Writing Contest News for April 27, 2012

Writing Contests with Multiple Categories

Beacon Street Prize

Poetry submissions should include no more than six poems total. Fiction submission should be no more than 10,000 words.

Prizes: $500 and publication per category.

Deadline: May 30, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.redividerjournal.org/submit/

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Empirical Spring Writing Contest

Send in up to three short stories no longer than 5,000 words each or up to four poems no longer than two pages each.

Prizes: 1st: $1,000; 2nd: $500; Top 22 receive publication.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

Fees: Poetry: $12-$24; Fiction: $35-$50

http://www.empiricalmagazine.com/contests.html

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Abrendal Austin National Writing Contest

Maximum 2,500 words for short story or essay and up to 5 poems for each entrant.

Prizes: 1st: $500; 2nd: $250. Prizes per category.

Deadline: May 1, 2012

Fees: $20

http://blackpennypresscontest.com/

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Abandoned Towers 2012 Writing Contest

Short Stories are limited to 5,000 words or less. Poetry entries should not exceed 10 pages. Flash Fiction entries should contain no more than 1,000 words.

Prizes: Short Story: 1st: $500; 2nd: $250; 3rd: $100; Honorable Mentions: $10. Poetry: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; Honorable Mentions: $5. Flash Fiction: $1st: $50; 2nd: $25; 3rd: $15; Honorable Mentions: $5

Deadline: May 18, 2012

Fees: Short Story: $10 per entry or $25 for 3 entries; Poetry: $5 per entry or $12 for 3 entries; Flash Fiction: $2 per entry or $5 for 3 entries.

http://abandonedtowers.com/contest/

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Munce Group 2012 Writing Contest

Each submitted fiction or nonfiction manuscript must contain a minimum of 10,000 words.

Prizes: Publication.

Deadline: June 15, 2012

Fees: None

http://www.westbowpress.com/MunceContest/Rules.aspx

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10th Annual Lush Triumphant Literary Awards

Fiction is limited to 3,000 words and nonfiction is limited to 4,000. Up to 5 poems may be submitted.

Prizes: 1st: $750; 2nd: $250; Winners receive publication.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

Fees: $25

http://subterrain.ca/about/103/lush-2012-awards-open+for+entries

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Fiction Writing Contests

The Abstract Quill Short Story Competition

Entries should be between 500 and 5,000 words.

Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $25; Winners and honorable mention receive publication.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

Fees: None

http://theabstractquill.com/?p=82

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Art Affair 2012 Short Story Contest

Maximum submission length is 5,000 words.

Prizes: 1st: $50; 2nd: $25; 3rd: $15.

Deadline: October 1, 2012

Fees: $5

http://www.shadetreecreations.com/ArtAffair_Announcements.htm

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BookLogix Fiction Contest

All book-length prose fiction categories are eligible.

Prizes: Publishing Prize Package.

Deadline: June 15, 2012

Fees: None

https://booklogix.com/FictionContest.html

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Nonfiction/Essay Writing Contests

Adventum Ridge To River Contest

Enter your outdoor creative nonfiction essays or memoir excerpts of no more than 5,000 words.

Prizes: $500, MSR Pocket Pocket Stove, and publication.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

Fees: $15 for a single entry, $25 for two entries.

http://www.adventummagazine.com/contests.html

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Poetry Contests

Art Affair 2012 Poetry Contest

Poems may be any style, any subject,and no more than 60 lines in length.

Prizes: 1st: $40; 2nd: $25, 3rd: $15.

Deadline: October 1, 2012

Fees: $3 per poem.

http://www.shadetreecreations.com/ArtAffair_Announcements.htm

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2012 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize

Submissions must consist of 50 to 70 pages of poetry.

Prizes: $2,500 and publication.

Deadline: May 1, 2012

Fees: $25

http://www.kent.edu/wick/competitions/first-book.cfm

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Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest

Poem length not to exceed 40 lines.

Prizes: Online publication.

Deadline: June 1, 2012

Fees: None

http://aspiringpoetscontest.org/

Writing Contest News for March 26, 2012

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Writing Contest News for February 14, 2012

Hello:

I can’t get Whitney Houston’s rendition of “I Will Always Love You” out of my head.  But I don’t want to write about her.

I’d rather write about the fact that I recently became a great-aunt again. ❤ Or how John and I will soon be taking a real vacation for the first time in a few years. Or about my crazy love for Syracuse University basketball.

Or…maybe I do need to explore the vague sense of sadness I’ve felt since I learned of Whitney’s death.  I find it strange, this sadness, because I hadn’t thought of her in years prior to the news.  I don’t even own any of her CDs.  But I did admire that remarkable voice…and I find the demons and struggles that haunted her so very tragic.  Maybe writing about Whitney Houston is exactly what I need to do.

In the meantime…Syracuse University pulled off a close one tonight.

On to this week’s list of writing contests.  Here’s to your writing success.

Mary Anne

Writing Contests with Multiple Categories

SLO NightWriters 23rd Annual Writing Contest

Short stories are limited to 750 words. Poems are limited to 40 lines.

Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $25.

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Fees: None

http://www.slonightwriters.org/Default.aspx?pageId=962273

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Westmoreland Arts & Heritage Festival 2012 Poetry & Short Story Contest

Short stories must be 4,000 words or less. There is no limit to length of poems.

Prizes: Westmoreland Award: $200; 1st: $125; 2nd: $100; 3rd: $75. Prizes per category.

Deadline: March 16, 2012

Fees: $10 for 2 poems or 1 short story.

http://www.artsandheritage.com/Downloads/PSS%20Application%202012.pdf

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Collision Literary Magazine Writing Contest

Authors may submit up to 5 poems or 3000 words of creative non-fiction prose.

Prizes: 1st: $250; 2nd: $175; 3rd: $100.

Deadline: Unknown

Fees: None

http://collision.honorscollege.pitt.edu/guidelines.html

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Alabama Writers’ Conclave Writing Contest

Authors may submit fiction, nonfiction, or poetry.

Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25; Up to 4 Honorable Mentions.

Deadline: April 20, 2012

Fees: First Chapter Novel: $10; Poems: $3; All other categories: $5.

http://www.alabamawritersconclave.com/pdf/guidelines_2012.pdf

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Tarcher/Penguin Writing Competition

Submissions should be no more than 10 pages (roughly 4-5,000 words maximum). Fiction and nonfiction will be accepted.

Prizes: 1st: $5,000

Deadline: March 2, 2012

Fees: None

http://www.tarchertopartist.com/writing-competition-details/

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Fiction Writing Contests

Somewhere Sometime Short Story Writing Contest

Inviting writers and dreamers to pen down their real life anecdotes, experiences, and imaginations, fictional ideas into a short story of maximum 3000 words in English or Hindi with a twist in the story. Do not forget to incorporate the “Twist in the Tale” which is mandatory.

Prizes: 1st: Kindle 3G; 2nd: Apple iPod; 3rd: $50 cash or Amazon card

Deadline: February 29, 2012

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E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award

Maximum Length of submissions is 3,000 words.

Prizes: 1st: $1,100; Editors’ Choices: $100 each.

Deadline: April 30, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.writecorner.com/award_guidelines.asp

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Maisonneuve’s Genre Fiction Contest: Science Fiction

Send your finest original stories of the future, near-future, utopias, aliens and the unknown limits of the universe! There is a 1,200 word limit.

Prizes: 1st: $300 and publication. 2nd & 3rd: $100.

Deadline: March 19, 2012

Fees: $25

http://maisonneuve.org/contest/maisonneuves-genre-fiction-contest-science-fiction/

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Flatt Prize for Literature

Submit a short story of no more than 3,000 words. The theme for the short story is to be inspired by the title ‘INTERRUPTED’.

Prizes: $1,000 and publication.

Deadline: February 29, 2012

Fees: None

http://flattprize.com/submission.htm

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Pecan Grove Press National Short Story Competition

Short story manuscripts should be between 125 and 150 pages.

Prizes: $1,000 and 25 copies.

Deadline: May 30, 2012

Fees: $15

http://library.stmarytx.edu/pgpress/short_story/index.html

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National League of American Pen Women Inc.

Stories may not exceed 100 words. The theme is Are You Devious at Heart.

Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $50; Judge’s Merit Award: $25.

Deadline: May 1, 2012

Fees: $10

http://www.ppb-nlapw.org/contests.php

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Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest

Short stories, essays or other works of prose, up to 5,000 words each will be accepted.

Prizes: 1st: $3,000; 2nd: $1,000; 3rd: $400; 4th: $250; 6 Highly Commended Awards: $150 each. Winners receive publication.

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Fees: $15

http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/tomstory/ts_guidelines.php

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CWC-Sacramento 2012 Short Short Story Contest

No story may exceed 750 words.

Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $50; 3rd: $25.

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Fees: $10

http://www.cwcsacramentowriters.org/2012/02/08/2012-short-short-story-contest-now-open/

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Poetry Contests

Campbell Corner 2012 Poetry Contest

Maximum length for submissions is 20 pages total.

Prizes: $3,000

Deadline: March 15, 2012

Fees: $25

http://blogs.slc.edu/campbellcorner/guidelines/

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Dancing Poetry Contest

Poems are limited to 40 lines maximum.

Prizes: Grand Prize (x3): $100 and the poems will be danced and videotaped. 1st (x6): $50; 2nd (x12): $25; 3rd (x30): $10.

Deadline: May 15, 2012

Fees: One poem for $5 or 3 poems for $10

http://www.dancingpoetry.com/dpfpoetrycontestrules.html

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CFCP Poetry Contest

The theme for the contest is Rivers.

Prizes: 1st: $25; 2nd: $15; 3rd: $10.

Deadline: March 31, 2012

Fees: $2

http://www.chaparralpoets.org/monthly.html

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2012 Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award

This competition is open to African American poets only. The poems in the manuscript should total approximately 60-90 pages.

Prizes: $500

Deadline: March 1, 2012

Fees: None

http://www.lotuspress.org/

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