Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest

Gemini Magazine is seeking entries for its fourth annual short story contest. All themes, styles, subjects welcome.

Prizes: Grand prize, $1000; Second prize, $100, plus 3 honorable mentions

Reading fee: $4.00 per entry.

Deadline is April 1, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.


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AndWeWereHungry’s Flying Elephants Short Story Prize

AndWeWereHungry, a new online literary magazine, seeks prose, poetry and art for their debut issue. Theme: “And We Were Hungry,” or “Hunger.” Short story submissions are automatically considered for their Flying Elephants Short Story Prize, sponsored by “Ashes & Snow.”

Prizes: First place, $2000; second, third, and fourth place, $1000.

Reading fee: None.

Deadline is March 31, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.


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Narrative Magazine Winter 2013 Story Contest

Narrative magazine seeks submissions for its Winter 2013 story contest. The contest is open to previously unpublished fiction and nonfiction entries up to 15,000 words.

Prizes: First place, $2500; second place, $1000; third place, $500.00; and ten finalists will receive $100 each. All entries will be considered for publication.

Reading fee: $22 per submission.

Deadline is March 31, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.


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Glimmer Train’s Very Short Fiction Contest

Glimmer Train is accepting submissions for their twice-yearly Very Short Fiction contest. Open to all writers and all themes; entries must not have been previously published in print. Maximum length is 3000 words.

Prizes: First place, $1500, publication, and copies. Second place, $500. Third place, $300.00.

Reading fee: $15 per submission. No more than three submissions.

Deadline is Thursday, January 31, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.


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