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SUMMARY:P - The 2023 Mudfish Poetry Prize
DESCRIPTION:Submissions\n\n\n\nNew Deadline announced: October 1st\, 2023\nEntry Fee: $20 \nCash Prize: $1\,200 \nA prize of $1\,200 and publication in Mudfish is given annually for a single poem. Deborah Landau will judge. Submit up to three poems of any length with a $20 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem). All entries are considered for publication. Send to Mudfish\, Mudfish Poetry Prize\, 184 Franklin Street\, New York\, NY 10013. Jill Hoffman\, Editor. \nRead more about our judge\, Deborah Landau at https://www.deborahlandau.com/ \nALL POEMS CONSIDERED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NEXT MUDFISH\nSubmit 3 poems for $20\, $3 for each additional poem. \nBe sure to include a self-addressed stamped envelope and a cover letter with the titles of the poems you’ve submitted\, your name and contact information: Mailing address\, email address\, telephone number if available.  \nYOUR NAME SHOULD  NOT APPEAR ON THE POEMS THEMSELVES 
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/p-the-2023-mudfish-poetry-prize/
LOCATION:Mudfish
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - The Missouri Review's 33rd Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize
DESCRIPTION:33rd Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize\n$5\,000 Fiction | $5\,000 Nonfiction | $5\,000 Poetry \nNOW OPEN! \nWinners receive publication\, promotion\, and a cash prize. \nGuidelines\n\nSubmit one piece of fiction or nonfiction up to 8\,500 words or any number of poems up to 10 pages. Please double-space fiction and nonfiction entries.\nMultiple submissions and simultaneous submissions are welcome\, but you must pay a separate fee for each entry and withdraw the piece immediately if accepted elsewhere.\nEntries must be previously unpublished.\nStandard Entry fee: $25. Each entrant receives a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review in digital format (normal price $24) and a digital copy of the latest title in our imprint\, Missouri Review Books\, a short story anthology by former contributors (normal price $7.95).\n“All Access” Entry fee: $30. In addition to the one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review and TMR Books e-book\, the “All Access” entry fee grants access to the last 10 years of digital issues and the audio recordings of each digital issue.\n\nEligibility\n\nPrevious winners of the Editors’ Prize and current University of Missouri students and faculty are ineligible.\nPrevious Editors’ Prize finalists are welcome to enter again.\n\nSubmit\n\nOnline\nBy Mail\n\nDEADLINE: October 1\, 2023 \nWinners will be announced in early 2024. \nQuestions? E-mail contest_question@moreview.com \n“All Access” Entry fee: $30. In addition to the one-year digital subscription to the Missouri Review and TMR Books e-book\, the “All Access” entry fee grants access to the last 10 years of digital issues and the audio recordings of each digital issue.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-the-missouri-reviews-33rd-annual-jeffrey-e-smith-editors-prize/
LOCATION:The Missouri Review
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - Writers Online's Writing Magazine Competitions.  Theme: "Blue"
DESCRIPTION:The challenge this month is to find a treatment that stands out in a wide open ocean. \nThe theme is ‘blue’\, but how you interpret and handle that – maybe literally\, maybe in one of its varied metaphorical meanings – is entirely up to you. \nYour story should be 1\,500-1\,700 words. The closing date is 15 October. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrize\n\nShort stories: £200 first prize; £50 for second\nPoetry: £100 first prize; £50 for second\n\nThey are open to all writers\, requiring a £7.50 entry fee\, or £5 if you are a Writing Magazine subscriber. \nRules\nSee the rules for this competition here
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-writers-onlines-writing-magazine-competitions-theme-blue/
LOCATION:Writing Magazine
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PFN - New Letters Editor's Choice Award: "Short Narratives"
DESCRIPTION:$1\,000 Editor’s Choice Award\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDeadline: October 16\, 2023\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will begin accepting entries for the 2023 contest on July 1\, 2023. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuidelines\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis year our editors are looking to read your best short narratives\, whether they are stories\, essays\, poems\, or hybrid forms. The only requirement is that each entry must be brief—1\,000 words or fewer. Submit your work via our Submittable portal by October 16th. One winner will be awarded $1\,000 and publication in New Letters. \n\n\nMax word count is 1\,000 words\nThe entry must be previously unpublished.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRules\, Tips & Notes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$20 entry fee for each manuscript submitted. A one-year subscription to New Letters\, shipped to any address within the United States\, is included in the price of the first entry.  (Subscriptions mailed outside the U.S. require a $20 postal surcharge.)