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Deadline: May 12, 2018
Island Verse is accepting applications for the 2018 Keeper’s House Writer Residency. The winner is provided with an apartment at the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station. This residency is an opportunity to initiate or complete a project-in-progress. There is a $30 application fee. Submit by May 12, 2018. Author Terese Svoboda is this year’s judge. Visit www.islandverse.com for complete guidelines.

Deadline: April 30, 2018
$350 in prizes and all submissions considered for publication in Memoir Magazine. Have you experienced first hand the effects of guns? Were you shot or have you witnessed a shooting? Has a gun saved your life? Whether you or someone you know has had a positive or negative experience with guns we want to hear your story about how a gun (or guns) impacted your life. Your essay may be humorous, sad, upsetting. Enlighten us. $12 reading fee. Open to all writers. Emerging writers and underrepresented voices are encouraged to submit! Complete guidelines at memoirmag.com/contests-and-prizes/guns-people-essay-contest/.

Deadline: May 18, 2018
Ruminate Magazine announces the 2018 Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize, judged by Ilya Kaminsky. First place winner will receive a $1500 cash prize with publication. Runner-up will receive $200 cash prize and publication. The prize is open to all forms of poetry. $20 entry fee also includes a complimentary digital copy of Ruminate. You may submit up to two poems per entry, no longer than 40 lines each. There is no limit on the number of entries per person. For more information please visit Ruminate Magazine at www.ruminatemagazine.com/pages/poetry-prize.
*Ruminate is a nonprofit, reader-supported magazine that celebrates slowing down, encountering honest art and storytelling, and living awake.

Deadline: June 1, 2018
Green Writers Press is honored to announce the 2nd Annual Howard Frank Mosher First Novel and Short Story Prize. Celebrated Vermont novelist Howard Frank Mosher was head of the Green Writers Press advisory board and a dear friend of the press. This publication prize is for a novelist or short story writer who writes about Vermont and/or the themes that resonate so well with Howard's work: nature, small-town stories, love, friendship, forgiveness, Vermont, solitude, and rural life. The award is poignant because Howard was a part of its creation before he passed away. All ages welcome. greenwriterspress.com

Deadline: June 1, 2018
The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award seeks to discover and honor the best books of 2017 utilizing the elements of mystery, thriller, and/or suspense. Judges are professional writers, book reviewers, librarians, academics, and/or specific industry peers. All submissions are also eligible for the Killer Nashville Readers' Choice Award. All awards are presented at the Killer Nashville International Writers' Conference in August. Conference attendees enjoy one free submission. www.killernashville.com

Deadline: April 30, 2018
The Bath Novel Award is an annual international prize for unpublished or self-published novelists writing in any genre. The winning writer, as judged by Felicity Blunt of Curtis Brown Literary Agency, receives £2,500. Writers should submit the first 5,000 words plus one page synopsis by Monday 30th April 2018. Full entry details at https://www.bathnovelaward.co.uk.

Deadline: April 30, 2018
Three stories will be selected by guest judge Jim Shepard from a short list and published in CRAFT, accompanied by an introduction from Shepard and a craft essay from each author. Each of the three stories will also be available as downloadable pdfs. The author of the prize-winning story will receive $2000; the two runners-up will receive $500 and $300, respectively. A short list of finalists will be published online. See our website for complete guidelines and to submit your story: www.craftliterary.com/craft-short-fiction-prize/.

Deadline: May 1, 2018
Gulf Coast is now accepting entries for the 2018 Gulf Coast Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. The contest awards $1,500 and publication in Gulf Coast to the winners. Two honorable mentions in each genre will be awarded $250. All entries will be considered for publication and the entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast. Deadline: May 1, 2018. Judges: Chen Chen, Lacy M. Johnson, Joshua Ferris.

Deadline: June 15, 2018
Swan Scythe Press is now considering manuscripts for its 2018 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 30, 2018
Our biannual competition for stories incorporating a supernatural element is open for spring submissions. Winner receives $1,000 and online publication. Honorable mention and second honorable mention receive $250 and $100 respectively, plus online publication. A custom illustration by British folk-horror artist Andy Paciorek accompanies all publications. Ghost stories are welcome, of course—but your submission may involve any paranormal or supernatural theme or element, and/or magic realism. We highly value fine writing and fresh perspectives. Past winners have included both seasoned and previously unpublished writers. $20 entry fee. Please visit our contest page at www.theghoststory.com/tgs-fiction-award for complete information.

