List of All Current Fiction Contests, Competitions, and Prizes

-1000 Below: Flash Prose and Poetry Contest (Midway Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The 2K Terrors Competition (TL;DR Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
53-Word Story Contest (Press 53)
Action, Spectacle Chapbook Contest (Action, Spectacle Books) Charges fees for all submissions
Action, Spectacle Editors' Poetry & Prose Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
The Adrift Short Story Contest (Driftwood Press Anthology) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Adroit Journal Editor's Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Adroit Prizes for Poetry and Prose (The Adroit Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award  Charges fees for all submissions
After Happy Hour Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Al Blanchard Award (New England Crime Bake) TEMP CLOSED
Alberta Views Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
The Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
American Literary Review Flash Flood Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
American Short(er) Fiction Contest (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
American Writers Review Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Amity Prize (Anamcara Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Aniko Flash Fiction Competition (Aniko Magazine) TEMP CLOSED
Anthology Flash Fiction Competition (Anthology Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Anthology Magazine Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Anthony Veasna So Scholarship (The Adroit Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Apex Magazine Flash Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Aurora Poetry & Short Fiction Open Competition (Writing East Midlands) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Austin Clarke Prize in Literary Excellence (The Ex-Puritan) Charges fees for all submissions
Author Gold Short Story Award  FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Autumn House Fiction Prize (Autumn House Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Avery/Deutsch Amateur Writing Contest (Baltimore Science Fiction Society) TEMP CLOSED
AWP Award Series  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bacopa Literary Review Contest (The Writers Alliance of Gainesville) Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED
Baen Fantasy Adventure Award (Baen Books) TEMP CLOSED
The Baltimore Review Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bardsy Anthology Contests  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Barrow Street Prose Series (Barrow Street Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Barry Hannah Prize for Fiction (Yalobusha Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bath Flash Fiction Award  Charges fees for all submissions
Bath Short Story Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
BBC National Short Story Award TEMP CLOSED
Beautiful Pause Prize (Press Pause) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bellevue Literary Review Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Beloved Chapbook Contest: A Multi-Genre Chapbook Contest for BIPOC Women and Nonbinary Folks (Purple Ink Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Ben Nyberg Short Fiction Collection Contest (Choeofpleirn Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Best in Rural Writing Contest (The Milk House) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bethlehem Writers Roundtable Short Story Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Big Moose Prize (Black Lawrence Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Big Sky, Small Prose: Flash Contest (CutBank) Charges fees for all submissions
Big Whoopie Deal Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Black Hare Press Patreon Monthly Challenge
Black Orchid Novella Award (The Wolfe Pack) TEMP CLOSED
The Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Black Warrior Review Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Blue Frog Flash Fiction Prize (Flash Frog) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Blue Light Book Award Competition (Blue Light Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Blue Light Poetry Prize and Chapbook Contest (Blue Light Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Boa Editions Short Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
BOMB Fiction Contest (BOMB Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Booby Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Booranga Literary Prizes / fourW (Booranga Writers' Centre) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Boroondara Literary Awards TEMP CLOSED
Boudin Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Boudin Halloween Contest  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions
Boulevard Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers (Boulevard Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Bournemouth Writing Prize (Bournemouth Writing Festival) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Breakout Prize (Epiphany) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Breakwater Fiction Contest (Breakwater Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bridport Prize Flash Fiction Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bridport Prize Short Story Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Bridport Young Writer Award (Bridport Prize) Charges fees for all submissions
Brilliant Flash Fiction Writing Contests TEMP CLOSED
Brink Literary Journal Award for Hybrid Writing  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Brink Prize for Hybrid Fiction (Brink Literary Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Broken Spine Chapbook Competition TEMP CLOSED
The Broken Tribe North American Series (Broken Tribe Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Broken Tribe Press MFA Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Broken Tribe Press Novella Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Bumblebee Flash Fiction Contest (PULP Literature) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Button Poetry Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
