Oakland University English Department's 2016 Annual Flash Fiction Contest

Enter the contest as an undergraduate student, faculty, staff member, graduate student, or alum. 

You may submit up to three pieces of flash fiction. (stories between 250-1000 words)

Entry deadline: March 1, 2016

PRIZES:

Undergraduate Awards
                     1st place: $200
                     2nd place: $100
                     3rd place: $50

Open Contest Awards
               Three additional prizes of $50 each will be awarded to O.U. faculty, staff members,
                           graduate students, and alumni winners of the Open Contest.

Entries can be emailed to OUFlashFiction@gmail.com, or put into Annie Gilson’s box in the English Dept. mailroom on the fifth floor of O’Dowd Hall, or mailed to: Flash Fiction Contest, c/o Annie Gilson, English Dept., 544 O’Dowd Hall, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309.

For contest guidelines and more information, go to: O.U. English Dept Contests

SHORT STORY CONTEST #27 @ On The Premises

Next Deadline: March 4, 2016

The Contest Topic: CHANGES

One or more character(s) have to deal with some kind of significant change. It can be any kind of change you like, and on any scale, from a change affecting only one person (or one place, or one thing) to something affecting everyone/everything everywhere, or anything between those extremes. 

The challenge: Write a creative, compelling, well-crafted story between 1,000 and 5,000 words long that clearly uses the contest premise.

Reading fee: $0. One entry per author.

Winners will be notified. Non-winning stories that reach the final round of judging are critiqued for free if the author is interested. However, any contest entry can be critiqued for $15.

Prizes:

• 1st Place wins $220 and publication.
• 2nd Place wins $160 and publication.
• 3rd Place wins $120 and publication.
• Honorable Mention wins $60 and publication.

Check the On The Premises website for further information.

http://onthepremises.com/current-contest/

SHORT STORY AWARD for NEW WRITERS
                                Glimmer Train Press, Inc.

Next Deadline: May 31, 2015

• Any length up to 12,000 words (most common length is 1500 - 6000 words)
• Entries must NOT have been published in any print publication.

Reading fee: $15 per story. Maximum of three entries per competition.

Winners will be announced in the August 1 and contacted one week earlier.

Prizes:

• 1st Place wins $1500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies.
• 2nd Place wins $500 (or $700 and 10 copies, if accepted for publication).
• 3rd Place wins $300 (or $700 and 10 copies, if accepted for publication).

* FYI - there's always a one-week grace period.

For more information and to enter the contest, check out the link below.

Glimmer Train's online submission site

Writers Digest 2015 Annual Writing Competition

Writers Digest is currently accepting entries for the 2015 competition.

Deadline: June 5, 2015

• Poetry entry—$20 for the first entry; $15 for each additional poetry entry.
• Manuscript entry—$30 for the first entry; $25 for each additional manuscript entry.

Categories

• Inspirational Writing (Spiritual/Religious)
• Memoirs/Personal Essay
• Magazine Feature Article
• Genre Short Story (Mystery, Romance, etc.)
• Mainstream/Literary Short Story
• Rhyming Poetry
• Non-rhyming Poetry
• Stage Play
• Television/Movie Script
• Children’s/Young Adult Fiction

For more information and to enter the contest, check out the link below.

84th Annual Writers Competition

2015 Winning Writers Fiction and NonFiction contest:

Hello writers -

Do you have a short story or a powerful essay in the works? 
Finish it up and submit it to Winning Writers by the end of April.

           Deadline: Apr 30, 2015

           Results Announced: Oct 15, 2015

                Theme: All themes accepted

                Length Limit: 6,000 words

                Entry Fee: $16 per entry. Please submit entries one at a time.

            Prizes:

• FICTION: First Prize, $1,500
• ESSAYS: First Prize, $1,500
• 10 Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each (any category)
• Top 12 entries published online
• To enter, click on the link below.
• Tom Howard & John H Reid Fiction and Essay Contest
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