B2B: Woman to Woman:
SHORT FICTION CONTESTS
SEEKING ENTRIES
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THE NELLIGAN PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION
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Offered annually to an unpublished short story. Guidelines for SASE or online.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: $1,000 and publication of story in Colorado Review.
Deadline: March 15
Entry Fee: $10
Web site: coloradoreview.colostate.edu
E-mail: creview@colostate.edu |
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ANNUAL GIVAL PRESS SHORT STORY AWARD
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Offered annually for a previously unpublished original short story (not a translation). It must be in English with at least 5,000-15,000 words of literary quality. Guidelines by mail with SASE, by e-mail, or online.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: $1,000, plus publication on website
Deadline: August 8
Entry Fee: $20 (USD) reading fee
Web site: www.givalpress.com
E-Mail: givalpress@yahoo.com |
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MILKWEED NATIONAL FICTION PRIZE
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Annual award for unpublished works. Milkweed is looking for a novel, novella, or a collection of short stories written in English. Mss should be of high literary quality and must be double-spaced and between 150-400 pages in length. Enclose a SASE for response, or a mailer-sized SASE with postage or a $5 check for return of ms. All mss submitted to Milkweed will automatically be considered for the prize. Submission directly to the contest is no longer necessary. Writers are recommended to have previously published a book of fiction or 3 short stories (or novellas) in magazines/journals with national distribution. Catalog available on request for $1.50. Guidelines for SASE or online.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: Publication by Milkweed Editions and a cash advance of $5,000 against royalties agreed upon in the contractual arrangement negotiated at the time of acceptance
Year Established: 1986
Deadline: Open
Entry Fee: None
Web site: www.milkweed.org |
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DOROTHEA LANGE--PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE
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Offered annually to "promote the collaboration between a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Collaborative submissions on any subject are welcome." Guidelines for SASE or on website.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: $20,000
Deadline: January 31. Submissions accepted during January only
Entry Fee: $35
Web site: cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/ |
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FREELANCE SUCCESS STORIES
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This contest is open to writers who have achieved some form of freelance writing success. Writers can write about their first sale, first byline, an interesting or unlikely sale, or any other type of success. The main rules are to keep the focus on freelance writing success and keep it personal (this is your story). Length should be 800-1,500 words. Submissions only accepted via e-mail-any questions should be sent via e-mail as well.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: 1st Place: $250 contract to have story published in Writer's Market ; 2nd Place: $150 contract to have story published in Writer's Market ; 3rd Place: $100 contract to have story published in Writer's Market.
Year Established: 2006
Deadline: December 1
Eligibility: Open to any writer
Web site: www.writersmarket.com
E-Mail: writersmarket@fwpubs.com |
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INNERMOONLIT AWARD FOR BEST FIRST CHAPTER OF A NOVEL
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This contest is open to writers who have achieved some form of freelance writing success. Writers can write about their first sale, first byline, an interesting or unlikely sale, or any other type of success. The main rules are to keep the focus on freelance writing success and keep it personal (this is your story). Length should be 800-1,500 words. Submissions only accepted via e-mail-any questions should be sent via e-mail as well.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: 1st Place: $100; 2nd Place: $50.
Deadline: March 1
Eligibility: Open to all writers 18 years and older.
Entry Fee: None
Web site: www.brianagincourtmassey.com
E-Mail: timescythe@cetlink.net |
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INNERMOONLIT AWARD FOR BEST SHORT-SHORT STORY
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Annual contest for unpublished short-short stories that do not exceed 500 words. Guidelines available online. No entry fee.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: 1st Place: $100; 2nd Place: $50.
Deadline: September 1
Eligibility: Open to all writers 18 years and older.
Entry Fee: None
Web site: www.brianagincourtmassey.com
E-Mail: timescythe@cetlink.net |
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IRMA S. AND JAMES H. BLACK AWARD
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Offered annually in May for excellence of both text and illustrations in a book for young children. Entries must have been published during the previous calendar year. Entries are narrowed down by adult writers, librarians, and educators. Then children from different states and schools discuss and vote on the winner.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: Winners receive a scroll at a breakfast ceremony in New York City.
Year Established: 1972
Deadline: December 15 of the year the book is published.
Entry Fee: None
Web site: streetcat.bnkst.edu/html/isb.html
E-Mail: lindag@bankstreet.edu |
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PATERSON FICTION PRIZE
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Offered annually for a novel or collection of short fiction published the previous calendar year. Guidelines for SASE or online.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: $1,000
Deadline: April 1
Entry Fee: None
Web site: www.pccc.edu/poetry
E-Mail: mgillan@pccc.edu |
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THE DAME LISBET THROCKMORTON SHORT FICTION CONTEST
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First annual contest for unpublished fiction. It's meant to encourage writers who have chosen a vocation with such a high frustration rate. Each judge either loves literature or is a writer and understands firsthand the emotional highs and lows of the road to publication.
FREELANCE FACTS:
Prize: 1st Prize: $500; 2nd Prize: $125; 3rd Prize: $75; 4th Prize: $50. Depending on the quality of submissions, there is also a possibility of publishing an anthology.
Deadline: January 31, 2007
Eligibility: Open to any writer
Guidelines: Guidelines for SASE.
Entry Fee: $15
Web site: www.coffeehousefiction.com
E-Mail: contest@coffeehousefiction.com |
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For a complete listing of writer's markets, go to www.writersmarket.com.
These listings brought to you courtesy of writersmarket.com - please do not reprint or republish any of these listings without written permission from writersmarket.com and wow-womenonwriting.com. |