Publishing, writing, and literary prizes for Short Story Writing
Works must be published and available to the general public to be eligible. This includes self-published works. Unpublished ma...
Submissions for The G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction should be approximately 125- 300 pages, double spaced.
Poetry manuscripts for The John Ciardi Prize for Po...
Writers can enter up to three poems, three postcard stories (up to 500 words) or one longer story (max 5000 words) with eac...
The Costa Book Awards honour some of the most outstanding books of the year written by authors based in the UK and Ireland. There are five categories - First Novel, Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s Book - with one of the five winners chosen as Book of the ...
Young Cuirt is for ages 12-17. Entries are welcome in poetry and fiction. The winner will receive €100 cash prize and they will have the opportu...
Eligible submissions include an unpublished manuscript of short stories; two or more novellas (a novella may ...
Stories may be on any theme but only humorous stories will be elig...
Entries should be between 1,000 and 5,000 words in length.
The competition is judged by Rob Redman, editor of the anthology se...
The Hugos are World awards. Works are eligible when they are first publishe...
The manuscript must be a collection of short stories in English of at least 150 word-processed, double-spaced pages. We do not accept e-mail submissions. ...
Creative Writing for 9 years and Under (Max word count 300 words)
Creative Writing for 12 years and Under (Max word count 500 words)
Creative Writing for 14 years and Under (Max word count 500...
There are two Grand Prizes, one for Grades 4-6 and one for Grades 7-9. The Gra...
Entries are not returned and must be unpublished. Winners will have their entries posted on www.brashcyber.com. All other rights belong to the authors. Humor is s...
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in over 70 different categories, for the ye...
Manuscripts that have been self-published or published online will not be accepted.
Open to English-writing, U.S. residents who have not yet published a novel. ...
The Psychopomp Magazine Short Fiction Contest recognizes outstanding pieces of fiction that push the boundaries of genre and/or form. Surprise us! Show us some...
To be eligible candidates must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, under the age of 35 as of the deadline, and unpublishe...
Books must be English-language, first-edition trade books published by a Canadian press, written by Canadian citizens or permanent ...
7-11: 1000 word limit for fiction, 15 line max. for poetry 12-15: 1500 word limit for fiction, 20 line max. for poetry
Entry is ...
The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award which recognizes exceptional writing in three categories: adult, young adult and short story. The awards are presented each fall to the best Canadian speculative fiction novel, book-length ...
Categories include Western Traditional novel, Historical nov...
Entrants must be New Brunswick residents, or non-resident New Brunsw...