Category: Contests/Competitions

Serendipity 2012 Spring Writing Contest

Soho Enterprises LogoSoho Enterprises, Inc. (SEIKy) is proud to sponsor the Serendipity Writing Contest. Entries will be accepted in two categories: very short fiction (1,000 word limit) and short story (5,000 word limit).

A grand prize of $250 will be awarded for the best entry. Additional prizes will be awarded for 1st ($75) and 2nd ($50) place in each category. Entry fees are $7 for one entry, or $10 for two entries. Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2012.

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Switchback’s March Flash Contest

SwitchbackEach month Switchback provides a prompt for a flash fiction contest. The winning entry as decided by their editors will be featured on Switchback. Contest submissions can be poetry, fiction, nonfiction, or even art but must be 500 words or under. Please send only one submission per prompt and only previously unpublished works. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 pm on the last day of the month.

The March prompt is: “Three men walk into a bar.”

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Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

Cut Throat MagazineWriters of short fiction are encouraged to enter the 2012 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition. The competition has a thirty-one year history of literary excellence, and its organizers are dedicated to enthusiastically supporting the efforts and talent of emerging writers of short fiction whose voices have yet to be heard.

The entry fee is $15 for each story postmarked by May 1, 2012.

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Monstrosities of the Midway: Literary Contest

Midway JournalThe Midway Journal wants to see your mysteries, anomalies, and clashing energies. Send them your giant rats, conjoined twins, Fiji mermaids, and bearded ladies. They invite any writing that complicates issues of performance and identity.

Submit: March 5th – May 31st; Fee: $15 per entry.

Prize: $1000 + publication in Midway Journal for a winning poem (or group of poems), story, or essay. The judges are Ana Božičević and Amy King.

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