Deadline: May 31, 2018
Raleigh Review is now accepting poetry, flash fiction, and short fiction submissions for the Fall 2018 issue through March 31, 2018. Raleigh Review is a biannual print publication with beautiful cover art, high-quality paper, full-color interior art, and stunning writing. We are looking for work that is emotionally and intellectually complex. All submissions are online; there is a small fee to submit. We pay $10 per piece plus one free contributor’s copy and a discount on additional copies. Submissions are also open for our 2018 Laux/Millar RR Poetry Prize through May 31, 2018. Visit www.RaleighReview.org for more details.

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: May 15, 2018
december Magazine seeks submissions for our 2018 Curt Johnson Prose Awards in fiction and nonfiction. Judges: Anne Tyler (fiction) and Dinty Moore (nonfiction). Prizes: $1,500 & publication (winners); $500 & publication (honorable mentions) in both genres. All finalists will be listed in the 2018 Fall/Winter awards issue. Maximum of 8,000 words for fiction and nonfiction entries. $20 entry fee includes copy of the awards issue. Submit March 1 to May 15. For complete guidelines please visit our website: decembermag.org/2018-curt-johnson-prose-awards.

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 1, 2018
Submit your best work to Tiferet Journal's 2018 Writing Contest. Our Judges are Melissa Studdard for poetry, Sabeeha Ramen for nonfiction, and Sophfronia Scott for fiction. Contest runs March 1–June 1, 2018. Winners announced in September. tiferetjournal.com/2018-writing-contest/

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: April 30, 2018
26th year. Prize for best short story: $2,000. Prize for best essay: $2,000. Total prizes: $5,000. Winning entries published online. Fee: $20. Limit: 6,000 words. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: Dennis Norris II. Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). Enter at winningwriters.com/tomstory

Deadline: April 30, 2018
Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices, recipient of a Best of the Net Award, three citations in The Best American Essays, and a Pushcart Finalist in poetry, will accept submissions to our Annual Literary Contest March 1-April 30. $2000 in prizes. Judges include Terrance Hayes for the Stephen Dunn Prize in poetry, Phillip Lopate in nonfiction, and Ann Hood in fiction. More info: solsticelitmag.org/contest. Submit here: solsticelitmag.org/submit.

Deadline: May 1, 2018
Carolina Quarterly solicits stories that reimagine what it means to be ourselves and live in our world. We’re connected to our pasts—through stories, histories, and traditions—but we can also imagine other ways of being. These reimaginings may appear as fantastic before they’re realized. But that’s OK. What is unlikely or strange may spark our creativity and reveal new opportunities. For this contest, The CQ is interested in stories that, like Wallace’s novels, bring together the intimate—love and loss, redemption and revenge—and the cosmic—collective burdens of history, planetary concerns, and needs for human meaning. thecarolinaquarterly.com/wakeanddreamagain/

Deadline: May 31, 2018
$2,000 in prizes. From March 1 to May 31, Flying South 2018, 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 receive $500 each. 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. 

Deadline: April 30, 2018
Submissions are now open for The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction, with first prizes of $2,000 and publication, second prizes of $1,000 and publication, as well as readings at our Awards Ceremony. All finalists will be considered for publication. For poetry, submit 3-10 pages (one long poem or several short poems); for fiction, one short 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: www.utulsa.edu/nimrod.

Deadline: April 30, 2018
Force Majeure: a great and unexpected power. The editors of Storm Cellar will award $500 in prizes for short work in any style. A flash: may contain fiction, nonfiction, marks/pictures, or some combination; may bend genre, form, brains; remains under 1000 words and five pages. Under-represented authors encouraged. All entries considered for publication; all entrants receive prize issue. Show us the surprising and necessary. Full guidelines: stormcellar.submittable.com.

