash (nano)fiction pieces. The magazine is Per Contra: http://www.percontra.net/submissionsnanofiction.htm
Guidelines here:
Per Contra accepts fifty-fivers and sixty-niners. See the essay on nano-fiction for more information.

Fifty-fivers must be exactly fifty-five-words long and must adhere to form. The first sentence must be exactly ten words long. The second must be nine words long. The third must be eight words long. The fourth must be seven words long. The fifth must be six words long. The sixth must be five words long. The seventh must be four words long. The eighth must be three words long. The ninth must be two words long. The tenth must contain only one word.

Paragraph breaks in fifty fivers may occur at the end of any sentence, and may not occur at all.

Sixty-niners must be exactly sixty-nine words long. No form is required for sixty-niners.

NUMBER OF STORIES TO SUBMIT

Submit up to five nano-fiction pieces at a time. Do not submit another work until you have received a response from us on your previous submission.

You may submit short fiction while you have fifty-fivers or sixty-niners in submission to Per Contra.

PAYMENT

We pay a flat fee of $5 U.S. for each fifty-fiver and sixty-niner accepted. Payment is made upon publication.

FORMAT OF SUBJECT LINE

In the subject line write in caps:
NANO-FICTION

FORMAT OF STORY

Paste the story(ies) into the body of the email as well as sending it/them as an attachment in .doc, .rtf, or .txt format.

Please double space the story in the attachment.

On the attachment, make sure you include your name and your email address.

IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL

Your Name
Your Email
A brief bio (200 words or less)
Your Story(ies)

Send Nano-fiction Submissions to:

[email protected]

ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED FICTION IN ENGLISH
We publish only work that has not been published before, either online or in print.

Yes to Work on Password Protected Sites

Material workshopped and posted in password protected sites are not considered to have been published.

No to Work Previously Posted on Blogs

Works posted on your own blog or on someone else’s blog may not be submitted: we consider them to have been published.

POLICY ON SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS

If this is a simultaneous submission, please let us know right away when/if it is accepted elsewhere. You do not have to identify it as a simultaneous submission, just let us know immediately if you have to remove it from consideration. When you let us know include in the subject line: FICTION WITHDRAWAL: YOUR NAME: TITLE OF STORY

POLICY ON EDITING

We may ask for some edits in stories we would like to publish.

We regret that we cannot comment on all stories.

WHAT WE PURCHASE

We purchase first rights (that is, we do not accept previously published work), right to archive, right to broadcast and to reprint in an anthology. You retain copyright, and we ask that you acknowledge Per Contra if you reprint the work. We are a paying market.

PERIOD OF OPEN SUBMISSIONS

Submissions will be open until March 1, 2009.

CLOSED TO SUBMISSIONS OF UNSOLICTED POETRY AT THIS TIME
At this time we are not accepting unsolicited poetry.

BardSkye · Jun 8, 2008

I'm still alive and still around, just haven't been doing much writing lately. Got half a dozen deadlines to meet at work, several scripts due for a hobby organization, a line edit to finish, several Christmas songs to polish before October...

:e2drown:

julie thorpe · Jun 8, 2008

I'm still alive too, but trying to put as much time into my WIP as possible. I'm heading off to Australia in a few days to spend a month with the family - including new grandbaby born yesterday! I'll take my laptop of course, and will try to get some writing done, even if only on those horribly long flights.

Puma · Aug 9, 2008

Sept - Dec Contests

More to think about. Good luck!
Birmingham-Southern College Hackney Novel Award -- September 30
A prize of $5,000 for an unpublished novel. Mail entries to: Hackney Literary Awards, Birmingham-Southern College, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254. Entry fee: $25.
Juniper Prize in Fiction -- September 29
Submit manuscripts of at least 150 pages and no longer than 350 pages. Winning author will receive a cash award of $1,500, a contract with standard royalties, and an invitation to read in the University’s Visiting Writers Series. Send submissions to: Juniper Prize for Fiction, University of Massachusetts Press, East Experiment Station, 671 N. Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003. $20.00 entry fee.

The Bellwether Prize for Fiction -- October 1
U.S. citizens with some publication record, but without a substantial book publication may submit an original, previously unpublished novel at least 80,000 words in length. $25.00 processing fee.
Black Warrior Review Writing Contests -- October 1
Two prizes each of $1,000 and publication in Black Warrior Review for previously unpublished stories. Send your entry to: Fiction Contest, Black Warrior Review, Box 862936, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486. $15.00 entry fee includes one-year subscription.

Boston Review Short Story Contest -- October 1
A prize of $1,500 and publication in the Boston Review is given to one writer each year for a story of no more than 4,000 words. Send submissions to: Short-Story Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302, Somerville, MA 02143. $20.00 entry fee.
Dogwood Poetry and Fiction Prizes -- October 15.
Prize of $1,000 and publication. All entrants will be considered for publication. Submit stories up to 7,500 words to: Kim Bridgford, Editor, Dogwood, English Dept., Fairfield University, North Benson Rd., Fairfield, CT 06824-5195. $10.00 reading fee.
Indiana Review Fiction Prize -- October 14
Submit unpublished short stories of up to 35 pages to Fiction Prize, Indiana Review, Ballantine Hall 465, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7103. $15.00 reading fee includes one-year subscription.

