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Deadline: December 10, 2019
Minerva Rising seeks Health and Healing stories (fiction and creative nonfiction) for our annual Dare to Tell chapbook contest. Send us your stories of chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, invisible illnesses, depression, mental health, treatment, healing, and recovery. $250 prize and ten complimentary copies of the winning chapbook. Kathryn Trueblood, author of Take Daily As Needed, will judge. $20 entry. minervarising.com/submissions/chapbook-submissions/

Deadline: December 15, 2019
Want to be a writer-in-residence? Want to spend an entire week writing? The winner of our first flash fiction contest will win a weeklong residency at the idyllic Rockvale Writers' Colony in Middle Tennessee. Submit 1 piece of flash fiction, 1000 words or less, before December 15. We'll choose the piece that best reflects our theme, "power of words." Fee is $12. This contest is blind, so no names, please! For all the contest guidelines and prize details, see our website: rockvalewriterscolony.org/contests/flash-fiction-contest/. We look forward to reading your work!

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: January 15, 2020
The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award on the Jewish experience was established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg, and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The contest is open to all writers exploring the Jewish experience (irrespective of author's ethnicity or religious affiliation). www.poeticamagazine.com

Deadline: December 1, 2019
The editors of Scribble are delighted to offer our 1st Annual Short Fiction Contest for Beginning and Emerging Writers. Our guest judge is David Anson, Professor of Language and Literature at the State College of Florida, Sarasota-Manatee. Go to www.scribblelit.com/1st-annual-short-story-contest for information, rules and guidelines.

Deadline: December 1, 2019
The Headlight Review Chapbook Prize competition offers a first prize of $500. Manuscripts should run between 6,000-10,000 words. All submissions will be judged anonymously. The winning manuscript will be published, and the writer will receive 25 copies of the resulting chapbook. The winning manuscript will be published within one year after the results of the competition are announced. All finalists will be considered for publication. Entry fee: $20. Submission period: September 15–December 1, 2019. Guidelines can be found here: chss.kennesaw.edu/mapw/chapbook.php.

Deadline: November 30, 2019
A prize of $1,000, publication by Burnside Review Press, and 10 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Darcie Dennigan will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 64 pages with a $25 entry fee, which includes one title from the press’s catalogue, by November 30. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines: www.burnsidereview.org.

Deadline: December 31, 2019
Awarded to an outstanding, unpublished collection of short stories. Reading Fee: $30. Award: $1,000 cash advance, publication, and fifty copies. Enter: Submit online with Submittable or by mail from September 1–December 31, 2019. Press 53 publisher and editor-in-chief Kevin Morgan Watson will serve as the final judge. Winner and finalists announced by May 1, 2020; advance review copies sent to major reviewers and outlets; publication in October 2020. Complete details at www.Press53.com/award-for-short-fiction.

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

Deadline: December 1, 2019
The 3rd annual Jane Underwood Poetry Prize is accepting submissions! Open to all poets, the prize is awarded for a single poem. For a fee of $15, submit one entry of up to three poems. The prizewinner will receive an award of $250, online publication of the winning poem, and an invitation to do a featured reading at The Writing Salon in San Francisco. This year's final judge is Rick Barot. Full guidelines can be found at www.writingsalons.com/awards-resources/jane-underwood-poetry-prize/.

Deadline: December 10, 2019
$2,000 and publication in Beloit Fiction Journal for the best unpublished story on any theme. Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Building Fiction and Underground Women, will judge. 7,000 words max. $20 reading fee. www.beloit.edu/fiction-journal/

Deadline: January 31, 2020
From January 1st to January 31st, Crazyhorse will accept entries for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, & poetry. Winners receive $2,000 and publication. The $20 entry fee includes a one-year subscription; all manuscripts entered will be considered for publication. For more information and to see our judges, visit: crazyhorse.cofc.edu/prizes/.

Deadline: January 31, 2020
Win $500 for your poem of up to 60 lines in the Into the Void Poetry Prize! Also prizes for 2nd and 3rd places. The three winning poems will be published in print and online in Issue 16. Entry fee is CA$6 (US$4.50) per poem. Each entry comes with a free one-year online subscription to Into the Void. More details: intothevoidmagazine.com/into-the-void-poetry-prize/.

Deadline: November 30, 2019
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s winter contest is “Rituals.” Rituals, rites, routines, ceremonies, habits, patterns of behavior. Religious, mating, workplace, home life, every aspect of life. Rituals that are ingrained in us. Rituals of other cultures. Practices that make you feel accepted or excluded, comfortable or uncomfortable. Submit your work to our Submittable Contest category. Three winners will be selected from among all entries. All submissions considered for publication. Prizes are $500, $200, and $100. Entry fee is $10. Final judge: Karen Skolfield. For more information, visit our website: www.baltimorereview.org.

