For Past or Present Upstate New Yorkers Only…Stone Canoe

Stone Canoe considers for inclusion previously unpublished works of short fiction, creative nonfiction, technical writing, short plays, poems, and works of visual art. The writer/artist must have a first-person connection to Upstate New York, unless the writer is a veteran, but the piece(s) submitted can be about anything at all. The work does not need to involve New York State.

Deadline: July 31, 2015

Entry Fee: None

Prizes: Publication. Contributors receive one copy of each issue in which their work appears and are featured on our web site.

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Landfall Essay Competition – New Zealand

The Landfall Essay Competition, sponsored by Otago University Press, is now accepting submissions. The purpose of the competition is to encourage New Zealand writers to think aloud about New Zealand culture, and to revive and sustain the tradition of vivid, contentious and creative essay writing. Essays should be unpublished, fully developed, independent works and  no more than 6000 words long. .
Entry Fee: None noted

Deadline: July 31, 2015

Prizes: The winner will receive publication, $3000, and a year’s subscription to Landfall.

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The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest

DreamQuestOne120x120 gif~originalOpen to anyone who enjoys expressing innermost thoughts & feelings into the beautiful literary art of poetry or writing a story that’s worth telling everyone! Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject and/or write a short story, 5 pages maximum length, on any theme for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $1275.00. Multiple and simultaneous poems and short story entries are accepted. Writing Prizes: 1st $500, 2nd $250, 3rd $100. Poetry Prizes: 1st $250, 2nd $125, 3rd $50. Entry fees: $5 per poem/$10 per story.

Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com for details on how to enter!


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The Fiction Desk Open Submissions

The Fiction Desk is always looking for new short stories about people and places, rather than about writing itself, for the Fiction Desk anthologies.

Prizes: £15 per thousand words for stories they publish.

Entry fee: £2 – for expedited reading.

Deadline: None. For more information, please visit their website.


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