C. Michael Curtis Short Story Book Prize (Hub City Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Cai Emmons Fiction Award (Red Hen Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Cai Emmons Short Fiction Contest (Wordcrafters) Charges fees for all submissions
Calibre Audio's Inclusive Voices Short Story Competition  NEW! TEMP CLOSED
The Callo Literary Award (Nulla Journal) NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Calvino Prize (Miracle Monocle) Charges fees for all submissions
The Cambridge Prize for Flash Fiction (TSS Publishing) TEMP CLOSED
The Cambridge Short Story Prize (TSS Publishing) TEMP CLOSED
The Capilano Review Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize (Fiction Collective Two) Charges fees for all submissions
CBC Short Story Prize (CBC Books) Charges fees for all submissions
The Chapter One Prize for Novelists (Gutsy Great Novelist) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Chautauqua Janus Prize (Chautauqua Writers' Center) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction (The Madison Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Christina Luz-Silva Literary Prize for Fiction (DILIM Press) NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions
Cinnamon Literature Award (Cinnamon Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Claret Press Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Clarissa Dalloway Prize for Short Prose (L'Esprit Literary Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Clark Closser Memorial Literature Award (Magpie Zine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Clay Reynolds Novella Prize (Texas Review Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Cloudbank Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Col. Darron L. Wright Memorial Awards (Line of Advance Literary Journal) TEMP CLOSED
Collaborature Monthly Contest
Commonwealth Short Story Prize (Commonwealth Foundation) TEMP CLOSED
Commuter Lit Drabble of the Month Contest (CommuterLit) Charges fees for all submissions
CommuterLit Flash Fiction Week Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CommuterLit Halloween Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CommuterLit Valentines Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CRAFT Dialogue Challenge  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CRAFT First Chapters Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CRAFT Flash Prose Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
CRAFT Short Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Cranked Anvil Flash Fiction Competition (Cranked Anvil Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Cranked Anvil Short Story Competition (Cranked Anvil Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Cream City Review Contests (cream city review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Creative Future Writers' Award TEMP CLOSED
Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Crooked Spine Halloween Novella Competition (Crooked Spine Press) NEW!
Crowvus Ghost Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Crumbs (Quotidian Bagatelle) TEMP CLOSED
Curious Curls Fiction Contest (Curious Curls Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions
CutBank Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction (Shoreline of Infinity) TEMP CLOSED
The Danahy Fiction Prize (Tampa Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Dark Descent Microhorror Competition (Dark Holme Publishing)
Dave Williamson National Short Story Competition (Manitoba Writers' Guild) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Dead of Winter Horror Fiction Writing Contest (Toasted Cheese Literary Journal) TEMP CLOSED
Deanna Tulley Multimedia Prize (Slippery Elm Literary Journal) Charges fees for all submissions
Des Moines Public Library/Little Village Short Story Contest TEMP CLOSED
Desperate Literature Prize for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Devil's Backbone Fiction Series (Southern Illinois University Press) FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
DIAGRAM Chapbook Contest (New Michigan Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Didcot Writers Writing Competition  Charges fees for some submissions
Dingle Literary Festival Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Disquiet Prize (Disquiet International Literary Program) Charges fees for all submissions
Dog Daze Contests (Blue Earth Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Dogwood Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Doris Betts Fiction Prize (North Carolina Literary Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Dorothy Hewett Award for an Unpublished Manuscript (UWA Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Drabble Harvest Contest (Hiraeth Books) TEMP CLOSED
Drabble the Dark Contest (Writing Against the Grain)
Dreamers Creative Writing Flash Fiction Contest (Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Driftwood Press Short Story Contest (Driftwood Press Anthology) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Drue Heinz Literature Prize (University of Pittsburgh Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Dynamo Verlag Book Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions
Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction (Scottish Arts Trust) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Edinburgh Short Story Award (Scottish Arts Trust) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Eggtooth Editions Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Electric Literature Emerging Writers Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Elizabeth Alexander Writing Award (Meridians) TEMP CLOSED
Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize (Australian Book Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Ellis Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (New Ohio Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Empyrean Literary Magazine Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Etchings Press Book Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Eye Contact Flash Fiction Prize TEMP CLOSED
Eyelands Book Awards  Charges fees for all submissions
F(r)iction Contests  Charges fees for all submissions
The Fairy Tale Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fiction Factory First Chapter + Synopsis Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Fiction Factory Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fiction Potluck Contest (The Writer's Workout) TEMP CLOSED
