Tag: writing contests

Jeremy Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing

As part of the Oxford Literary Festival, the Jeremy Mogford Prize for Food and Drink Writing is being awarded for unpublished short stories with food and drink at the heart of the tale. Submit one story, maximum 2500 words.

Prizes:  £7,500

Reading fee:  Free.

Deadline is October 1, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

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Bartleby Snopes Writing Contest: Dialogue Only!

If you like a challenge and love great dialogue, this one might be for you. The FIfth Annual Bartleby Snopes Writing Contest wants stories told in dialogue only. No set directions, no fancy descriptions, not even any of that he said/she said business. Just dialogue. Under 2000 words.

Prizes:  First prize: $250 and publication; Honorable Mentions (4): $10 plus publication.

Reading fee:  $10.00.

Deadline is September 15, 2013 (So get going!) For more information, please visit their website.

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Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction

Hippocampus magazine seeks creative nonfiction for its Remember In November Contest. No theme—just your best previously unpublished memoir excerpts and personal essays up to 3,500 words. Winning stories will be published in the November 2013 issue.

Prizes:  $400 for grand prize; $75 for runner up; $10 honorable mention (2); $25 readers’ choice.

Reading fee: $10 per story

Deadline is September 27, 2013. For more information, please visit their website.

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Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition

Now in its fourth year, this quarterly competition has an open theme, but you only get 500 words to tell a story.

Prizes:  £500 for first prize (plus publication in Words with JAM); £100 for second prize; £50 for third prize.

Reading fee: £5 for one story; £8 for two.

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

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