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International Annual Fish Short Story Prize
Original, unpublished short stories, less than 5,000 words, on any theme, are sought. Deadline: November 30, each year. Entry fees: $16 for one, $11 each additional. First Prize: $2,500. The best eighteen short-listed stories will be published in an anthology, read by leading literary agents. For 2003, a contest for very short stories of only 250 words, is also offered.
http://www.fishpublishing.com
$5000 Literati Short Story Competition
A short story contest for original, unpublished manuscripts of less than 3,000 words, offering significant cash, publication and publishing prizes. Closes September 15, 2004. Entry fee: $10.
http://www.scribendi.com/contest.htm
Bomb Magazine Fiction Prize
Seeks short stories (maximum 20 pages). Offers a First Prize of $1,000. Postmark deadline: April 1, 2004. Reading fee: $20, which includes a year's subscription to the magazine.
http://www.bombsite.com/prize.html
True Life Story Contest
A short story contest looking for true life stories in the categories of friendships, animals, Christmas, and amazing coincidences. Prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 (Canadian) will be awarded for winning submissions received on or before August 30, 2004. Word limit: 3,000. No entry fees.
http://www.truelifestorycontest.com
The Munster Literature Centre
Details the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition with two thousand Euros in prizes. Limit: 3,000 words. Deadline: July 31.
http://www.munsterlit.ie
Words Magazine
Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year. Limit: 2,000 words. Accepts IRCs for entry fees.
http://www.wordsmag.com
Momaya Press
The Momaya Annual Review seeks original short stories on any theme. Limit: 2,500 words. Deadline July 1. Prizes total $300. Entry fee: $10
http://www.momayapress.com
Annual Short-Story Contest
Seeks Science-Fiction/Fantasy stories. Deadline: May 31, 2004. Entry Fee: $10. Cash prizes total $850.
http://www.gompublishing.com/contest
Writer's Reward Short Story Contest
A cash prize of $500.00 is offered for an original short story up to 7,500 words. Minimum entry fee: $10. Deadline: July 1.
http://www.qbpublishing.com/sstory.html
Author Mania Writing Contest
A cash prize of $1,000 plus publication is offered for a short story on any topic. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Entry fee: $20. Closing date: March 31, 2005. Open to U.S. residents only.
http://www.authormania.com/contests.html
Dragonfly Spirit Writing for Children Short Story Contest
Seeks original short stories in the children and young adult genres. Limit: 2,000 words. Unpublished authors only. Entry fee: $7. Deadline: September 30.
http://dragonflyspirit.com/writing_contest.html
Glacier Press Fiction Writing Contest
Invites entries (maximum: 20,000 words) to a number of categories, including Short Story, Novel/Novella, and Children's Works. Prize: $500, plus publication. Deadline: April 30. Entry fee: $25.
http://www.glacierpress.com/contest.html
Cadenza Magazine Short Story Competition
Seeks original, unpublished stories, not exceeding 4,000 words. Open theme (but no children's stories). Cash prizes total 350 English pounds. Entry fee: 5 pounds (or equivalent). Deadline: March 31.
http://www.cadenza-magazine.co.uk
Glimmer Train Awards for Fiction
Glimmer Train Press offers a number of awards for literary short fiction each year. The prize money for short stories less than 2,000 words, for example, totals $2,000. A reading fee of $10 is required. The Press is also open for submissions where no upfront fees are charged.
http://www.glimmertrain.com
Zoetrope: Literary Short Fiction Contest
All entries must be unpublished; no longer than 5,000 words; postmarked by October 1; accompanied by a $15 entry fee per story. 1st Prize: $1,000. 2nd Prize: $500. 3rd Prize: $250.
http://www.all-story.com/contests.cgi
Word Smitten Flash Fiction Competition
Word Smitten offers a Flash Fiction Contest of 500 words or less. Prize: $150. Contest re-opens: February, 2004. Deadline: May 1.
http://www.wordsmitten.com/storycove2r.html
Carve Magazine Short Story Contest
The Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine is one of the world's premier fiction awards for original, unpublished short stories. Maximum length: 10,000 words. Prize money totals $2,000. All submissions are considered for publication. International entries welcome. Entry fees: $15 (one), $25 (two), $30 (three). Only three entries per author are permitted. Closes: February 1.
http://www.carvezine.com/contest.htm
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
An annual contest for original, unpublished stories up to 3,000 words in length, open to writers who have not yet achieved major market success. Cash prizes total $2,000. Entry fee: $10. Deadline mid-May.
http://www.shortstorycompetition.com
Haunted Newport Short Story Contest
Original, unpublished stories up to 5,000 words are sought on a paranormal theme, and incorporating at least two Newport, Rhode Island, landmarks. First prize is $500. Closes May 1. Entry fee: $10.
