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The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is open to writers who have published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with a reputable book publisher, or a minimum of three short stories or novellas in magazines or journals of national distribution.
University of Pittsburgh Press
📆 Deadline June 30, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$15,000
Publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press
Share your best horror story for this horror writing contest.
📆 Deadline June 30, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Fiction, Horror, Short Story,
$100
One grand prize winner will receive $3,000, a marketing analysis, a $300 credit at BookBaby, and 3 free ads in the Winning Writers newsletter (a $450 value). Length limit: 150,000 words. You may submit a collection of short stories or essays as a single entry. Please submit during February 15-June 30, 2019.
📆 Deadline June 30, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $6
Genres: Fiction, Memoir, Non-fiction, Poetry,
$3,000
$1,000 and publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters is offered to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt. Eligible: Any previously unpublished short story or novel excerpt of 25 pages or less. Any submission that includes more than 25 pages will be disqualified.
📆 Deadline June 30, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $17
Genres: Fiction, Novel,
$1,000
Publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters
$1,000 and publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters is offered to the best unpublished short story or novel excerpt. The next round of submissions will open on February 1, 2019 and deadline on June 30, 2019.
📆 Deadline June 30, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $17
Genres: Fiction, Novel, Short Story,
$1,000
Publication in Hidden River Review of Arts & Letters
Each year, The Writer's Center awards $1,000 to the author of an exceptional first novel published in the previous calendar year. All first novels published in print in 2018 are eligible, including those published by major, independent, and self-publishing presses.
📆 Deadline June 28, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction,
$1,000
We are for poems that express faith for this poetry contest. Share your poem of any type to enter.
📆 Deadline June 25, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Poetry,
$100
For this writing contest we will provide you with your first sentence. So you can write about anything but your story must begin with the sentence that we provide. Cash prize to the winner.
📆 Deadline June 21, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$100
Write a three line poem to enter this poetry contest. The poem should follow the 5-7-5 syllable count. So the first line has 5 syllables, second line has 7, third line has 5 again. Cash prize to the winner.
📆 Deadline June 18, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Poetry,
$100
The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.
📆 Deadline June 15, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Short Story,
$4,000
The $4,000 Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, poem, one-act play, graphic story, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.
📆 Deadline June 15, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: FREE
Genres: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry, Script Writing, Short Story,
$5,000
Write a story with only 75 words to enter this flash fiction writing contest. Can you share a complete story with only 75 words?
📆 Deadline June 14, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Fiction, Flash Fiction,
$100
Share your story to enter this writing contest. What is your story? Share a moment in your life that stands out or a special event.
📆 Deadline June 06, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Non-fiction,
$100
Share a Minute Poem to enter this poetry contest. A Minute is a three stanza poem that has a specific syllable count. Cash prize to the winner.
📆 Deadline June 03, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $10
Genres: Poetry,
$100
All stories in English no more than 8,000 words are eligible for submission of the Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction. $1000 and publication in Eckleburg to first place winner; publication to second and third place winners; listing of titles and names for finalists.
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review
📆 Deadline June 01, 2019 – 💰 Entry Fee: $2
Genres: Fiction, Short Story,
$1,000
Publication in The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review
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