\n\n\nNo substitutions or revisions may be made after a manuscript has been submitted. Edits can be considered prior to publication\, if the manuscript wins the award.\nSimultaneous submissions of unpublished entries are accepted with proper notification upon acceptance elsewhere.\nMultiple entries are welcome with appropriate fees.\nThe winner will be announced in early March 2024.\nThe winner will be published in New Letters and receive a $1\,000 cash prize.\nOnline entries via Submittable only. Entries received through the postal mail will not be accepted and will be recycled upon receipt.\nCurrent students and employees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City\, and current volunteer members of the New Letters and BkMk Press staffs are not eligible.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pfn-new-letters-editors-choice-award-short-narratives/
LOCATION:New Letters
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:PF - Canadian Authors 2nd Annual National Writing Contest
DESCRIPTION:Timeline: \n\nContest opens Friday\, September 1\, 2023\, and closes at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday\, October 23\, 2023.\n\nEntry Fee:  \n\n$20 Canadian per contest entry of either fiction or poetry\, payment via PAYPAL only.\n\nAwards:  \n\nCash prizes for first ($200)\, second ($100)\, and third-place ($50) will be awarded in each category.\nAll winners and 20 runner ups will work with a professional editor to be published in an annual contest anthology book as well as participate in a book launch event featuring author readings.\nAll entries will receive a copy of the contest anthology eBook as a mini prize!\n\n\nRules for Fiction Entries \n\nSubmissions can be in any genre (literary\, horror\, speculative\, romance\, sci-fi\, fantasy\, etc.). There is no theme; all we ask is that you surprise and delight us!\nFormatting: All entries will be read blind. Please do not include identifying information such as your name or email in your story. Please use 11 pt. Arial or Calibri or 12 pt. font Times New Roman\, double-spaced.\nWord count: 2\,500 (minimum) to 3\,000 (maximum)\, not including your title.\nFile type accepted: Word file (doc\, docx).\nLanguage: Majority of entry should be in English.\n\nRules for Poetry Entries \n\nWe’re accepting all forms of poetry for this contest\, including lyrical\, formal\, free verse\, visual\, experimental\, concrete\, haiku and other micro poetic forms\, and spoken word\, etc.\nFormatting: All entries will be read blind. Please do not include identifying information such as your name or email in your story. Please use 11 pt. Arial or Calibri or 12 pt. font Times New Roman\, double-spaced.\nWord count: Poems should be no more than 50 lines\, including line breaks (but not including the title).\nFor spoken word entries\, please submit an audio file (mp3) along with a written (typed) version of the poem. As with all submissions\, spoken word poems should be 50 lines total including line breaks. The total length of the recording of each poem should be less than two minutes. Spoken word submissions can include up to two poems per entry.\nFile types accepted: Word (doc\, docx)\, pdf or mp3.\nLanguage: Majority of entry should be in English.\n\nAdditional Rules for the competition: \n\nNo previously published work or AI generated work! Simultaneous submissions are allowed\, but please let us know as soon as possible if your story has been accepted elsewhere.\nSubmissions containing harmful stereotypes and perspectives\, including racism\, misogyny\, homophobia\, transphobia\, islamophobia\, xenophobia\, antisemitism or ableism\, or any other discriminatory content\, will be disqualified.\nOpen to Canadian citizens and residents only.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/pf-canadian-authors-2nd-annual-national-writing-contest/
LOCATION:Canadian Authors Association – Toronto
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:F - The 2024 ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award
DESCRIPTION:The winner will receive £2\,000\, the runner-up £1\,000\, and £500 to each of the shortlist (up to four authors). \nDEADLINE: MONDAY 31 OCTOBER 2023 \nCriteria for entry\n1. The author must be ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom\, Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland.\n2. The author must have had at least one short story published or accepted for publication.\n3. The story submitted must be in English and must not be a translation.\n4. The story submitted may be published or unpublished.\n5. The work must not have been previously submitted for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award.\n6. The work must not exceed 5\,000 words.\n7.  All submissions must have been written by the author and cannot contain the use of AI generated works.\nConditions of Entry\nPresent employees (or anyone currently connected with the administration of the Society of Authors’ grants and prizes) or members of the SoA Management Committee may not apply for any of the grants and prizes administered by the Society of Authors. \nThe judges’ decision (both as to eligibility and the winning entries) shall be final. The judges reserve the right not to make any ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Awards if\, in their opinion\, no works entered reach a sufficiently high standard. \nThe prize will be presented at the annual Society of Authors’ Awards ceremony in 2024. For any queries\, please email prizes@societyofauthors.org
