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Deadline: March 15 (Write Prize); March 31 (Book Award)
Write Prize (poetry & fiction): $500 each + publication. Final Judges: Erica Dawson (poetry), Jacob M. Appel (fiction); $15 entry; deadline: March 15, 2019. Book Award (poetry): $1000 + book publication. Final Judge: David Mason; $25 entry; deadline: March 31, 2019. Enter now—go to www.ablemusepress.com for details.

Deadline: April 30, 2019
Submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry will be accepted only via Submittable. Winners in each genre will receive $500 and publication in the contest issue of Blood Orange Review. The contest fee is $10. All entries will also be considered for publication in a forthcoming issue of Blood Orange Review. bloodorangereview.com/contest/

Deadline: June 15, 2019
Swan Scythe Press is now considering manuscripts for its 2019 Poetry Chapbook Contest. Submit a manuscript of 20-32 pages of poems that includes a title page with author’s name, address, phone number, and email address and a second title page without personal identifiers, book title only. Submit to 1468 Mallard Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 or to swanscythepress.submittable.com/submit. Entry fee is $18.00 payable to Swan Scythe Press. Deadline is June 15th. Winner receives $200 and 25 perfect-bound chapbooks. For full guidelines and details, please visit www.swanscythepress.com.

Deadline: April 15, 2019
SRPR Editors’ Prize: Winner awarded $1,000. Two runners-up awarded $100 each. Three to five honorable mentions. All winning poems, plus several finalists, are published in the winter issue. Judge will be announced after winners are selected. Recent judges include Li-Young Lee, Ewa Chrusciel, Rachel Zucker, Joshua Corey, and G. C. Waldrep. Submit up to three poems by April 15. Entry fee of $20 includes one-year subscription. See srpr.org for guidelines and past winners.

Deadline: March 31, 2019
These contests include the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, judged by Robin Hemley, the 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, judged by Nickole Brown, and the Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, judged by Ira Sukrungruang. Each contest offers a $1,000 first-place prize. $20 entry fee. We accept online submissions via Submittable only. Dedicated to forming a community of writers, the Bellingham Review offers continual support to our authors through interviews, book reviews, social media promotion, and endless words of encouragement. See complete submission guidelines at www.bhreview.org/contest-submissions-guidelines.

Deadline: April 1, 2019
DEADLINE EXTENDED. The Missouri Review has extended the deadline for the 12th Annual Miller Audio Prize. Submit entries in the following categories: audio documentary, poetry, prose, and humor. Winners receive $1000, digital publication, and a digital subscription to TMR. Visit our website for more details: www.missourireview.com/contests/audio-contest/!

Deadline: April 5, 2019
$2100 in prizes. F(r)iction encourages submissions that push boundaries and take risks in genre, plot, and style. Reading fee varies $8-$15 between submissions categories. The submission categories are: short fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Each category winner, along with the five top finalists, will also be considered for publication in F(r)iction alongside original artwork from our talented team of artists. Detailed submission guidelines: https://tetheredbyletters.com/submissions/contest/.

Deadline: April 30, 2019
We invite you to submit 1-3 poems with the theme of Time to our poetry contest celebrating National Poetry Month. The word "time" or some form of the word must appear in the title or body of the poem. The winner will receive a week-long residency at RWC and publication of the winning poem in our sister journal, Rockvale Review. Please read all guidelines and additional information carefully before submitting. We read blind, so no names on your work. Submission fee is $10. We can't wait to read your poems! https://rockvalewriterscolony.org/poetry-contest/

Deadline: April 15, 2019
We are thrilled to offer the Palette Poetry Prize for 2019 with a grand prize of $4,000 and publication. We are seeking one excellent poem that speaks to what poetry is and can be for our world today. The winner will be selected by our guest judge, Edward Hirsch. www.palettepoetry.com

Deadline: May 15, 2019 (plus a 3-day grace period)
The prize will be judged by award-winning poet, Carlos Santos Perez and is open to all forms of poetry. There are no geographical restrictions. $20 entry fee includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate. First place winner will receive a $1,500 cash prize along with publication. Runner-up recipient will receive $200 cash prize and publication. You may submit up to 2 poems per entry, no longer than 40 lines each. For complete guidelines, please visit www.ruminatemagazine.com/pages/poetry-prize.
*Ruminate is a nonprofit, contemplative magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.

