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Deadline: August 1 2018
Gold Line Press is open for chapbook submissions. Send us 7,500-15,000 words of prose or 20-30 pages of poetry by August 1. Our judges are Tongo Eisen-Martin (poetry), Dodie Bellamy (fiction), and Eve Ewing and Hanif Abdurraqib (nonfiction). Winners receive $500 prize plus publication of a perfect-bound chapbook with ISBN. See full contest guidelines and submit via Submittable here: goldlinepress.submittable.com/submit.

Deadline: July 30, 2018
The Emrys Press Chapbook Prize honors a book of original poetry in English by a single author; translations are not eligible. The winning poet will receive a $1000 honorarium upon publication plus 20 copies of the book. In addition, he/she will be invited as a guest for one week to the Rensing Center, a gorgeous arts/writing retreat near Greenville SC, in the Appalachian foothills. The final judge for the competition will be Heather McHugh. Entries must be filed between 12:01 a.m. May 15 and midnight July 30, 2018. Only online submissions are accepted. All entries should be made via Submittable. See the Emrys website for more details: www.emrys.org/submissions/.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
Hippocampus Magazine is looking for your best creative nonfiction up to 4,000 words (no theme) for its annual Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction! $1,000 grand prize, plus publication and prizes for all finalists. Finalist stories will be published in the November 2018 issue. $12 entry fee supports the prizes. Note: All submissions are also considered for regular issues. For details, visit hippocampusmagazine.com/contest.

Deadline: August 15, 2018
We are seeking one excellent poem that speaks to what poetry is and can be for our world today. Winner will receive $4000 and publication on our website. 2nd and 3rd place prizes are $300 and $200. Palette's editors will choose the fifteen finalists, and any honorable mentions they think deserve extra attention. Guest judge Shane McCrae will then select the winner. See our website for complete submission guidelines and submit your best poem today! www.palettepoetry.com/current-contest/

Deadline: July 15, 2018
The 13th annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $10,000 for a single poem. Ten finalists also receive $200 and publication, and are eligible for the $2,000 Readers' Choice Award. With an entry fee that is simply a one-year subscription to the magazine—and a runner-up Readers' Choice Award to be chosen by the writers themselves—the Rattle Poetry Prize aims to be one of the most writer-friendly and popular poetry contests around. Visit www.rattle.com/prize for the complete guidelines and to read all of the past winners.

Deadline: July 16, 2018, 11:59 pm Eastern Time
We’re looking for true stories about doing it. Whether you’re straight, gay, or other; alone, in a couple, or in a crowd; doing it for the first time or the last, or not doing it at all. We welcome personal stories as well as profiles, and above all, we are looking for narratives—true stories, rich with scene, character, detail, and a distinctive voice—that offer a fresh interpretation or unique insight into the theme. Prizes: $1,000 for Best Essay and $500 for runner-up. All essays will be considered for publication in a special issue to be released in 2019. www.creativenonfiction.org/submissions

Deadline: August 15, 2018
Diode Editions 2018 Book Contests are now open until August 15, 2018 to all poets over the age of 18 who write in English. Length: 55-85 pages (full length), 22-38 pages (chapbook). We consider translations, and we welcome collaborations. Reading fee: $18 (full length), $15 (chapbook). Prizes: $500 (full length), $250 (chapbook); 25 author copies, and select poems from the winning collections will appear in Diode Poetry Journal. If the winner(s) can attend AWP, they will have an opportunity to participate in an off-site reading, and signing sessions at the Diode Editions booth. For more information, visit www.diodeeditions.com.

Deadline: June 30, 2018
Win €1000, publication, 50 copies of your chapbook, accommodation with full meals and a reading spot at the Cork International Poetry Festival, Ireland. Two chapbooks will be published and made available globally through Amazon outlets. At least one must be written by a debutant. Previous winners have progressed to be selected as a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and Saboteur Best Poetry Pamphlet Prize. Full details at www.munsterlit.ie/Fool%20for%20Poetry.html.