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/f-the-2024-alcs-tom-gallon-trust-award/
LOCATION:The Society of Authors
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Queer Adventurers LGBTQIA Writing Contest 2023.  Theme: "Firsts"
DESCRIPTION:We are looking for 1\,000 to 1\,500 word personal essays on the theme of Firsts. \nSpecifically\, we’re looking to hear a true first-person story of the first time you tried an outdoor activity and how it went. \nTrying something new outdoors builds skills and breaks us out of routine. It can lead to new friendships\, confidence\, and growth. \nLike that time I got lost in a Florida swamp and had to call 911 to get rescued\, it can also go spectacularly wrong! \nStories of the good\, the bad and the never-doing-that-again kind are all welcome! \nAll submissions must connect to the chosen theme and center your LGBTQIA identity. This means more than a passing mention of a sexuality or gender identity. We want to see LGBTQIA identities woven into the stories. \nAll submissions must come from an LGBTQIA author. \nAt Queer Adventurers\, we take an expansive definition of outdoor adventures. We love hardcore stories of multi-day trips and treks. We also appreciate the gentler activities: urban nature walks\, birding\, garden tours. We believe spending time in nature is healing\, regardless of the level of activity it involves. We’re deeply excited to hear your stories of LGBTQ travel firsts. \nEligibility: \nThis LGBTQ+ writing contest accepts submissions from writers anywhere in the world aged 18+. Stories must be previously unpublished. Stories that were previously published on a blog\, Instagram\, etc. are ineligible. Stories must be in English. \nOne submission per writer is allowed\, thanks! Submissions that exceed this work count will be deemed ineligible\, as will multiple submissions from a single writer. \nPrizes\nThe winning writer will receive a $150 cash prize\, payable via PayPal or Venmo.\nOne runner-up will receive a $50 cash prize\, payable via PayPal or Venmo.\nWinning and longlisted writers will have their essays published in Queer Adventurers.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-queer-adventurers-lgbtqia-writing-contest-2023-theme-firsts/
LOCATION:Queer Adventurers
CATEGORIES:Contest
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SUMMARY:N - Five Minutes Contest for Fall 2023.  Theme: "Away"
DESCRIPTION:100 words about 5 minutes of your life\, on the theme of AWAY. Interpret any way you’d like. Submit up to five entries. \nSend us your 100-word piece about five minutes in your life and we’ll consider it for publication. Guidelines: \n• Piece should be 100 words\, formatted as one paragraph. Not 99. Not 101. Title\, which is not part of 100 words\, should be 15 characters maximum\, including spaces. \n• There should be one identifiable moment (approx. five minutes) that’s the crux of the piece. \n• We don’t publish:\n—retellings of dreams\n—retellings of things you imagined\n—retellings of things you saw without any reference to you/your response (we want you in the piece!)\n—erotic memoir\n—pieces containing graphic violence\n—pieces from the perspective of abusers\n—poetry or fiction\, though we are interested in poetic prose and memoir masquerading as fiction\n—pieces which overtly promote a theological or political ideology\n—pieces in which you tell us someone else’s memory as told to you\n—pieces that contain hate speech\n—slurs. \n• Each piece should be formatted without line breaks;\none block of text\, not multiple\, short paragraphs. \n• -We are receiving many (beautiful) submissions about the last time a writer saw a beloved person\, about putting a pet to sleep\, and about the quiet moments in the morning before the day starts. Due to the high number of submissions on these themes\, these pieces are less likely to receive acceptances. We challenge you to take risks with your voice\, your structure\, your chronology … anything that might set your piece apart. \nA panel of contest readers will read/score pieces. The top ten pieces will be sent to Contest Judge Karen Zey who will choose the winner as well as two runners-up. All top ten pieces will run in Five Minutes. \nThe winner will receive 2/5 the contest entry fees\, or $2 per entry. If 2 people enter\, the fees will add up to $10 and the winner will receive $4. If 100 people enter\, that amount will be $500 and the winner will receive $200. [Boring explainer: Submittable keeps $.99 per $5 entry. Five Minutes keeps $2.01 per entry. Winner wins $2 per entry.] \nPlease read Five Minutes’ guidelines for our regular submissions\, which apply here\, except you MAY submit even if you have pieces upcoming in Five Minutes\, and you may submit up to five times. We will return your entry and request a re-format if guidelines haven’t been followed. \nThe contest runs October 1-31; our regular submissions portal will open again on November 1.
URL:https://anovelapproach.ca/submission_calendar/event/n-five-minutes-contest-for-fall-2023-theme-away/
LOCATION:Five Minutes
CATEGORIES:Contest
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