Deadline: June 15, 2019
Willow Springs Books is now accepting submissions for the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. We offer a $2,000 prize for a previously unpublished book-length manuscript (minimum 98 pages, 3 short stories). Previous winners include: Dariel Suarez, Jaclyn Watterson, Glori Simmons, and Molly Giles. Willow Springs Books in a self-funded, non-profit press housed in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program directed by poet Christopher Howell. Please direct any questions to the managing editor Taylor Waring, at . Reading fee $27.50. Deadline June 15th. Submit at wse.submittable.com or visit willowspringsbooks.org for more information.

Deadline: April 5, 2019
Fall for the Book and the Institute for Immigration Research are accepting submissions for the New American Voices Award, a post-publication book prize for immigrant writers. First place wins $5,000, and runners up win $1,000. All finalists will appear at the Fall for the Book festival in October 2019. Judges are E.C. Osondu, Alia Malek, and Reyna Grande. For full guidelines, visit fallforthebook.org/submitnav.

Deadline: April 30, 2019
Force Majeure: a great and unexpected power. $500 in prizes awarded to three individual flash pieces. We especially desire entries by women and nonbinary people, people of color and indigenous authors, writers who are lgbtqia+, border-straddling, neuroatypical, disabled, poor, or otherwise marginalized. Send us your best short writing, any form, any content: fiction, nonfiction, hybrid, fragment, experimental, illustrated, wild things! $5 entry fee; free entry available for financial hardship. All entries considered for publication; all entrants receive prize issue. Judged by the editors of Storm Cellar. Full guidelines: stormcellar.submittable.com/submit/72759/.

Deadline: April 1, 2019
In celebration of our tenth year, we have increased first prize from $1,000 to $5,000. Second place: $250. Three honorable mentions: $50 each. Entry fee: $10. We are open to any subject, style, genre, or length. Simply send your best, most powerful, unpublished work by email or snail mail. All five finalists will be published online in the June 2019 issue of Gemini. Both new and experienced writers have won our contests. All entries are read blind so everyone gets an equal chance. We look forward to reading your work! www.gemini-magazine.com/contest.html

Deadline: April 1, 2019
The 2019 Orison Prizes in Poetry & Fiction offer $1,500 and publication by Orison Books for a full-length manuscript in each genre. Judges: Eric Pankey (poetry) & Victor LaValle (fiction). Entry fee: $30. Entry period: December 1, 2018 - April 1, 2019. For complete guidelines visit orisonbooks.submittable.com.

Deadline: March 31, 2019
Our annual single poem contest is open for submissions. $1,000 for the winning poem + 25 original limited edition broadsides + publication in Rabbit Catastrophe Review. Finalists will also be published in RCR. Send up to three of your best REAL GOOD POEMS. rabbitcatastrophepress.com/real-good-poem-prize

Deadline: April 30, 2019
The winning story will be awarded $500 and publication in Memoir Magazine. Have you or someone you know survived sexual harassment, assault, rape, or abuse? How does it affect your life today? In under 3,000 words, show us how the pain of abuse can affect us as a person, a family, a society. Your essay may be humorous, sad, upsetting, one paragraph or several pages long, but most of all, it should be your untold truth expressed in your unique voice. Open to all writers. Emerging writers, men, and underrepresented voices are encouraged to submit! Visit bit.ly/2C09SUl for complete guidelines.