Extended Deadline: April 30, 2018
$1,000 first prize in each category plus publication in Prime Number Magazine with author photo and bio. Reading fee $15. Poetry judged by Terri Kirby Erickson, author of five books of poetry, including the award-winning Becoming the Blue Heron. Short Fiction judged by Clint McCown, the only author to win the American Fiction Prize twice. Deadline April 30, 2018. Submit online only through Submittable. Complete details at www.Press53.com

Deadline: May 1, 2018
The Conium Review 2018 Innovative Short Fiction Contest is open for submissions. Winner receives $500, publication in the next print edition, five copies of the issue, and a copy of the judge’s latest book. This year’s judge is Maryse Meijer, author of Heartbreaker and the forthcoming collection Northwood. May 1st deadline. $15 entry fee. Guidelines here: coniumreview.com/contests/.

Deadline: May 2, 2018
For National Poetry Month, The Southeast Review is holding its first inaugural Editors’ Choice Digital Chapbook Prize for Emerging Writers, judged by editors, Dorothy Chan and Alex Quinlan. The winner of this prize receives:
1) $100 prize and digital publication of their chapbook, with a foreword from the judges
2) Publicity campaign through The Southeast Review website and social media
3) Print publication of selections from the winning work and an author interview in an upcoming print edition of the journal
For more details and to submit, visit www.southeastreview.org and southeastreview.submittable.com/submit.

Deadline: May 30, 2018
The Gival Press Novel Award seeks the best original, previously unpublished literary novel written in English, between approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize $3,000 and copies; book publication in 2019. Reading fee $50 per novel submitted. Deadline: May 30, 2018. For full details, visit: www.givalpress.com or givalpress.submittable.com. Mail physical entries to Gival Press, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203.

Deadline: May 31, 2018
The theme for The Baltimore Review’s summer contest is “Clothes.” Why? We worry about our clothes. We make fun of clothes. We shop for them. We make them. We give clothes as gifts. We judge others by their clothes. We hate and love our clothes. And oh, the memories. Submit your poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction 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: Dora Malech. For more information, visit our website: www.baltimorereview.org.

Deadline: June 1, 2018
HeartWood Literary Magazine is accepting submissions for its third annual broadside series contest. Submit poetry or flash prose (200 word max); HeartWood & WV Wesleyan Low-Residency MFA collaborate with WV’s Base Camp Printing to print the winning entry on a limited-edition letterpress broadside. Prize: $500 + 25 copies of broadside. Judge: Ron Houchin. Fee: $15 (includes copy of winning broadside). www.heartwoodlitmag.com/contest/

Deadline: May 15, 2018
Prize: $1500, publication, and 20 copies. Judge is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler. Del Sol Press seeks to publish exceptional work by both new and recognized writers. The competition is open to all authors writing in English regardless of nationality or residence, and is available to published and unpublished authors alike. The 2018 competition invites submissions of literary and upmarket fiction, general fiction, serious women's fiction, SFF with a literary edge or fiction with a catalytic speculative element, e.g., "Time Traveler's Wife," as well as mystery, crime, or suspense fiction (fiction for adults only, please). Finalist manuscripts will also be considered for publication. Second and third place win free tuition to the Algonkian New York Pitch Conference, held four times a year. Submission fee $30 via Submittable. www.delsolpress.org/DSP-NovelCompetition.htm

Deadline: June 4, 2018
The MacGuffin’s 23rd Poet Hunt Contest is now open! One first place winner will receive $500 and publication in a future issue. This year, we’re excited to bring in Alberto Álvaro Ríos to serve as guest judge. There are two ways to enter: submit 3 poems, an index card with your name, poem titles, and contact info, and a $15 check/cash entry fee (make checks payable to Schoolcraft College) via post; or submit online by visiting www.schoolcraftbooks.com and selecting “MacGuffin” from the SHOP tab. Submissions are accepted until June 4. For full info, visit www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/contest-rules.

Deadline: May 15, 2018
Carve Magazine's 2018 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest is open April 1–May 15. Prizes: $1,500, $500, $250, and 2 Editor's Choice of $125 each. All 5 winners published in Fall 2018 issue and considered by lit agents Nat Sobel from Sobel-Weber Associates, Erin Harris from Folio Literary Management, and Catherine Cho from Curtis Brown UK. Entry fee $17 online/$15 mailed. Guest judge Susan Perabo. Max 10,000 words. www.carvezine.com/raymond-carver-contest.