Category: Contests/Competitions

Hallowed Ink Press Seeks Submissions

From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to the most beloved boy in literature whose journey led him to the Deathly Hallows, both terms have been a fantastical, mystical theme used in a wealth of phenomenal literature. Hallowed Ink Press was created to serve as ‘hallowed ground’ for their authors and are currently open to new solicited and unsolicited submissions for 2014. They currently specialize in New Adult and Young Adult literature. Hallowed Ink Press accepts series fiction, stand-alone novels, novellas, poetry, short stories and graphic novels.

Prizes:  Publication

Reading fee: None

Deadline: Open submissions until novels for 2014 have been selected.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Jamais Vu Seeks Dark Fiction

Jamais Vu, a literary journal from Post Mortem Press, seeks submissions for its Spring 2014 issue. Oriented toward dark fiction and horror, the publication is looking for short fiction, book/movie reviews, poetry, and nonfiction.

Prizes:  Publication and per word payment.

Reading fee: None

Deadline is January 15, 2014

For more information, please visit their website.

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William Richey Short Fiction Contest

The deadline has been extended for entries for the William Richey Short Fiction Contest. The judges are seeking unpublished short fiction under 10,000 words.

Prizes:  First place, $500 plus publication in Yemassee.

Reading fee: $10.00 per entry

Deadline is December 15, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

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Kindness Essay Contest

BioStories is having its first essay contest, and the topic is kindness. Nonfiction only, please, and 3000-word maximum.

From the website:

“We encourage writers to interpret the theme broadly and creatively. Whether focused on random acts of kindness committed by strangers or presenting intimate portraits of lives devoted to doing good deeds—large or small, isolated or habitual, purposeful or accidental–we seek essays that demonstrate the redemptive spirit of humans.”

Prizes:  First place, $250 plus publication.

Reading fee: $10.00

Deadline is January 15, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.

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