Tag: Call for Submissions

The Fiction Desk Ghost Story Competition

The Fiction Desk usually publishes stories that are more or less realistic, but now they want your ghost stories. All types welcome.

The competition is open to all English-speaking writers 16 and over.

Prizes: First prize, £500; second prize, £100. Both winners will be published in an upcoming Fiction Desk anthology.

Reading fee: £6 per story and £9 for two stories submitted together.

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

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Call for Entries: The 35th Nimrod Literary Awards

The Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry seeks previously unpublished fiction and poetry entries for the 35th Nimrod Literary Awards, which include The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry.

Prizes: First prize, $2000 and publication; second prize, $1000 and publication.

Reading fee: $20.00 per story.

Deadline is April 30, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

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Zombie Short Stories!

Author and anthology editor Mitzi Szereto is looking for original short stories for her new anthology, Love, Lust and Zombies.

Prizes: Payment from $50-$70 plus two copies of anthology, to be published in the fall of 2013.

Entry fee: none

Deadline is Sunday, February 10, 2013. For more information, please visit her website.

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Pen in Hand Call for Submissions

Pen in Hand, the Maryland Writers’ Association’s quarterly membership newsletter, is accepting submissions for their Winter 2013 issue. They are seeking features, stories, poetry, news, and announcements of interest to MWA members.

Prizes:  Publication

Entry fee: none

Deadline is Friday, December 21. For more information, please visit their website.

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