The North Carolina Writers’ Network is now accepting submissions for its annual Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition, administered by the creative writing program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. And for the first time ever, this contest is accepting electronic submissions. The final judge is award-winning author, arts journalist, and creative writing instructor Shawna […]
Rose Post Creative Nonfiction Competition, The North Carolina Writers’ Network
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Tallahassee Writers Association Seven Hills and Penumbra Contests
July 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Tallahassee Writers Association is accepting submissions for its 2011 Seven Hills contest: up to 2,500 word short stories, creative nonfiction, or children’s picture books; and 500 word flash fiction. Fee: $17 nonmembers, $12 TWA members with paid dues. $100 first place winners; $75 second; and $50 third; honorable mention, plus publication in […]
Fab Fiction Awards: Applications Due July 15
July 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference Short Story Contest Deadline: July 15, 2011 Entry Fee: $25 A prize of $1,000, publication in Potomac Review, and an invitation to speak at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Conference will be given annually for a short story. Richard Peabody will judge. Residents of Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. are eligible. […]
Country Roads Magazine Short Story Contest
February 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Country Roads magazine’s tenth annual Regional Writings issue will be published in June 2011, featuring the winners of their annual Short Story Contest and Readers’ Choice Award. Writers of Louisiana and Mississippi are now invited to submit works of fiction or haiku for a chance at publication. Submission deadline is Tuesday, March 15. A panel […]
University of Louisville Italo Calvino Prize
October 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
University of Louisville Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction A prize of $1,500, publication in Salt Hill Journal, and an all-expenses-paid trip to read at the University of Louisville’s annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction written in the vein of Italo Calvino. Submit up […]