Browsing Archive: October, 2017
Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 30, 2017,
The Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction
The
Lascaux Prize in Short Fiction is presently open for submissions. Stories may
be previously published or unpublished, and simultaneous submissions are
accepted. Winner receives $1,000, a bronze medallion, and publication in The Lascaux Review. The winner and all
finalists will be published in The 2018
Lascaux Prize Anthology.
Two
copies of the anthology will be supplied to every writer appearing in it. Entry
fe...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 29, 2017,
Conceit Magazine Love Poem Contest
First
Prize - $50.00, Second Prize - $30.00, Third Prize – 20.00, Fourth Prize - 1
year subscription to CONCEIT MAGAZINE, Fifth Prize - 6 month subscription to
CONCEIT MAGAZINE, Sixth Prize - 3 month subscription to CM
$5.00
entry fee up to 3 poems
ALL writers welcomed
Previously
published poems accepted
SUBJECT:
LOVE-old love, new love, lost love, love to be an...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 29, 2017,
Enchanted Conversations: Elves and the Shoemaker
Starting
in January 2017, bimonthly issues will resume at Enchanted Conversation: A
Fairy Tale Magazine. Six times a year, writers and poets will have a chance to
submit fairy-tale inspired stories and poems. No non-fiction of any kind.
Current deadline: November 1, 2017 - November 30, 2017
Each of
the six submission periods for 2017 will have a theme. Here they are: Jan...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 29, 2017,
California State Poetry Society Monthly
Contests: November
The
California State Poetry Society offers monthly poetry contests. This contest is
open to all poets, whether or not they are members of the CSPS. Reading fees are $1.50 per poem with a
$3.00 minimum for members and $3.00 per poem with a $6.00 minimum for
non-members. Entries
must be postmarked during the month of the contest in which they are entered.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, October 26, 2017,
Focus on the Family: Manners
Topic:
How have you worked on teaching one manner to your kids in a way that was
unique or allowed your family to draw closer together because of it?
Word
count: 50 to 300 words
Rights:
First nonexclusive rights
Payment:
$50, on acceptance
Due date: November 27, 2017
Byline:
Yes — whether in print or online
Audience:
Parents with children in the home
Submission:
Each article must be d...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, October 25, 2017,
Dappled Things: a quarterly of ideas, art, and faith
J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction
“One foot
in this world and one in the next”: that’s how J.F. Powers described the
Midwestern priests he wrote about in his fiction. Having one foot in another
world can be awkward, and Powers’ characters are known not for their graceful
mysticism, but for the humiliating and mordantly entertaining stumbles they
make while tryi...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, October 25, 2017,
Focus on the Family: Time-Change Parenting
Topic:
Fall Back or Spring Forward. How did you get your kids to better adjust to the
time change in a fun or unique way?
Word
count: 50 to 300 words
Rights:
First nonexclusive rights
Payment:
$50, on acceptance
Due date: November 20, 2017
Byline:
Yes — whether in print or online
Audience:
Parents with children in the home
Submission:
Each article must be directed at onl...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, October 24, 2017,
Illinois State Poetry Society Annual
Contest
10
categories to enter.
Cash
prizes - $10 - $60 depending on category.
Entry fee:
$10 (members $8) for up to 10 poems; $1 each additional poem.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, October 24, 2017,
Spider Magazine: Short Shorts
Call for
Submissions: Short Shorts
Deadline: November 15, 2017
Spider
(for ages 6-9) is looking for short fiction and non-fiction for the theme Short
Shorts. We want short pieces of 200 to 500 words on any topic, in any format,
and in any tone. We’re looking for silly, funny, and wacky stories, serious,
earnest, and sweet stories, and stories in non-traditional formats like a
letter from kids or animals, a f...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 23, 2017,
Poetry Society of New Hampshire Contest
The
Poetry Society of New Hampshire sponsors two National Contests open to all
poets, members or not. Judges for the contests are not members of the Poetry
Society of New Hampshire. Prizes are awarded to four places, 1st place, $100,
2nd place, $50, 3rd and 4th places $25 each. Winning poems will be published in
our quarterly magazine, The Poets Touchstone, and winning poets will receive...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 23, 2017,
Harpur Palate Prizes for Poetry and for Creative Nonfiction
The Milton Kessler Memorial Prize
for Poetry
The
annual winner receives a $500 prize and publication in the winter issue of
Harpur Palate.