Inkwell Short Fiction Competition -- October 30
$1500 prize and publication in Inkwell. Submit up to three short stories for up to 5,000 words to INKWELL, Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577. $15.00 reading fee.
Mississippi Review Prizes -- October 1
$1,000 each in fiction and poetry. Fiction entries should be 1,000-5,000 words. Send entries to: Mississippi Review Prize 2007, 118 College Drive #5144, Hattiesburg, MI 39406-0001. $15.00 entry fee.
Central Coast Writers Branch 2009 Writing Contest -- November 15
$500 and publication (print and on-line) in the Homestead Review, published by Hartnell College in Salinas, CA. Submit to CCW Contest, c/o Michael Thomas, P.O. Box 51805, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. $15/short story and $5/poem.

Del Sol Press Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize -- November 1
$1,200 and publication for the best short story, either published (in a periodical) or unpublished, 2,000-8,000 words; open to submissions from both emerging and established writers. Top ten finalist stories will be published in book form in the spring. Finalists invited to submit book-length manuscripts for consideration by Del Sol Press. Send to: Del Sol Press Fiction Contest, 326 LOH, Dept of Writing, GVSU, One Campus Drive, Allendale, MI 49401. $16.00 entry fee.

Fish International Short Story Prize -- November 30
Prizes awarded by Fish Publishing, an Irish independent press. Winning authors will appear in an anthology; first prize is €2,500, but all winners receive a prize. Online entries only. €20.00 fee.

Georgetown Review Contest -- November 15
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Georgetown Review for an unpublished short story or creative essay. Send entries to Contest, Georgetown Review, 400 East College Street, Box 227, Georgetown, KY 40324. $10.00 entry fee.

New Rivers Press MVP Competition -- November 1
Three prizes of $1,000 each and a standard book contract for unpublished book-length manuscripts by emerging writers. Submit a manuscript of short stories, novellas, or personal essays of 100-200 pages; or a novel or memoir of any length to New Rivers Press, MVP Competition, 1104 Seventh Avenue South, Moorhead, MN 56563. No entry fee.
Ramble Underground Short Fiction Contest -- November 15
Publication in Ramble Underground and cash awards, the amount of which varies with the number of entries (a minimum of $50). Apply online; 2500 words max. $6 entry fee.

Reed Magazine John Steinbeck Award -- November 1
$1,000 cash prize and publication in Reed Magazine for an unpublished short story of up to 6,000 words. Address submissions to: John Steinbeck Short Story Award, Reed Magazine, SJSU English Department, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192-0090. $15.00 entry fee.

Roanoke Review Fiction Contest -- November 11
Prize of $1,000 for the best short story; prize winner and runners-up will be published in the spring issue. Send stories (maximum of 8,000 words) to: Roanoke Review Contest, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA 24153. $15.00 entry fee.

American Short Fiction Short Story Contest -- December 1
First prize is $1,000+ publication; 2nd place winner receives $500. Send stories of 6,000 words or less to: Short Story Contest, American Short Fiction, P.O. Box 301209, Austin, TX 78703. $20 fee.

Birmingham-Southern College Hackney Short Story Award -- December 31
A prize of $5,000 for the best short story of 5,000 words or less. Mail entries to: Hackney Literary Awards, Birmingham-Southern College, Box 549003, Birmingham, AL 35254. Entry fee: $10.
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers -- December 15
A prize of $1,500 and publication in Boulevard for a short story by a writer who has not published a book with a nationally distributed press. Boulevard Emerging Writers Contest, PMB 325, 6614 Clayton Road, Richmond Heights, MO 63117. (314) 862-2643. $15.00 reading fee includes subscription.
Crazyhorse Fiction Prize -- December 15
Crazyhorse literary magazine offers a yearly prize award of $2,000 and publication for a story of up to twenty-five pages. Submit online or send entries to: Crazyhorse, Poetry and Fiction Prizes, Department of English, College of Charleston, 66 George Street, Charleston, SC 29424. $15.00 entry fee includes subscription.
Glimmer Train Press Open Fiction -- December 31
A prize of $2,000 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given biannually for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 is also awarded. Submit a story of up to 20,000 words online. $20.00 entry fee.

Ruth Hindman Foundation H.E. Francis Short Story Competition -- December 31
A prize of $1,000 for an original, unpublished short story. Submit two copies of a story of no more than 5,000 words to Ruth Hindman Foundation, H.E. Francis Short Story Competition, Department of English, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 35899. $15.00 entry fee.

Langum Project for Historical Literature Fiction Prize -- December 1
Two prizes of $1,000 each for for for the best historical fiction published in the preceding year by a small press. Send two copies of each book to Langum Project for Historical Literature, Fiction Prize, P.O. Box 12643, Birmingham, AL 35202-2643. David Langum, Director: [email protected].

Meridian Editors' Prizes -- December 20
Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Meridian's Spring/Summer issue are given annually for an unpublished poem and short story. Submit online. $16.00 application fee includes subscription.

PEN New England Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award -- December 21
PEN New England awards an $8,000 cash prize for a novel or book of short stories by an American author who has not previously published a book of fiction. Mail four copies and the enclosed application form to: Hemingway Foundation / PEN Award, PEN New England, Lesley University, 29 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 $40.00 entry fee.
Smink Works Books Short Story Competition -- December 1
A prize of $100 to a work of short fiction written in accordance with a philosophical theme. Open to writers internationally. 1,000 word maximum. Stand-out stories are published in an anthology. Send submissions to Smink Works Books, PO Box 2154, Fitzroy BC, Victoria 3065, Australia. $10 entry fee.
Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition -- December 3
Writer's Digest is now accepting entries in their annual short short story competition. Submit short fiction of up to 1,500 words to: Writer's Digest, Short Short Story Competition, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236. $12.00 entry fee.

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