http://www.hauntednewport.net
Fiction Attic Flash Fiction Contest
Short-short stories of 750 words or less, are sought by June 15. Modest prizes, but no entry fees.
http://www.fictionattic.com/contest.html
Toasted Cheese Fiction Contests
Toasted Cheese Literary Journal currently offers three short story contests on given themes, each year. No entry fees. Modest prizes. Deadlines vary.
http://www.toasted-cheese.com/contest.htm
Memphis Magazine Fiction Contest
Open only to writers living within 150 miles of Memphis, this annual competition seeks original short stories of 3,000 to 5,000 words. Reading fee: $10. Deadline: August 1.
http://www.memphismagazine.com/fictioncontestrules.asp
EM Koeppel Short Story Contest
Annual contest offers $1,100 first prize for original, unpublished stories. Maximum length: 3,000 words. International English entries welcome. Fee: $15 (one), $25 (two). Submissions: Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 annually.
http://www.writecorner.com/award.html
Phobos Science Fiction Contest
Annual contest for science fiction stories, up to 7,500 words, offers $6,000 in prize money. Open to U.S. residents only. No entry fees. Deadline: July 31.
http://www.phobosweb.com/contest/index.php
Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Contest
Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine seeks short stories in the mystery genre of 5,000 words or less. Prizes total $450 cash plus free subscriptions and possible publication. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: October 31.
http://www.fmam.biz
"Dont Get Mad - Get Evil" International Writing Competition
Open for original, unpublished short stories on a given theme. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Prize money totals Canadian$850. Deadline: June 1, 2004. Free entry.
http://www.gmplanetearth.com
Mixed: Stories About Being Biracial or Multiracial in America
The stories must not exceed 8,000 words and must speak either directly or indirectly about what it is to be biracial or multiracial in the United States. Prize money will be awarded to the winner ($500) and each author published in an Anthology ($200). Deadline: December 31, 2003. Free entry.
http://www.mixedstories.com
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction
Seeks manuscripts, between 27,500 and 50,000 words, made up of short stories and/or novellas. Prize: $1,000, plus publication. Entry fee: $20. Deadline: August 29.
http://www.unt.edu/untpress/series/kaporter.htm
Tom Howard Short Story Contest
A prestigious annual contest for original short stories or prose pieces of less than 8,000 words. Both published and unpublished stories, articles, essays, etc., are welcome. The contest closes at the end of March each year, and re-opens at the beginning of September. Entry fee: $10. Prize money for the 13th annual contest totals $1,880.
http://tomhoward.exactpages.com
Intergeneration Foundation's Annual Storytelling Contest
Open to all ages, this short story contest is designed to promote intergenerational understanding. Maximum length: 750 words. Cash prizes total $700. No entry fees. Deadline: June 30, 2004.
http://www.intergenerationday.org/contest.html
Short Publications Short Story Contest
Seeks original stories from talented writers who have not been published in a nationally distributed magazine with a circulation over 5,000. Prize money totals $500. Entry fee: $15. Deadline: December 31.
http://www.shortpublications.com
Whisper Stories Contests
Promotes writing contests in which authors are asked to complete a story from a set opening sentence. Current deadlines: January 31 and April 30. Prize money: $500 and $5,500 respectively. Entry fees: $5 and $15 respectively.
http://www.purplepenediting.com
SpecFicWorld's Annual Speculative Fiction Contest
Science Fiction, Fantasy and/or Horror stories up to 10,000 words are required. Entry fee: $6. Cash prizes total $325. Deadline: March 15.
http://www.specficworld.com/contest.html
South Carolina Fiction Project
Previously unpublished short stories up to 2,500 words are sought in this annual competition sponsored by "The Post and Courier" and the South Carolina Arts Commission. Entry fees: None. Deadline: January 15. Prizes: Twelve cash awards of $500. Open only to residents of South Carolina.
http://www.state.sc.us/arts/fictionproject/guidelines.htm
Springtime Writers
If judged entertaining and well-written, publishes short stories or excerpts on-line. No entry fees or royalties.
http://springtimewriters.com/s-publ.htm
WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest
Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes total $750 for first, second and third places.
http://www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html
Writer Works
Contest re-opens November 1, 2003 for travel-related fiction and non-fiction.
http://community-2.webtv.net/writerworks/WRITERWORKS/index.html
Fantasist Enterprises
Annual fantasy fiction contest, open to all manner of fantastical stories between 2,000 and 10,000 words, closes November 15, 2004. Winners and runners-up will be printed in an anthology. Cash prizes total $300, plus wordage royalties.
http://fantasistent.com/CONTESTS/Contests.html
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