Opens:
September 1 Postmark Deadline: November 15
Harpur
Palate accepts previously unpublished poems in any style, form, or genre. The
$15 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Harpur Palate. No more than
five poems per entry. Ple...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 22, 2017,
National Federation Of State Poetry Societies, Inc
2017 Stevens Poetry Manuscript Competition
Awarding
$1000 + Publication + 50 Books
Include
title page (title only), table of contents, and 48 to 70 pages of poetry,
counting
any
section title pages but not counting front matter. You may include previously
published poems.
Deadline: November
15, 2017. The submission fee is $20 for NFSPS members, $25 for
nonmembers.
Members of state poetry societ...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 22, 2017,
The Gateway Review – A Journal of Magical Realism Contest
The
Fabulist and Fantastic Flash Fiction Contest is open to any writer, and is the
only time during the year that we accept flash fiction submissions. Deadline: November
15
Each
entry is $5, and can contain one or two pieces of flash fiction, each no longer
than 1000 words. Writers may submit however many entries they wish, so long as
they pay the $5 entry fee for eac...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, October 21, 2017,
Georgia Poetry Society
The
Georgia Poetry Society conducts contests in the fall of each year, with a November 15
postmark deadline for all entries. In addition to earning cash
prizes, the top three poems in each contest may be published in The Reach of
Song, the annual GPS poetry anthology. On the website is a list of the
contests. Please click the links for descriptions of the contests, along with
contest-...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, October 21, 2017,
Ruminate Magazine VanderMey Nonfiction Prize
The 2018
Nonfiction Prize is now open–we invite you to submit your work!
Our
VanderMey Nonfiction Prize has gained national recognition, with our 2013
recipient receiving a Pushcart Prize and appearing in the 2013 Pushcart Prize
anthology. The winner of the VanderMey
Nonfiction Prize will receive $1500 and publication in the Fall 2018 issu...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, October 20, 2017,
Poetry Society of South Carolina Winter Contest
Six categories
open to anyone to enter. Prizes range from $50 to $200. Winning poems are
published. No previously published poems.
Deadline: November 15, 2017.
Entry fee is $5 per poem.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Thursday, October 19, 2017,
Focus on the Family: President’s Day and Black History Month
Topic:
What is one unique way that your family has celebrated President's Day or Black
History month?
Word
count: 50 to 300 words
Rights:
First nonexclusive rights
Payment:
$50, on acceptance
Due date: November 15, 2017
Byline:
Yes — whether in print or online
Audience:
Parents with children in the home
Submission:
Each article must be directed at onl...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, October 18, 2017,
Tethered by Letters Fall Literary Competition
There are
three submission categories:
1) short
stories of any genre ranging from 1,000 to 7,500 words
2) flash
fiction with a word limit of 750 words
3) poetry
no longer than three pages
Winners
of the contest will be published in a future issue of F(r)iction alongside
stunning original artwork from TBL’s talented team of artists. Flash
and poetry winners receive $300 first price...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Tuesday, October 17, 2017,
The Madison Review Literary Journal
The Chris
O'Malley contest accepts one previously unpublished story with a maximum of 30
pages. The Phyllis Smart Young contest accepts three previously unpublished
poems with a combined maximum of 15 pages.
