New online
literary magazine AndWeWereHungry is
open to entries for their inaugural short fiction contest: the Flying Elephants
Short Story Prize. Grand prize: $2,000. Also seeking other prose (flash
fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, & essay), photography, and visual
artwork for the debut issue. Theme: “And we were hungry” or “hunger” (open to
interpretation).
Deadline: March
31, 2013. No entry fee.
Guidelines here.
Entries are invited
for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction (US). Submit essays 5,000
words max. Subject: Open. Prize: $250 publication in next issue of Lunch Ticket. All submissions are considered for publication. The reading period for the award will
be February and March for the issue that publishes in June, and August and
September for the issue that publishes in December.
No entry fee.
All submissions for the award will be
considered for publication in Lunch Ticket.
Guidelines
here.
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| The Immanence of God in the Tropics by George Rosen, fiction from Leapfrog Press |
2013 Leapfrog
Fiction Contest. First Prize: publication contract offer with an
advance payment, plus the finalist awards ($150 and manuscript critiques). Open
to adult and children’s fiction (middle grade and YA) in novella- or
novel-length. Minimum length: 22,000.
Deadline: May
1, 2013. Entry fee: $30.
Guidelines here.
After May 1, Leapfrog will re-open for regular submissions.
See submissions page here.
The EVENT
Non-Fiction Contest:
The genre: Creative
Non-Fiction.
The prize: $1,500
in prizes plus publication in EVENT. EVENT reserves the right to award the
prize money as it sees fit (e.g. two prizes valued at $750, three at
$500, or one at $1000 and one at $500, etc) should the judge so decide.
Published entries will be paid our standard publication payment in addition to
any prize money.
Cost: $34.95
per entry, includes a one-year subscription to EVENT.
Deadline: April
15, 2013
The requirements: must
be creative non-fiction and must not exceed the 5,000-word limit.
The judge: Russell
Wangersky
Contest
details here.
Don’t forget to check out last year’s contest winners and
short-listed entrants!
EVENT website: http://eventmags.com
Print
journal Grain magazine
(Canada) invites entries for the 25th annual Short Grain Contest. Prizes: $4,500 overall; $1000 first prize in each category. Categories: Poetry (100 lines
max.) and short fiction (500 words max.). Entry fee $35 (includes
subscription).
Deadline: April 1, 2013.
See Brian Henry's schedule here, including writing workshops and creative writing courses in
Kingston, Peterborough, Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Georgetown, Milton,
Oakville, Burlington, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Dundas, Kitchener, Guelph,
London, Woodstock, Orangeville, Newmarket,
Barrie, Orillia, Gravenhurst, Sudbury, Muskoka, Peel, Halton, the GTA,
Ontario and beyond.
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