Deadline: June 30, 2019
The annual Autumn House Press Contests award publication of full-length manuscripts in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Each winner also receives $2,500 ($1,000 advance against royalties and a $1,500 travel/publicity grant to promote the book). The submission period opens January 1 and closes June 30 (Eastern Time). To submit online, please visit our online submission manager. There is a $30 reading fee to submit. The judges for the 2019 full-length contests are Cornelius Eady (poetry), Aimee Bender (fiction), and Paul Lisicky (nonfiction). www.autumnhouse.org

Deadline: August 31, 2019
HEART Poetry Award is open to submissions of unpublished prose poems. Winner receives $500 and publication in 2019 edition of HEART. $10.00 covers 3 poems and reserves a copy of HEART #14. Include name, address, phone, and email on each page. View past issues and winners online at www.nostalgiapress.com. Submit payment on website. Email poems to or mail to Nostalgia Press, 115 Randazzo Ct., Elloree, SC 29047.

Deadline: March 31, 2019
$5,000 Awarded—Ten Writers Recognized. Every year The Masters Review opens submissions to produce our anthology, a collection of ten stories and essays written by the best emerging authors. The ten winners are nationally distributed in a printed book with their stories and essays exposed to top agents, editors, and authors across the country. This year's 10 stories will be selected by esteemed guest judge, Kate Bernheimer. mastersreview.com/anthology/

Deadline: April 1, 2019
No fee. 18th year. Top prize: $1,000. Total prizes: $2,250. Winning entries published online. Submit one humor poem. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). Co-sponsored by Duotrope. Enter at winningwriters.com/wergle.

The Fiddlehead’s annual contest is changing and adding a new category, creative nonfiction! Now in its 29th year The Fiddlehead’s contest has been split into three separate contests. First up – the Creative Nonfiction contest, which is open from March 1st to June 1st. Winner receives CAD $2000 + publication payment. Entry fees: First entry (includes a subscription to The Fiddlehead): CAD $30 in Canada; USD $36 outside of Canada. Additional entries $10. Complete guidelines at thefiddlehead.ca/contest. And don’t forget our new contest schedules for Short Fiction (June 1st to September 1st) and Poetry (September 1st to December 1st).

Deadline: April 30, 2019
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, as well as readings at our Awards Ceremony. 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. Email or visit our website for complete rules: nimrod.utulsa.edu.

Deadline: December 31
Livingston Press annually awards $1,000 and publication for a collection of short stories. Writers must not have previously published a story collection. There is no entry fee. For complete rules, visit livingstonpress.uwa.edu.

Deadline: April 30, 2019
Our biannual competition is now open for submissions. We want exciting, thought-provoking short stories incorporating a supernatural theme or element. Contemporary magic realism is more than welcome. $1,000 for the winner; two honorable mentions receive $250. Midsummer’s Eve online publication for all three, including a custom illustration by noted British Folk Horror artist Andy Paciorek, plus print anthology publication in Volume II of 21st Century Ghost Stories. (Volume I was published in 2018 by Wyrd Harvest Press of Durham, U.K., and is available for purchase.) 1,500-10,000 words. Deadline: April 30. $20 submission fee. See our website for complete guidelines: www.theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award

Deadline: May 1, 2019
Now accepting submissions of fiction and creative nonfiction. Judges—Rita Mae Brown (fiction) and Amy Chua (nonfiction). Prizes each genre—$1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention). All finalists will be listed in the 2019 Fall/Winter awards issue. $20 entry fee includes a copy of the awards issue. All submissions considered for publication. Submit one story or essay up to 8,000 words from March 1 to May 1. For complete guidelines and judge information visit our website decembermag.org/2019-curt-johnson-prose-awards/.

Deadline: May 31, 2019
$2,300 in prizes. From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2019, a publication of Winston Salem Writers, will be accepting entries for prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Best in Category winners will be published and each receive $500 cash plus a 2-year subscription to Duotrope.com worth $100. One of the three winners will receive the WSW President's Favorite award and win an additional $500. All entries will be considered for publication. For full details, please visit our website: www.wswriters.org.