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Open Submissions: Sawmill Magazine

Typecast’s free online magazine, Sawmill, is produced six times a year. Each issue focuses on one branch of the literary tree: fiction, graphic stories, and poetry.  Sawmill has open submissions at this time in fiction and graphic stories.   Per their website, Sawmill does not discriminate against any genre or brand of fiction writing. Please send your fiction submission to [email protected] as a .pdf, .doc, or Pages attachment. Submissions should be 6,500 words or less.

Deadlines are:

For Summer 2012: Open submissions begin on December 1, 2011 and close on March 1, 2012.

For Winter 2013: Open submissions begin on June 1, 2012 and close on September 1, 2012.

For more information, visit their site.

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South American Short Story Writing Contest

Gringolandiasantiago.com is looking for the best possible short stories from writers located in any country. Winning prize is $100 USD and publication in gringolandiasantiago.com. Deadline is 30 March 2012. Candidates must have previous writing experience either in a print publication or on-line in a blog.

Submit entries along with links to any work you have published to [email protected]. There is no reading fee. They are interested in quality writing.

For more information, visit their website.

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Winning Writers’ Sports Poetry & Prose Contest

Winning Writers has announced a new contest seeking today’s best poetry and prose on sports-related themes. They will award $5,000 in prizes in the new Sports Poetry & Prose Contest.  This contest aims to bridge the gap between the worlds of physical culture and literary culture.

Online entries will be accepted until May 31, 2012.  The fee is $15 per entry.

More information on this contest is available on the Winning Writers website.

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The New Letters Literary Awards

New Letters MagazineNew Letters Magazine is now accepting submissions for their 2012 Literary Awards.  These awards include the $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry for the best 2012 group of three to six poems; the $1,500 Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize for the Essay for the 2012 best essay; and the $1,500 Alexander Patterson Cappon Prize for Fiction for the best 2012 short story.

Entry fees are $15 for first entry; $10 for every entry after. Entry fee includes the cost of a one-year subscription, renewal, or gift subscription to New Letters, shipped to any address within the United States.  Enter by May 18, 2012.

For more information, go to http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp

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