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Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival

The 2013 Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival seeks entries for its competition honoring the best stories about—you guessed it—animals. From elephants all the way down to Madagascar hissing cockroaches.

The Animals, Animals, Animals Book Festival will consider animal stories in the following categories: dogs, cats, birds, horses, insects, fish, reptiles, children’s books, young adult, working animals, wild card (anything goes!), pets, jungle, farm, city animals, biography/memoirs, talking, photography, horror, science, unpublished manuscripts, and spiritual/religious.

Prize: Winner receives $500 appearance fee and airfare to Chicago for the awards ceremony in November

Deadline: October 13, 2013

Entry Fee: $50 per entry

For more information, please visit their website.

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Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition

Sentinel Literary QuarterlyThe Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition on any subject or style which have NOT have been previously published, or posted on a website or blog. The three winning Short Stories, and three highly commended Short Stories will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions magazine in print and eBook in February 2013. The authors will each receive a free contributor’s copy.

There is a £4.00 entry fee. The prizes are – First: £150.00, Second: £75.00, Third: £50.00, Highly Commended: £10 x 3. Deadline: June 20, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Hillerman Mystery Short Story Contest

Hillerman PrizeThe Tony Hillerman Mystery Short Story contest is now accepting submissions for mystery short stories that are 2,500 words or less, written in English, set primarily in New Mexico. The story must be previously unpublished. All entries must be postmarked no later than August 15.

There is a $20 entry fee. The winning story will be published in an issue of New Mexico Magazine, probably the February issue which is devoted to books and reading.The winner will receive two tickets to the awards ceremony at the Tony Hillerman Writers Conference and other prizes to be announced shortly.

For more information, please visit their website.

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Hillerman Prize Mystery Contest

Hillerman PrizeThe Tony Hillerman Prize competition is open to any professional or non-professional writer who has never been the author of a published mystery. Murder or another serious crime or crimes must be at the heart of the story, with the emphasis on the solution rather than the details of the crime. All entries must be received or postmarked no later than June 1.

The prize winner is awarded a contract with St. Martin’s Press for publication of the novel and $10,000.

For more information, please visit their website.

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