Monday Miscellany for March 8, 2010
March 8, 2010 by Mary Anne
Filed under Writing Contest News
Hello:
It’s another banner week for writing contest announcements! I hope you are enjoying the new format of this column. Be sure to scroll down to the “Multiple Categories” section this week too for additional opportunities. Good luck to all who enter any of these.
Fiction
Literary Database Sponsors Flash Fiction Contest
Enter your best flash fiction online. Entries must be no more than 250 words. Unpublished works, only. All rights to work remain with author.
Prize: $50
Deadline: May 1, 2010
Entry fee: None
http://LiteraryDatabase.com/contest.html
Association of Italian Canadian Writers 2010 Short Story Writing Contest
Not restricted to Canadian writers and/or writers Italian descent. Limit of 2500 words. Submissions accepted in English, French, and Italian. No previously published or simultaneous submissions. Multiple entries welcome.
Prizes: 1st prize $500. 2nd prize $250Deadline: May 1, 2010
Entry fee: $20 (Canadian)
Deadline April 1.
Alibi Crime Writing Contest – UK Only
Submit your very own crime fiction short story. Three finalists will win tickets to Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, Harrogate (with travel and accommodation included), where they’ll get to the chance to rub shoulders with leading authors and agents of the crime writing world. 2,000-5,000 words.
Deadline: May 16, 2010
Entry fee: None
http://uktv.co.uk/alibi/homepage/sid/8165
H.O.W. Journal Short Story Contest
The contest is open to all writers and all themes. Word limit is 12,000.
Prizes: $1000
Deadline: May 15, 2010
Entry fee: $20
http://www.howjournal.com/submit-contests.html
E.M. Koeppel $1,100 Short Fiction Award
Maximum Length: 3,000 words. Stories must be unpublished. The winning short story and editors’ choices will be published on www.writecorner.com .
Prizes: First Place Award: $1,100. Editors’ Choices: $100 each. If the winning story is by anyone attending college, university, or school when the story is submitted, the winner will receive, in addition to the $1,100 award, the $500 P.L. Titus Scholarship
Deadline: April 30, 2010
Entry fee: $15
http://www.writecorner.com/printable.asp
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
Stories must be original unpublished fiction, typed and double-spaced, and may not exceed 3,000 words in length. There are no theme restrictions. Copyright remains property of the author, with the exception of the first-place winner, whose work will be published in The Saturday Evening Post.
Prizes: The first-place winner will receive $1,000. The second and third-place winners will receive $500 each
Deadline: 04-01-2010
Entry Fee: $12.00
http://www.shortstorycompetition.com/guidelines.php
Warren Adler Short Story Contest
The stories must be no longer than 2500 words. Subject matter is completely open to the author. The goal of the contest is to encourage and publicize the short story as a viable and quality literary form.
Prizes: $1,000.00.
Deadline: 04-11-2010
Entry Fee: $15.00
http://www.warrenadler.com/writing-contest.shtml
Non-fiction/Essay
Thin Threads® Story Writing Contest
Contribute a true story, article, or anecdote that will bring hope and happiness to all those who realize the possibility in each moment, and the unseen miracles that arise from overcoming what seem like detours and setbacks.
Prizes: First Prize $500 to author, $500 to his/her selected charity; Second Prize One American Airline ticket anywhere in the US (certain restrictions apply); Third Prize $100 American Express Gift Certificate
Deadline: March 28, 2010
Entry fee: None
http://www.thinthreads.com/contest.php
Oakseed Ministries Essay Contest
Theme: “Compassion and the Imprisoned Child.” To be eligible to submit an essay, students must meet the age requirements as of May 1, 2010. You may submit only one essay. Age Categories: 17 & under : 5,000 characters or less (approx. 1000 words in length); 18-22 : 7,500 characters or less (approx. 1500 words in length). The essay must be an original, unpublished work.
Prizes: $1,000 will be awarded to the author of the best essay in each of the two age categories. Second place essays will receive $500 award and Honorable mention will receive $250 award.
Deadline: May 1, 2010
Entry fee: None
http://www.oakseedessaycontest.com/guidelines/2010guidelines/
Poetry
Poetry International Prize
Poetry International is now accepting submissions for our 2010 contest. All entries considered for publication. Send no more than three poems per entry, 15 pages maximum. Previously published works and works forthcoming elsewhere cannot be considered. Multiple entries okay, as long as a separate reading fee is included with each entry.
Prizes:$1000
Deadline: April 23, 2010
Entry fee: $10
http://indianareview.org/general/prizes/poetprizeguidelines10.html
Vallum Award for Poetry 2010
Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished poetry submissions for the Vallum Award for Poetry 2010. Submit up to six (6) poems of no more than 60 lines each.
Prizes: 1st prize is $750, 2nd is $250
Deadline: 06-30-2010
Entry Fee: $20.00
http://www.vallummag.com/contest.html
4th Annual Liam Rector First Book Prize for Poetry
Send between 48 and 60 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page, no smaller than 12 point font, Arial, Courier, or Times’
Prizes: Winner receives 50 books, a reading, $1,000, and a letter-pressed broadside created by book-artist
Kerri Cushman.
Deadline: March 30, 2010
Entry fee: $20
http://www.brierycreekpress.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=3
Multiple Categories:
SouthWest Writers’ Writing Contest
Contest Categories: Mainstream/Literary Novel, Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novel, Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel, Historical Novel, Middle Grade or Young Adult Novel, Memoir Book, Memoir Article, Mainstream/Literary Short Story, Nonfiction/Essay Article, Personal Essay/Column, Nonfiction Book, Children’s Fiction or Nonfiction Picture Book, Screenplay, Poetry.
Prizes: First place winners in each category compete for the $1,000 Storyteller Award.
Deadline: May 1, 2010
Entry fee: None
http://www.writesearch.com/contests/2010/03/southwest-writers-writing-contest/
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year Competition
Open to both poets and fiction writers. Fiction of up to three thousand words, three poems of up to forty lines, or one poem of up to one hundred lines.
Prizes: The total prize money is €1,000. The best fiction entry will win €300. The best poetry entry will win €300. One of these will then be chosen as the overall winner and will receive an additional €400, giving the overall winner total prize money of €700 and the title Over The Edge New Writer of The Year 2010.
Deadline: August 3, 2010
Entry fee: €10 for first entry, €7.50 for each additional entry.
http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
