Competitions and Contests

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November

Atlantic Monthly Student Writing Competition
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $1000, $500, $250
Details: Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays. Entrants must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose.
URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/a/contest.mhtml
Posted/Updated: 2007

Briar Cliff Review Fiction, Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000 and publication
Details: Short story/creative nonfiction word limit up to 6,000. Winning pieces are accepted on the basis of first-time rights. Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but notify us immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Previous year's winner and former students of editors ineligible.
URL: http://www.briarcliff.edu/campus_info/bcu_review/contest_info.asp
Posted/Updated: 2007

Danahy Fiction Prize
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000
Details: For a previously unpublished work of short fiction. Submissions between 500 and 5,000 words are preferred; manuscripts falling slightly outside this range will also be considered.
URL: http://tampareview.ut.edu/tr_prize.html
Posted/Updated: 2007

Kalliope Short Story Contest
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $15
Prize: $1000 and publication
Details: Entries may be in any style and on any subject. Only works under 3000 words will be considered. The winning work of short fiction by a woman will be published in Kalliope.
URL: http://opencampus.fccj.org/kalliope/k-shortstory.html
Posted/Updated: 2006

Miami University Novella Contest
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $25
Prize: $1000 and book publication
Details: Submit manuscripts, 40,000 words or less.
URL: http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/mupress/novella.html
Posted/Updated: 2007

Nonfiction Initiative
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Books, Nonfiction
Fee: £5
Prize: £50, £25,
Details: Contest for nonfiction book 30,000-50,000 words. Synopsis and 3 chapters by post. Full scripts accepted via email. For written assessment add £5. 82 Lapstone Road, MILLOM, Cumbria LA18 4BZ, UK
Contact: deborah_monshin@yahoo.co.uk
Posted/Updated: 2007

Paul Gillette Writing Contest
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $30 members; $40 nonmembers
Prize: $100, $50, $30
Details: This contest is for unpublished writers of short stories and book-length fiction. Entrants must certify that the entry has not been accepted for publication prior to the date of submission.
URL: http://www.ppwc.net/contest.html
Contact: contest@ppwc.net
Posted/Updated: 2007

Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards
Deadline: November 1
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $12.50
Prize: $2,500 cash, $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books, plus a manuscript critique and marketing advice
Details: For genre fiction: romance, sf/fantasy, horror, mystery, crime fiction, thriller/suspense.
URL: http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/popfiction/index.asp
Posted/Updated: 2007

Writers' Union of Canada SPC Competition
Deadline: November 3
Categories: fiction, Nonfiction
Fee: $25 CAN
Prize: $2500 Can
Details: For fiction and nonfiction up to 2,500 words, by Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
URL: http://www.writersunion.ca/cn_shortprose.asp
Posted/Updated: 2007

Gotcha Contest Romance
Deadline: November 8
Categories: Books, Romance
Fee: $25
Prize: Top 3 winners in each category are sent to an editor.
Details: Enter: First 15 pages of manuscript. Winners have 2 weeks to revise the 15-page entry prior to editorial review. Eligibility: Not published in category entered. (Note that "publication" includes publication on author's own website.)
URL: http://www.svrwa.com/gotcha.php
Posted/Updated: 2007

Codhill Press Chapbook Competition
Deadline: November 14
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $20
Prize: $500
Details: The competition is open to any poet who writes in English. Previously published poems with proper acknowledgement are acceptable. Translations and previously self-published books are not eligible. Poets should submit twenty to 30 pages (no more than one poem per page).
URL: http://www.codhill.com/award2007.html
Posted/Updated: 2007

Assn. for Applied & Therapeutic Humor
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Books
Fee: $35
Prize: $100
Details: Books that support the mission of AATH - "to advance understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits." Published books only; ebooks accepted.
URL: http://www.aath.org/book_award.htm
Contact: staff@aath.org
Posted/Updated: 2007

Howard Nemerov Sonnet Award
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $3
Prize: $1000
Details: Sonnets must be original and unpublished; no translations
URL: http://english.evansville.edu/Nemerov.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007