Deadline: August 8, 2018
15th Annual Gival Press Short Story Award seeks the best original, previously unpublished literary story written in English. Stories should be approximately 5,000 to 15,000 words. Prize $1,000 and publication on website. Reading fee: $25 per story submitted. Deadline: August 8, 2018. For more details, visit: ww.givalpress.com or givalpress.submittable.com. Physical copies can be sent to Gival Press, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

Deadline: July 4, 2018
Headmistress Press, a lesbian-identified publisher of books by LBTQ poets, is proud to announce our 2018 Charlotte Mew Chapbook Contest. Our judge for this year is Ching-In Chen. First-prize winner will receive $300 plus 20 copies of the winning book. All entries will be considered for publication. Submissions are accepted on Submittable from May 4 to July 4, 2018. A winner will be announced in the fall. Our reading fee is always on a sliding scale, with fee waived upon request. Submissions welcomed from lesbian, bi, trans, Two Spirit and non-binary poets. Complete details at: headmistresspress.blogspot.com/2017/07/2018-charlotte-mew-chapbook-contest.html.

Deadline: July 1, 2018
Bellevue Literary Review’s annual prizes recognize exceptional writing about health, healing, illness, the body, and the mind. $1,000 Poetry Prize (Judge: Jennifer Bartlett), $1,000 Nonfiction Prize (Judge: Elisabeth Rosenthal), $1,000 Fiction Prize (Judge: Maud Casey). Submission deadline: July 1, 2018. Entry fee $20 ($30 includes subscription). www.blreview.org

Deadline: July 1, 2018
$1,000, publication, and 25 author copies. Extended deadline: July 1, 2018. All full-length fiction manuscripts welcome, including novels, novellas, collections of stories, and hybrid works. No minimum or maximum length. Final judge is John McNally. For more information, visit newamericanpress.submittable.com/submit.

The University of Arkansas Press invites submissions for the $5,000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize. Submissions are accepted year-round, and the deadline for the following year’s prize is September 30. One winner will receive $5,000 and publication, and up to three finalists will receive publication. The series is edited by Billy Collins. The winner of the 2018 Prize is Travis Mossotti, for his book Narcissus Americana. The finalists for the prize were P. Scott Cunningham for his collection Ya Te Veo and Roy Bentley for his collection Walking with Eve in the Loved City. For more information: www.uapress.com/millerwilliamspoetryseries/.

Deadline: June 15, 2018
The Marguerite McGlinn Fiction Prize features a first place prize of $2,500; a second place $750 prize; and a third place $500 prize. The 2018 Judge is best-selling author Dan Chaon. Deadline: June 15, 2018. Previously unpublished works of fiction up to 8,000 words. $15 reading fee. All entrants receive a copy of the contest issue. See www.philadelphiastories.org/fiction-contest/ for details.

Deadline: July 15, 2018
Submissions are open for Nimrod’s Francine Ringold Awards for New Writers. The Francine Ringold Awards offer prizes of $500 and publication for fiction and poetry, and are open only to writers with no more than two previous publication credits in their genre. For poetry, submit up to five pages; for fiction, one short story, 5,000 words maximum. Open internationally. All finalists will be published. Manuscripts may be mailed or submitted online: nimrodjournal.submittable.com/submit. Each entry must be accompanied by a $12 entry fee, which includes a copy of the spring issue. Email or visit our website for complete rules: www.utulsa.edu/nimrod.

Deadline: June 30, 2018
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, 2018, and closes June 30, 2018 (Eastern Time). To submit, please visit our online submission manager: www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions/. The judges for the 2018 full-length contests are Kimiko Hahn (poetry), Dana Johnson (fiction), and Daisy Hernández (nonfiction).

Deadline: June 30, 2018
Chapbook Contest. Judge: Solmaz Sharif. Winner receives $200 and 10 copies. Chapbooks are elegantly designed with letterpressed covers. Runs March 15–June 30. Submit 18–24 pages of poetry. $15 entry fee. All submissions must be made through our submission manager: burnsidereview.org.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
2018 Writing Competitions from Haunted Waters Press: Offering $250 grand prizes in fiction, poetry, and flash fiction. All entries eligible for paid print publication. We welcome both the profound and the quirky. We are open to most styles and genres of fiction including speculative, dark, experimental, and literary. We enjoy all forms of poetry including experimental, rhyming, free verse, and invented form. While we welcome deep, meaningful poetry, we also enjoy works that are witty, peculiar, or offbeat. Open to all new, emerging, and established writers. Full submission details: hauntedwaterspress.submittable.com/submit. We look forward to reading your work!

Deadline: August 1, 2018
The Orison Anthology Awards offer $500 and publication for individual works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. The Orison Anthology is an annual collection of the finest spiritually engaged writing. 2018 judges: Richard Yañez (fiction), Zeina Hashem Beck (poetry), Gayle Brandeis (nonfiction). Entry fee: $15. Deadline: August 1. orisonbooks.submittable.com/submit.

