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Deadline: October 15, 2020
EVENT: A home for writers. A destination for readers. Now in its 49th year of publication, EVENT is an award-winning, internationally recognized literary magazine that inspires and nurtures writers, showcasing the best contemporary fiction, poetry, nonfiction, notes on writing, and book reviews three times a year, with stunning cover art and illustration. We are now accepting submissions of 5,000 words or less to the annual EVENT Non-Fiction Contest. $3,000 in prizes, plus publication. Entries must be postmarked or submitted online by October 15, 2020. Visit www.eventmagazine.ca for exclusive online content, and to learn more about our unique Reading Service for Writers.

Gival Press is hosting three contests in 2020: the Gival Press Novel Award, the Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award, and the Gival Press Short Story Award. The Novel Award deadlines is May 30. The prize is $3k and book publication in 2021. The Oscar Wilde Award for the best LGBTQ poem deadline is June 27. The prize is $500 and online publication. The Short Story Award deadline is August 8. The Prize is $1,000 and online publication. For complete details on each contest, visit: www.Givalpress.Submittable.com.

Deadline: April 15, 2020
Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry: A poetry manuscript contest sponsored by The University of Utah Press and the University of Utah Department of English. $1000 cash prize plus publication for your poetry manuscript. Prize includes an additional $500 payment for travel and a reading in the University of Utah’s Guest Writers Series. See www.UofUpress.com/ali-poetry-prize for more details.

Deadline: April 15, 2020
We are seeking climate fiction stories of 5,000 words or less, across all genres and styles. First prize is $1000, and nine finalists will receive $100 prizes. The winning story and finalists will be published in a digital anthology that will be available for free in a variety of formats. There is no entry fee to submit. Our lead judge is Claire Vaye Watkins, author of the acclaimed climate fiction novel Gold Fame Citrus. Claire will join an interdisciplinary group of judges with expertise in climate science, sustainability, creative writing, and environmental literature. For full details, visit everythingchange.submittable.com.

Deadline: March 31, 2020
For our 22nd annual prizes in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, we offer the winner in each category a $1,000 prize and publication in the next year’s Fall or Spring issue. All writers and poets writing in English are eligible to enter, excepting friends, relatives, or current and former students of the current-year judges. All fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction prize submissions will also be considered for publication at regular payment rates. The submission period for our annual prizes is February 1 – March 31. The entry fee is $20. Submit now! artsandletters.gcsu.edu

Deadline: February 29, 2020
The Center for Women Writers of Salem College is excited to open its annual International Literary Awards. We are seeking submissions in Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction. The winner of each category earns $1000 and honorable mentions earn $150. This year's judges are Dorothy Allison (Fiction), Alison Stine (Poetry), and Ely Shipley (Creative Nonfiction). The entry fee is $15. Visit our website internationalliteraryawards.org for complete guidelines.

Deadline: April 1, 2020
The 2020 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication of a book-length manuscript in each genre. Katie Ford will judge in poetry and Samrat Upadhyay will judge in fiction. Deadline: April 1, 2020. Entry fee: $30. Visit www.orisonbooks.submittable.com for complete guidelines.

Deadline: April 30, 2020
Force Majeure: a great and unexpected power. We're looking for the best small things, any form, any content, any fine and wonderful creation! $500 in prizes (300/100/100) for single flashes. All entries considered for publication, all entrants receive prizewinner issue. Flash is: fewer than 1000 words; shorter than 5 pages; contains nonfiction, fiction, marks, or images in any combination. Send shorts, vignettes, hybrids, experiments, wild things! Enter any number of times, one for $5 or three for $12; no-fee option available. We encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women and gender nonconforming, poor, neurodivergent, disabled, border-straddling, and other under-represented authors to enter. Guidelines: stormcellar.submittable.com/submit/72759.

Deadline: March 31, 2020
Entries for the Ernest Hemingway Flash Fiction Prize should be approximately 1,500 words or less. Entry fee: $10. 1st place: $200 and publication in Fiction Southeast. Finalists considered for publication. Check out full guidelines at our website: www.fictionsoutheast.com.