The Fiddlehead Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Fifth Corner Dark Fiction Prize  FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The First Page Cage (PULP Literature) Charges fees for all submissions
First Page Challenge (The Darling Axe / The Chopping Blog) Charges fees for all submissions
Fish Publishing Flash Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fish Publishing International Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction (University of Georgia Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Flash 405 (Exposition Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Flash 500 Flash Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Flash 500 Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Flash Dash Contest (The Phare Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Flash Fiction Magazine Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Florida Review Editors' Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Flume Press Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Flying South Contest (Winston-Salem Writers) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fonograf Editions Open Genre Book Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
The Four Faced Liar Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fox Tales Prize (Black Fox Literary Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fractured Lit Anthology Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fractured Lit Elsewhere Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Fractured Lit Flash Fiction Open  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fractured Lit Ghost, Fable, and Fractured Fairy Tales Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Fractured Lit Micro Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Frazzled Lit Short Story Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Free Flash Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
FreeFall Magazine Prose & Poetry Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Fresh Voices Fellowship (Epiphany)
Frome Festival Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Front Range Book Prize (Alternating Current Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Fugere Book Prize for Finely Crafted Novellas (Regal House Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Furious Fiction (Australian Writers' Centre) TEMP CLOSED
Futurist Debut Book Award (Alternating Current Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
The Garden Party Chapbook Contest (Garden Party Collective) TEMP CLOSED
Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest  MATURE  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
George Garrett Fiction Prize (Texas Review Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Georgia Review Prose Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award  Charges fees for all submissions
Gina Berriault Work-in-Progress Award (Fourteen Hills) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Gival Press Short Story Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Glossy Planet Literary Magazine  Charges fees for some submissions
Gold Line Press Chapbook Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Gooseberry Pie Lit Annual Writing Competition (Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine) TEMP CLOSED
Great American Fiction Contest (The Saturday Evening Post) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Grieve Writing Competition (Hunter Writers Centre) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Griffith Review Emerging Voices Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms (PRISM international) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Guernica Prize for Literary Fiction (Guernica Editions) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Gulf Coast Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Gulf Coast Writers Association Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Gutsy Great Novelist Page One Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
GWG Literary Prizes (Geneva Writers Group) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize (American Short Fiction) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Hammond House Publishing International Literary Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Hastings Book Festival Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Hayden's Ferry Review Fiction & Poetry Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Hedge Apple Halloween Contest
Hemingway Shorts Contest (The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Henry Dumas Fiction Prize (The Arkansas International) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Henshaw Press Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
The Heroines Women's Writing Prize & Anthology (Neo Perennial Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The HG Wells Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
History Through Fiction Short Story Contest (History Through Fiction Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Honeybee Prize (The Good Life Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Hope Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Howling Bird Press Book Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Hudson Prize (Black Lawrence Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Hudson Review Short Fiction Contest TEMP CLOSED
The Hummingbird Flash Fiction Prize (PULP Literature) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Award (Historical Writers' Association) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Hyperidean Press Novel Prize  NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions
Hysteria Writing Competition (Happy Healthy Woman Blog) TEMP CLOSED
i-D Creative Writing Competition  FLEDGLING TEMP CLOSED
Indiana Review 1/2 K Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Indiana Review Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Inkspot Publishing Flash Fiction Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Inkspot Publishing Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Inscape Journal Contests  Charges fees for all submissions
International Proverse Prize (Proverse Hong Kong Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Iowa Review Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Iowa Short Fiction Award (University of Iowa Press) TEMP CLOSED
