CRAFT First Chapters Contest 2022

$2800 Awarded

• CRAFT First Chapters Contest entries are open to all fiction writers; CRAFT is a market for adult literary fiction.
• International submissions are welcome.
• Excerpts of book-length fiction only—please submit the first chapter or chapters* of your unpublished novels/novellas, completed or in progress.
• Please do not submit short stories or nonfiction.
• Please submit work in English only.
• 5,000 word count maximum*.
• We review adult literary fiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles.
• Previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints for contests (previously published includes any form of self-publishing, blogs, personal websites, social media, etc.).
• We allow simultaneous submissions—writers, please notify us and withdraw your excerpt if your work is picked up elsewhere.
• We allow multiple submissions—please submit each excerpt as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee.
• $20 entry fee per entry.
• Please, please, double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12-point font.
• Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable), and a summary of your book-length project.
• We do not require anonymous submissions.
• We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason.
• Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review (you will be refunded, less Submittable’s fee).