Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers

This contest is open ONLY to writers who haven't had any fiction appear, nor scheduled to appear, in a publication with a circulation over 5000. Entries may have previously appeared in an online publication, but not in print. Most entries are 1000 to 5000 words, but any length up to 12,000 words is okay.

Deadline: October 31
                 Glimmer Train contests have a one week grace period.

Reading Fee: $18

Prizes:
         1st Place: $2500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, 10 copies
         2nd Place: $500 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)
         3rd Place: $300 (or, if accepted for publication, $700 and 10 copies)

Glimmer Train New Writer Award

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize

Genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry
Prizes: $5,000 prize for the winner in each genre
            (every entry is considered for publication)
Deadline: October 2, 2017
Open for entries: Now

Contest Entry Information

Entry fee: $25. + $3. online service charge
($25 online entry fee includes a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review in digital format regularly priced at $24 and a paperback copy of the first title of their new imprint, Missouri Review Books, The Trail of the Demon by Jane Gillette.)

The Missouri Review also accepts regular submissions throughout the year with a payment rate of $40. per page. missourireview.com/submissions Do your homework. Read previous editions so you know what is accepted for publication.

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Miller Audio Prize

Genres: audio recordings of prose, poetry, documentary, and humor
Prizes: one $1,000 prize for the winner in each category
Deadline: mid-March
Open for entries: starting mid-October

Tenth Annual Rochester Writers Conference

“Made in Michigan”

In the Oakland Center on the campus of Oakland University

Saturday, October 21, 2017 | 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Presentations for Fiction, Non-Fiction, and the Business of Writing

Morning Keynote Speaker: Made in Michigan by Tom Daldin
Afternoon Featured Presentation: Lamb's Song Assignments by John Lamb

Speakers include: Stan Williams, Weam Namou, and Carrie Howland, and more.

More Information at RochesterWriters.com

SCBWI-MI Fall Conference

Gathering on the Grand

Held in the L.V. Eberhard Center 

30 West Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI

Friday, Sep 15 | 3 PM to Saturday, Sep 16 | 5 PM 

8/31 update - THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT

Options for attending -
Friday Only: includes intensive and dinner
Saturday Only: includes all programming and lunch on Saturday
Friday and Saturday: includes Friday intensive and dinner, plus all programming 
                                   and lunch on Saturday

Keynote speaker: Gary D. Schmidt, Ph.D

Speakers include: Minju Cheng, Kait Feldmann, Denise Fleming, Andre Karre, 
                              Gary D. Schmidt, Ph.D, and Leslie Helakoski.

For more information, and to register for this conference, click HERE.

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