Irish Writers Centre New Writing Prize (The Stinging Fly) TEMP CLOSED
Island Magazine Nature Writing Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction (Dappled Things) TEMP CLOSED
The Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction (PRISM international) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Jade Ring Writing Contest (Wisconsin Writers Association) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
James Jones First Novel Fellowship Contest (The James Jones Literary Society) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Jane Austen Literacy Foundation Writing Competition TEMP CLOSED
Jeanne Leiby Memorial Chapbook Contest (The Florida Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award for Veterans (The Iowa Review) TEMP CLOSED
Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize (The Missouri Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Jerboa Lit 250  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Jerboa Lit 500: A Flash Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest
Jesmyn Ward Prize in Fiction (Michigan Quarterly Review) Charges fees for all submissions
John Gardner Memorial Prize for Fiction (Harpur Palate Literary Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
John Lent Poetry/Prose Award (Kalamity Press) Charges fees for all submissions
John Steinbeck Award for Fiction (Reed Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
The Journal Non/Fiction Collection Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Joy of the Pen Contest (The Topsham Public Library) TEMP CLOSED
Juniper Prize for Fiction (University of Massachusetts Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Kaidankai Themed Contests
Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction (University of North Texas Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Keepers of the Fire Contest (Raven Chronicles Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Kepler Award (Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize (WTAW Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Killer Shorts Horror Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize (North American Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Lakefly Writing Contests (Lakefly Writers Conference) TEMP CLOSED
The Larry Brown Short Story Award (Pithead Chapel) Charges fees for all submissions
Lavender Rising Contests
Lazuli Literary Group Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Lee Smith Novel Prize (Blair) TEMP CLOSED
Leopold Bloom Prize for Innovative Narration (L'Esprit Literary Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Letter Review Prize for Books  Charges fees for all submissions

The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions
Lilith Magazine Annual Fiction Contest TEMP CLOSED
LitMag Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions
LitMag's Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions
LMNL SPCS Prize (Liminal Spaces Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
The London Independent Story Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The London Magazine Short Story Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
Lost Kite Chapbook Prize (Lost Kite Editions) FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Louise Glück Prize for Poetry or Prose (Poetries in English Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
LSW Writing Contest (Lake Superior Writers) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Lucky Jefferson Poetry and Prose Contest TEMP CLOSED
Lush Triumphant Literary Awards (subTerrain Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
LVW Flash Fiction Contest (Ligonier Valley Writers) TEMP CLOSED
Mairtín Crawford Awards (Belfast Book Festival) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Malahat Review Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Malahat Review Novella Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Malahat Review Open Season Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Margarita Donnelly Prize for Prose Writing (CALYX Journal) Charges fees for all submissions
Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction (Sarabande Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Masters Review Best Emerging Writers Anthology  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
The Masters Review Reprint Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Masters Review Short Story Award For New Writers  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Matariki Short Short Story Celebration (takahe magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
McNally Robinson Booksellers Short Fiction Contest (Prairie Fire) Charges fees for all submissions
Megacity Review Poetry & Prose Contest
Meridian Editors' Prizes in Poetry and Prose  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Meridian Short Prose Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Miami University Press Novella Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Micro of the Month Writing Challenge (Strange Pilgrims) TEMP CLOSED
A Midsummer Tale Narrative Writing Contest (Toasted Cheese Literary Journal) TEMP CLOSED
Minds Shine Bright Places Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Mini Moon Writing Contests (Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest) Charges fees for all submissions
Minotaur Books/MWA First Crime Novel Competition (Mystery Writers of America) TEMP CLOSED
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition TEMP CLOSED
Miracle Monocle Award for Innovative Writing  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Mississippi Review Prize  Charges fees for all submissions
The Mollie Savage Memorial Writing Contest (Toasted Cheese Literary Journal) TEMP CLOSED
The Molotov Cocktail Flash Contest Series  Charges fees for all submissions
Moment Magazine-Karma Foundation Short Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
The Montana Humor Prize (Whitefish Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Montana Prize in Fiction (CutBank) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Montreal Fiction Prize (Yolk Literary Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Moon Meridian Novella Award (April Gloaming Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions
MoonLit Getaway Short Fiction Contest (MoonLit Getaway / Harvest Moon) Charges fees for all submissions
The Moth Nature Writing Prize (The Moth Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
The Moth Short Story Prize (The Moth Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Mslexia Flash Fiction Competition (Mslexia Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Mslexia Short Story Competition (Mslexia Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
The Must Read Books Award  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Nancy D. Hargrove Editors' Prize (Jabberwock Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Narrative Magazine Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Narrative Prize (Narrative Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Narrative Story of the Week Contest (Narrative Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
National Flash Fiction Day Microfiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
National Flash Fiction Day NZ Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize (Overland) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Neutrino Short-Short Prize (Passages North) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Never Too Late Award (Bridport Prize) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New American Fiction Prize (New American Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New Flash Fiction Review Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New Ohio Review Literary Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New Voices Award (Washington Square Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
New Writers Flash Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Newcastle Short Story Award (Hunter Writers Centre) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Next Generation Short Story Awards  Charges fees for all submissions
Nicholas Schaffner Award for Music in Literature (Schaffner Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Nimrod Literary Awards (Nimrod International Journal of Prose & Poetry) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Ninth Letter Literary Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Noemi Press Book Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
North American Review Short Story Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Northwind Writing Award (Raw Earth Ink) TEMP CLOSED
NORward Prizes (New Ohio Review) Charges fees for all submissions
Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction (Not Quite Write Podcast) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Novel Prize (Giramondo Publishing Company) TEMP CLOSED
NOWW International Writing Contest (Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Odd Embers Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Off Topic Contest (Off Topic Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Omnidawn Fabulist Fiction Chapbook / Novelette Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
On the Premises TEMP CLOSED
On the Premises Mini-Contests TEMP CLOSED
One Teen Story Contest TEMP CLOSED
The One Thousand Word Herd Flash Fiction Competition (TL;DR Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Onyx Publications Contests (Etched Onyx Magazine & Story Discovery Podcast) Charges fees for all submissions
An Ordinary Contest (foofaraw) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Orison Chapbook Prize (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction (Orison Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Osprey Fiction Prize (Middle Creek Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Oxford Flash Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Parracombe Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Parsec Short Story Contest (PARSEC Ink) TEMP CLOSED
Patty Friedmann Writing Competition (LMNL Arts) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Paul Cave Prize for Literature (Tim Saunders Publications) Charges fees for all submissions
Peatsmoke Summer Editor's Prize Contest (Peatsmoke Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Peggy Chapman-Andrews First Novel Award (Bridport Prize) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Pen Parentis Writing Fellowship For New Parents  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Penn Review Prose Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Perkoff Prize (The Missouri Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Permafrost Annual Book Prize (Permafrost Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award (The New Quarterly) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Petrichor Prize For Finely Crafted Fiction (Regal House Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Philadelphia Stories Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Phoebe Fiction Contest (phoebe) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Phyllis Grant Zellmer Prize for Fiction (West Trade Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Pinch Literary Award in Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Plentitudes Prizes for Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Ploughshares Emerging Writers' Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
PolterGeist Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Polyphony Lit Contests  Charges fees for some submissions
The Porch Prize (Swing) Charges fees for all submissions
Portent Contest (Portal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Porter House Review Editor's Prize  Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Press 53 Award for Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions
Prime Number Magazine Awards for Poetry & Short Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Prism Review Poetry and Short Story/Nonfiction Contests  Charges fees for all submissions
Prize Americana for Prose (Review Americana) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
ProForma Contest (Grist) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Protopian Prize  FLEDGLING TEMP CLOSED
A Public Space Writing Fellowship TEMP CLOSED
Puerto del Sol Prose Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Quarterly West Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Quarterly West Prose Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Rachel Wetzsteon Chapbook Award (Map Literary) Charges fees for some submissions TEMP CLOSED