For each
prize there is a $10 submission fee, and the winners will be awarded $1,000 and
be featured in The Madison Review. Deadline is November 1, 2017.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 16, 2017,
Massachusetts State Poetry Society
Annual Poet’s Choice Contest
Deadline: November 1
Subject: Poet’s Choice
Form: Poet's Choice
Line
Limit: 40 Lines
Prizes: $50
$25 $15
Entry
fee: $3
Poems
must NOT have been previously published or won ANY prize.
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 15, 2017,
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column: Odd One Out
Readers
Write column asks readers to address subjects on which they're the only
authorities. Topics are intentionally broad in order to give room for
expression. Writing style isn't as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity.
We
publish only nonfiction in Readers Write. Feel free to submit your work under
"Name Withheld" if it allows you to be more honest, but be sure to
include...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, October 14, 2017,
Focus on the Family: Worst Parenting Mistakes & Fixes
Topic:
What was the worst parenting mistake you made, what happened because of it, and
how did you fix it?
Word
count: 50 to 300 words
Rights:
First nonexclusive rights
Payment:
$50, on acceptance
Due date: November 13, 2017
Byline:
Yes — whether in print or online
Audience:
Parents with children in the home
Submission:
Each article must be directed at only one...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Friday, October 13, 2017,
The Lindenwood Review Chapter One Contest
Each
year, The Lindenwood Review offers an open contest with no entry fee. In past
issues, we have offered contests for lyric essays, flash fiction, and prose
poetry. For issue 8, we are happy to announce our Chapter One Contest, for
first chapters of unpublished novels. The winner will receive $50, publication
in issue 8 of The Lindenwood Review, and three contributor copie...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Wednesday, October 11, 2017,
Parks & Points 2017 Fall Essay Contest
Our
annual fall essay contest invites nonfiction submissions of up to 1,500 words
in the form of autobiographical essay, reportage, profile, memoir, or narrative
nonfiction. We seek essays that express a moment of significance — personal
transformation, awakening, adventure, exploration, reward, accomplishment,
revelation — that is inspired by or set within a park space or public land.
Essays...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 9, 2017,
The First Line Literary Journal: I’m tired of trying...
This is a
quarterly contest in which you use the first line prompt they provide to write
your story of 300 to 5,000 words. The editors are open to all genres and try to
pick as eclectic a group of winners as possible. There is no entry fee.
The next deadline is November 1, 2017. The first line of the story must
be: “I'm tired of trying to see the good
in people.”
Fictio...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Saturday, October 7, 2017,
Purpose Magazine: Trust
Purpose
needs short, personal true anecdotal stories (350-650 words) and poems/verse
(up to 12 lines). These submissions must meet the monthly themes.
Purpose
is interested in true stories and poetry that illustrate practical ways
Christians apply their faith in daily life or illustrate biblical
understandings that support discipleship living.
Rates of
payment...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Monday, October 2, 2017,
Crab Orchard Review Online
FREE Submissions in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry
Our first
online special issue of Crab Orchard Review will focus on "Ka-ching!: The
Money Issue.” The issue will also be open for free, no contest fee, starting August
30, 2017,
and will run
until October 31, 2017. Submit fiction, poetry, or
literary nonfiction.
It is not
lost upon us that this is the first special issue we won't be paying contri...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 1, 2017,
Light of the Stars Annual Poetry Contest
Annual deadline: October
31st
Reading fee: $2.00 per poem - unlimited
entries on any subject, unpublished, simultaneous and previously published
entries accepted. Entries are to be 32 lines or less, single spaced, camera
ready – the way you want to see it in print.
40% of
fees collected - First Prize
20% of
fees collected - Second Prize
20%...
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Posted by Sally Clark on Sunday, October 1, 2017,
Focus on the Family Magazine: The Family Kitchen
How the
kitchen can build relationship in your family and community
Theme:
'The Family Kitchen' — Anecdotes about cooking, food and family. We're looking
for stories that show how cooking and eating together build family and
community. Some general ideas:
"The tradition our married child(ren)
adopted and why they say it's important to their marriage"
"The rec...
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