Deadline: November 30, 2019
The Fall Fiction Contest, judged by Anita Felicelli, is OPEN for submissions through November 30th! Submit your very best fiction up to 6,000 words for the chance to win $2,000 and publication in The Masters Review. Second and third place stories earn $300 and $200, respectively, publication, and correspondence from our judge. Fifteen stories will be honored on our shortlist, with the winning three selected by Anita Felicelli! mastersreview.com/fall-fiction-contest-2000-publication/

Deadline: December 1, 2019
December Magazine seeks submissions for our 2020 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize. Judge: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. $1,500 & publication (winner); $500 & publication (honorable mention); all finalists will be published in the 2020 Spring/Summer awards issue. Submit up to 3 poems per entry. $20 entry fee includes copy of the awards issue. Submit October 1 to December 1. For complete guidelines please visit our website: decembermag.org/2020-jeff-marks-memorial-poetry-prize.

Deadline: December 2, 2019
Submit now to The Fiddlehead’s 29th annual poetry contest. Our judges this year are Ali Blythe, Kayla Geitzler, and Souvankham Thammavongsa. The entry fee is $30 CAD for Canadian addresses and $36 USD for non-Canadian addresses. Entry fee includes a 1-year subscription. Additional entries are only $10 each. One entry consists of 1-3 poems (max. 100 lines each poem). One prize of $2,000 CAD (+ publication at $60 CAD per page) will be awarded and the winner will be published in the Spring 2020 issue, as well as online at our website. For more information visit our website: thefiddlehead.ca

Deadline: December 6, 2019
Apply for the 2019–20 Virginia B. Ball Creative Writing Competition! All Students in grades 8–11 during the 2019–20 school year are eligible to apply. Applicants must submit writing samples in two of the following genres: Literary Fiction, Poetry, Personal Essay or Memoir, Screenwriting, Playwriting, and Hybrid Genre. Apply at write.interlochen.org.

Deadline: January 3, 2020
Submissions are now open for the DISQUIET Prize for writing in any genre. Three winners will be published in Granta.com (fiction), NinthLetter.com (nonfiction), or The Common (poetry). One grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship, accommodations, and travel stipend to attend the tenth annual DISQUIET International Literary Program in Lisbon taking place June 21 – July 3, 2020. Runners-up and other outstanding entrants will also be considered for financial aid. Submission fee: $15. Website: disquietinternational.submittable.com/submit.

Deadline: December 15, 2019
New Limestone Review seeks submissions of poetry for the Ada Limón Autumn Poetry Contest. Submit up to 3 poems per submission; entry fee $12 per submission. Open November 1 - December 15, 2019. Judged by Julia Johnson. All poems considered for publication. See website for details about prizes. We love hybrid work, prose poetry, formal poetry, and everything in between!

Deadline: November 15, 2019
This is an annual national poetry prize that features a first place of $1,000 cash award and invitation to the awards event in Philadelphia. Three runners up will each receive a $250 cash award. The winning and runner up poems are published in the Spring issue. www.philadelphiastories.org

Deadline: November 15, 2019
In our pursuit to recognize today's best poets, we want to celebrate one outstanding piece of poetry, OPEN to all poets, with a $5,000 award and publication. Ten finalists will also receive $100 each and all winners will earn publication with Frontier Poetry. The Frontier staff will select the winners and finalists which will be announced in 2020. While we primarily serve as a platform for new writers, this prize is meant to support and elevate the poetry community on the whole. We enjoy offering this annual prize where emerging and established poets are considered in equal measure. www.frontierpoetry.com/poetry-awards/

Deadline: January 15, 2020
$1,000 and book publication for the winners of the annual John Ciardi Prize for Poetry and the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction. Submission fees: $25 by mail, $30 via Submittable. Guidelines available here. Founded in 1971, BkMk Press at the University of Missouri-Kansas City publishes poetry, short fiction, and creative essays. Prize-winning books have received reviews or features in: Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews, Foreword Reviews, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Slate, and won or placed in the Poets' Prize, Eric Hoffer, IPPY, Foreword, Chautauqua, Balcones Fiction, Devil's Kitchen.

Deadline: November 15, 2019
Interim: Poetry and Poetics is delighted to announce its second consecutive poetry book prize. The winning manuscript will be published by The University of Nevada Press. We're looking for manuscripts that engage the perilous conditions of life in the 21st century, as they pertain to issues of social justice and the earth. The winning book will demonstrate an ethos that considers the human condition in inclusive love and sympathy, while offering the same in consideration of the earth. Because we believe the truth is always experimental, we'll especially appreciate books with innovative approaches. www.interimpoetics.org

Deadline: November 15, 2019
Carve Magazine's Prose & Poetry Contest is open October 1 - November 15. Accepting submissions from all over the world, but work must be in English. Max 10,000 words for fiction and nonfiction; 2,000 words for poetry. Prizes: $1,000 each for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. All 3 winners published in Spring 2020. Entry fee $17 online only. Guest judges are Lydia Kiesling for fiction; Benjamin Busch for nonfiction; and Analicia Sotelo for poetry. www.carvezine.com/prose-poetry-contest/