Raleigh Review Flash Fiction Prize TEMP CLOSED
Rash Awards (Broad River Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Raven Short Story Contest (PULP Literature) Charges fees for all submissions
RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers (Writers' Trust of Canada) TEMP CLOSED
Reginald Gibbons Editor's Prize for Short Fiction (TriQuarterly) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Reign Prize for Excellence in Fiction (Feign) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
rex inc. press contest  FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions
The Rick DeMarinis Short Story Award (Cutthroat) Charges fees for all submissions
Riddle Fence Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The River Styx Contest (River Styx Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Robert and Adele Schiff Awards (The Cincinnati Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Robert Day Award for Fiction (New Letters) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Robert J. DeMott Short Prose Contest (Quarter After Eight) Charges fees for all submissions
Robert Watson Literary Prizes (The Greensboro Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Contest (Fiction Collective Two) Charges fees for all submissions
Room Magazine Fiction Contest (ROOM Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Room Magazine Short Forms Contest (ROOM Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction (ABA Journal) TEMP CLOSED
The Rumpus Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Saints and Sinners Fiction Contest (Saints and Sinners Literary Festival) Charges fees for all submissions
Saints and Sinners Very Short Fiction Contest (Saints and Sinners Literary Festival) Charges fees for all submissions
Sargeson Prize TEMP CLOSED
Sargeson Prize for Secondary Schools TEMP CLOSED
SaveAs Writers' International Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Scarlet Stiletto Awards (Sisters in Crime Australia) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Scottish Book Trust 50-Word Fiction Competition
ScreaminMamas Contests
The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition (The Ghost Story) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Scribes Prize (ScribesMICRO) Charges fees for all submissions
Scribes Valley Short Story Writing Contest (Scribes Valley Publishing Company) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition (Southword) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
ServiceScape Short Story Award
Seven Hills Literary & Penumbra Poetry & Haiku Contest (Seven Hills Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The Sewanee Review Fiction, Poetry & Nonfiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
SFWP Literary Awards Program (Santa Fe Writers Project) Charges fees for all submissions
Shooter Flash Monthly Competition (Shooter Literary Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Shoreline of Infinity Flash Fiction Competition TEMP CLOSED
Short Grain Contest (Grain Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sidd Finch Fiction Prize: Baseball Fiction (The Twin Bill) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Sine Qua Non Prizes  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
SiWC Writing Contest (Surrey International Writers' Conference Society) Charges fees for all submissions
Skipping Stones Youth Honor Award Program  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Skywave Fiction Contest (High Frequency Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Slippery Elm Prize (Slippery Elm Literary Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
SMHAF Writing Competition (Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival) TEMP CLOSED
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest (SmokeLong Quarterly) Charges fees for all submissions
The SmokeLong Quarterly Award for Flash Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
SNHU Fall Fiction Short Story Contest (The Penmen Review) TEMP CLOSED
Solstice Annual Literary Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Solstice Nature Prize for Young Writers (Writing East Midlands)
Sonora Review Contests  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sowell Emerging Writers Prize (Terrain.org) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Spencer A. Parker Memorial Award (Punt Volat) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Spiers Prize (UWA Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction (Willow Springs Books) Charges fees for all submissions
The St. Lawrence Book Award (Black Lawrence Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize (Selected Shorts) Charges fees for all submissions
Stone Corpse Press Chapbook Series Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Stone Corpse Press Micro-Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Stories of Migration, Sense of Place and Home Writing Contest (Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Stories That Need To Be Told: The Contest (TulipTree Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions
Story Foundation Prize (STORY Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions
Story Unlikely Short Story Contest TEMP CLOSED
StoryBottle Co. Fiction Chapbook Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
StoryBottle Co. Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Storyfort Micro Fiction Contest (Stonecrop Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
StoryQuarterly Prize for Fiction  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Strange Pilgrims Prize for Story of the Year  FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Streetlight Magazine Flash Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
StreetLit Contests  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
StreetLit Prize in Art / Literature  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Subito Innovative Writing Contest (Subito Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Submission Pit  FLEDGLING
The Subnivean Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sudden Fiction Contest (Berkeley Fiction Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Summit Series (Central Michigan University Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sundress Publications E-Chapbook Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sunlight Press Flash Fiction Contest (The Sunlight Press) TEMP CLOSED