Deadline: June 30, 2018
We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Barrow Street Book Prize will be judged by poet Ada Limón. A Prize of $1,500 and publication by Barrow Street Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee ($28 electronics submissions) by June 30. Please visit www.barrowstreet.org for submissions guidelines.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
From July 1st to July 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for our annual short-short fiction contest. Submit 3 short-shorts of up to 500 words each through our website: crazyhorse.cofc.edu. First place wins $1,000 and publication; 3 runners-up will be announced. All entries will be considered for publication; the $15 entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Crazyhorse. For more information, visit: crazyhorse.cofc.edu/crazyshorts.

Deadline: June 27, 2018
The 17th Annual Gival Press Oscar Wilde Award is open to previously unpublished poems written in English that best relate GLBTQ life. Prize $100 and publication on website. Reading fee: $5 per poem submitted. Poems can be any form, style, or length. Deadline: June 27, 2018. For full details, visit: www.givalpress.com or givalpress.submittable.com. Physical entries can be mailed to Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

Deadline: July 1, 2018
Fee: $25.00. Prize: $1,000 honorarium plus 25 copies of the published manuscript (and 40% discount on future orders). One manuscript will be selected for book publication by Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. All participants will receive a copy of the winning volume upon publication. Submit a full-length poetry manuscript (60-100 pages) via Submittable. Poems may be previously published in journals or online. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Do Not include your name ANYWHERE on your manuscript or in the Submittable title of your submission. Judge: Hayley Mitchell Haugen, Founder & Editor, Sheila-Na-Gig online. See website for more information: sheilanagigblog.com/sheila-na-gig-online-first-annual-full-length-manuscript-contest/.

Deadline: June 30, 2018
4th year. Grand prize of $3,000. Top winner in each category will win $1,000. Categories: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Creative Nonfiction & Memoir, Poetry (new), and Children's Picture Book (new). $9,250 in total cash prizes. Fee: $60 per book. Final judges: Jendi Reiter and Ellen LaFleche. Submit online or by mail. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). Guidelines: winningwriters.com/north.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
$1,500 awarded to an outstanding, unpublished 60-120 page collection of poems. Tom Lombardo, Press 53 Poetry Series Editor, will serve as judge. Press 53 will publish the winning manuscript as a Tom Lombardo Poetry Selection under a standard publishing contract; all prizes will be awarded upon publication. Deadline: Midnight, July 31, 2018. Winner and finalists announced on or before November 1. Reading fee: $30. Complete information at www.press53.com/award-for-poetry/.

Deadline: July 31, 2018
We are pleased to announce that this year's Robin Blaser Contest will be judged by Fred Wah. The winner will receive an award of $1000 CAD plus publication in an upcoming issue of The Capilano Review. Each submission includes a 1-year subscription to TCR, valued at $25. Length: Maximum 6 pages per entry. Fee: $30 for Canadian entries, $40 for US/international entries. Visit thecapilanoreview.submittable.com/submit for guidelines and to enter.

Deadline: June 18, 2018
The 2018 JuxtaProse Nonfiction Prize is now accepting submissions. The winner will receive $1,000 and up to three honorable mentions will receive $100 each. All entries will be considered for publication. JuxtaProse welcomes established and emerging writers alike, and our magazine regularly features Pulitzer Prize winners, Poet Laureates, and other distinguished writers side-by-side previously unpublished voices. juxtaprosemagazine.submittable.com/submit/101262/2018-juxtaprose-nonfiction-prize

Deadline: June 30, 2018
The May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is awarded annually for a book-length poetry collection. The prize includes $1,000, publication, 100 author copies, and distribution. Poet David Blair will judge, we do not pre-screen manuscripts. Submit a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by June 30. Please visit our website for complete guidelines and how to submit: www.bauhanpublishing.com/may-sarton-prize/.

Deadline: June 30, 2018
Memoir Magazine is now accepting nonfiction submissions of 3,000 words or less on the theme of Recovery. All kinds of addiction and trauma require recovery. For example, one might seek assistance to recover from alcohol, sex addiction, or PTSD. Tell us your healing story. $250 1st prize, $150 2nd Prize, $100 3rd Prize and all submissions considered for publication. $12 reading fee. Open to all writers. Emerging writers and underrepresented voices are encouraged to submit! Complete guidelines at memoirmag.com.