The Baltimore Review Fall Submissions

The Baltimore Review seeks short fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry for publication in their winter and summer issues. Guidelines vary by category.

Prizes:  Web exposure and a copy of the collection in which the author’s work appears.

Reading fee: None.

Deadline is November 30, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.


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Zoetrope: All-Story Short Fiction Contest

Zoetrope All StoryThe eighteenth annual Short Fiction Contest is now open for all genres of literary fiction. Entries must be unpublished and strictly 5,000 words or fewer.

Prizes:  First prize: $1,000, Second prize: $500, Third prize: $250; the top ten entries will be considered for representation by the literary agencies listed on the website.

Entry fee: $20.

Deadline is October 1, 2014.

For more information, please visit their website.


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Boston Review’s Aura Estrada Short Story Contest

Boston Review LogoBoston Review seeks previously unpublished stories not exceeding 5,000 words for the Aura Estrada Short Story Contest.

Prizes:  $1,500 and have his or her work published in the July/August 2015 issue of Boston Review. All submitters receive a complementary half-year subscription (3 issues) to Boston Review.

Reading fee: $20.00.

Deadline is October 1, 2014. For more information, please visit their website.


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The Fog Horn Seeks Short Fiction

tumblr_inline_mzt5zqBxSB1r1yxm0The Fog Horn, a new digital-only literary journal, is seeking submissions of short stories in any fiction genre, whether traditional, speculative, or experimental. Submissions must be unpublished and written in English. Suggested length is 1,200 – 8,500 words.

Entry Fee: NONE

Deadline: March 31, 2014 for next issue

Payment: $1000 per story

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