Deadline: March 28, 2020
Entries for the Fifth Annual StoryQuarterly Nonfiction Prize will close on March 28, 2020. The winner will receive $1000, and the winner, first runner-up and second runner-up will be published in StoryQuarterly Issue 53. We are looking for previously unpublished work of around 6,250 words or less. Our judge is T Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, The Sun, Grub Street Diet, New York Magazine, Buzzfeed, and Medium, and she has received fellowships from The MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, Tin House, DISQUIET, Summer Literary Seminars, and Yaddo. storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu

Puerto Del Sol will be accepting entries to our annual poetry and prose contests from January 1 to April 1, 2020. Poetry Contest Judge: Rodney Gomez. Prose Contest Judge: Vi Khi Nao. Winners receive $500 and publication. $9 entry fee includes a one-year subscription. All entries considered for publication. Go to puertodelsol.org for complete guidelines.

Deadline: April 1, 2020
Killer Nashville is the premier forum for all literature incorporating mystery, thriller, suspense, or true crime. We host two annual writing competitions: The Killer Nashville Claymore Award and the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award.  The Claymore competition is for unpublished works. Prizes include the Claymore Award, possible publication, publicity, and more. Written critiques are also available. The Silver Falchion competition is for works published in 2019. Prizes for this award include a $250 cash prize, a medal, publicity, and more. Winners will be announced at the Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference August 22, 2020. killernashville.com/awards

Deadline: April 1, 2020
Submissions are open for The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, with prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 and publication. Finalists and selected semi-finalists will be published and paid at a rate of $10/page. For poetry, submit 3-10 pages (one long poem or several short poems); for fiction, one story, 7,500 words maximum. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online: nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit. Each entry must be accompanied by a $20 entry fee, which includes a one-year subscription. Please note our NEW DEADLINE of April 1st. For more information and the complete rules, email or visit nimrod.utulsa.edu.

Event dates: March 21, 2020; Frances Ave Park, New Port Richey, FL
Contest Deadline: March 6, 2020
Florida Loquat Festival seeks one-page (300 word) poetry or prose submissions on loquats for reading at festival, March 21, 2020. Prize packages are first ($200), second ($100), third place ($50), and publication. Other small favors for presenters. All styles and forms as long as loquats are the subject or central image. Submissions open to all writers—not restricted to professionals. Writers can submit two texts. If making two submissions, send both in a single document. Include brief bio with writing experience/publications, if any, to Deadline March 6, 2020. Winning submissions notified upon selection. www.ecologyflorida.org

Deadline: March 28, 2020
Entries for the Eighth Annual StoryQuarterly Fiction Prize will close on March 28, 2020. The winner will receive $1000, and the winner, first runner-up and second runner-up will be published in StoryQuarterly Issue 53. We are looking for previously unpublished work of around 6,250 words or less. This contest will be judged by Garth Greenwell. His novel, What Belongs to You, won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. His short story collection, Cleanness, was published in January 2020. storyquarterly.camden.rutgers.edu

Deadline: March 15, 2020
The Fourth Genre Steinberg Essay Contest is accepting submissions from January 1 to March 15 at fourthgenre.submittable.com. The 2020 contest judge is former editor Laura Julier. Winning author receives $1,000 and publication in the issue that’s featured at AWP. $20 per entry, up to 6,000 words. Detailed submission guidelines: fourthgenre.msu.edu.

Deadline: March 14, 2020
$2,000 & publication in the fall 2020 issue of Colorado Review will be awarded for the best short story. All stories will be considered for publication. The final judge is Lori Ostlund. Entry fee is $15 per story, payable to Colorado Review. For an additional $2, you may submit online at nelliganprize.submittable.com. Stories must be previously unpublished and between 10 and 50 pages. Full guidelines can be found on our website: coloradoreview.colostate.edu/nelligan-prize/.

The world needs stories of rediscovery and triumph. New, driven women write poetry that struggled, suffered, and now ascends to stand as light to others. The Women of Resilience Chapbook Contest is judged by the incomparable Melissa Studdard. We want poetry on fire. The winner receives a cash prize and publication of their labor. 100 copies of the winning chapbook will be professionally bound with a handmade appeal. A cash prize of $200.00 also goes to first place as does a feature interview in July’s Blue Mountain Review. Second, third, and honorable mentions also receive awards. www.southerncollectiveexperience.com/women-of-resilience-chapbook-contest/