Mystery Authors Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: November 15
Categories:
Fee: NONE
Prize: $5 and publication
Details: Original flash fiction of between 100 and 1500 words. Theme: A Mysterious Holiday. Email submissions only. No attachments.
URL: http://www.mysteryauthors.com/submit.html
Contact: MysteryAuthors@verizon.net
Posted/Updated: 2007

Ramble Underground's Winter Short Fiction Contest
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Fiction
Fee: $6
Prize: 50 % of entry fees collected. (Last prizes were $100 and $50.)
Details: 2500 word limit.
URL: http://www.rambleunderground.org/underground_winter06_006.htm
Contact: editor@rambleundergound.org
Posted/Updated: 2007

Ray Burrell Award for Poetry (Canada)
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $5 CDN per poem; no limit
Prize: $500, $200, $100, 3 $20 honorable mentions (CDN), pluspublication
Details: Poetry, any style, unpublished, in English
URL: http://www.valleywritersguild.ca/burrell.php
Posted/Updated: 2007

Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Poetry
Fee: $20
Prize: $1000 & publication
Details: Poetry MS (50-80 pages; unpublished)
URL: http://web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subvassar
Posted/Updated: 2007

Director
Deadline: November 27
Categories: Nonfiction
Fee: $10
Prize: $1,000 plus publication plus appearance
Details: 500 words or less on "The greatest challenge facing young women in today's world". Mail entry and fee to International Pageants, 6165 N 86TH Street, Johnston, IA 50131.
URL: http://www.midwestinternationalpageants.com
Contact: midwestmissinternational@yahoo.com
Posted/Updated: 2007

A Woman's Write Good Read Novel Writing Competition
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Books
Fee: $25
Prize: $500
Details: For women over 18, good readable books with publishing promise. Extra fee for critique.
URL: http://www.awomanswrite.com
Contact: awomanswrite@yahoo.com
Posted/Updated: 2007

Arch & Bruce Brown Playwriting Competition
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Scripts/Screenplays, Fiction
Fee: NONE
Prize: $1000
Details: Gay/lesbian issues; alternates among fiction, script, etc. by year
URL: http://www.aabbfoundation.org/playwriting.htm
Contact:
Posted/Updated: 2007

Diversions Annual Poetry Competition
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: 15 for 1 poem, $20 for 3 (CDN)
Prize: $350, $225, $150
Details: 48 lines max per poem.
URL: http://www.poetrycompetition.ca/splash.asp
Posted/Updated: 2007

New Writer Prose and Poetry Contest (UK)
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Poetry, Fiction
Fee: £4 per short story
Prize: £300, £200, £100
Details: Short Stories, Serials/Novellas - stories up to 4,000 words, serials/novellas up to 20,000 words on any subject or theme, in any genre (not children's). Previously published work is not eligible.
URL: http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm
Contact: editor@thenewwriter.com
Posted/Updated: 2007

Plough Prize
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Poetry
Fee: £4 per poem, four poems £14, thereafter £3.50
Prize: 1st £500, 2nd £200, 3rd £100
Details: Open poem - up to 40 lines, any style. Short poem - up to 10 lines, any style. International entries welcomed.
URL: http://www.theploughprize.co.uk
Contact: info@theploughprize.co.uk
Posted/Updated: 2007

Prairie Fire Contest (Canada)
Deadline: November 15
Categories: Fiction, Poetry
Fee: $27 CDN includes subscription
Prize: $1000 CDN and publication
Details: One short story of up to 15,000 words. Each piece must be original, unpublished, not submitted or accepted elsewhere for publication or broadcast or to any other competition.
URL: http://www.prairiefire.ca/contests.html
Posted/Updated: 2007

Writers Journal Travel Story Contest
Deadline: November 30
Categories: Nonfiction, Fiction
Fee: $7
Prize: $250, $100, $50
Details: 2000 words max. Not written in 1st person.
URL: http://www.writersjournal.com/TravelContest.htm
Posted/Updated: 2007