Superlative Mini Saga/Flash Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Superlative Monthly Feature Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Superlative Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Susan Atefat Editor's Prize (Peach Literary Journal) FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Susan Neville Prizes in Fiction & Poetry (Booth) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The swamp pink Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, & Poetry  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Sydney Hammond Memorial Short Story Writing Competition (Hawkeye Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
T Paulo Urcanse Prize For Literary Excellence (High Horse) TEMP CLOSED
Tadpole Press 100 Word Writing Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Tales to Terrify Flash Fiction Contest TEMP CLOSED
Tennessee Williams Fiction Contest (Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival) Charges fees for all submissions
Tennessee Williams Very Short Fiction Contest (Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival) Charges fees for all submissions
Terrain.org Annual Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Third Coast Fiction and Poetry Contest (Third Coast Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Thomas E Kennedy Novel Contest (Serving House Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
To Hull and Back: A Humorous Writing Contest (Christopher Fielden's Challenges and Competitions) Charges fees for all submissions
Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction (Bellingham Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest (Winning Writers) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Touchstone Debut Prize (Touchstone Literary Magazine) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Trailblazer Contest
TulipTree Review Humor Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
The Tusculum Review Chapbook Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Uncharted Magazine Cinematic Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Uncharted Magazine Novel Excerpt Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Uncharted Reprint Prize (Uncharted Magazine) NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions
Unleash WIP Prize (Unleash Creatives) Charges fees for all submissions
The UNO Press Publishing Laboratory Prize (The University of New Orleans Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize (The Royal Society of Literature) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Varnish Prize for Fiction (Varnish Online)
The Vern Rutsala Book Prize (Cloudbank) Charges fees for all submissions
Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest (YesYes Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Viridine Flash Prize (Viridine Literary) NEW!  Charges fees for all submissions
The W.S. Porter Prize (Regal House Publishing) Charges fees for all submissions
Walter Cummins Award for Short Story Collection (Serving House Books) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Wandering Aengus and Trail to Table Book Award (Wandering Aengus Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Washington Writers' Publishing House Fiction Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Weatherglass Books Novella Prize  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Conthology TEMP CLOSED
The Welkin Genre Prize (The Welkin Writing Prize) TEMP CLOSED
The Welkin Writing Prize TEMP CLOSED
West Trade 704 Prize for Flash Fiction (West Trade Review) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Westword Christmas Countdown Competition (WestWord Journal) Charges fees for all submissions
WestWord Prize (WestWord Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
WestWord Short Story Prize (WestWord Journal) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Whimsy  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Wild Atlantic Writing Awards (Ireland Writing Retreat) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Wild Women Story Contest (TulipTree Review) Charges fees for all submissions
The William Gay Memorial Prize in Short Story (Porchlight) Charges fees for all submissions
Wingless Dreamer Writing Competitions (Wingless Dreamer Community) Charges fees for some submissions
Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Witness Literary Awards  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Words Faire Exhibition Prize for Literary Innovation (The Words Faire Press) Charges fees for all submissions
Words Faire Fiction Prize (The Words Faire Press) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
World's Best Short-Short Story Contest (Southeast Review) Charges fees for all submissions
WOW! Women On Writing Flash Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions
Write Before Midnight Contest (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Magazine) TEMP CLOSED
Write By The Sea Writing Competition (Write By the Sea Literary Festival) Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Write Catalyst Short Story Contest  FLEDGLING  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Write On! Contest (Royal City Literary Arts Society) Charges fees for all submissions
The Write-In (National Flash Fiction Day) TEMP CLOSED
Writer Advice Flash Fiction Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Writer Advice Flash Prose Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Writer Advice Micro Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
The Writers College Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
The Writer's Games (The Writer's Workout) TEMP CLOSED
Writers of the Future Contest (L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future)
Writers Online Writing Competitions  Charges fees for all submissions
Writers' Playground Challenge  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
WritersWeekly.com Quarterly 24-Hour Short Story Contest  Charges fees for all submissions TEMP CLOSED
WriteTime Competition  Charges fees for all submissions
Writing Club Contests  FLEDGLING  NEW!
Zoetrope Short Fiction Competition  Charges fees for all submissions