writermag.com • The Writer | 45U.S. residents who have not yet published a
novel. No self-published manuscripts. Dead-
line: Nov. 1. Entry fee: $30. Prizes: $2,000
and publication by Southeast Missouri State
University Press. Contact: Southeast Mis-
souri State University Press, Nilsen Literary
Prize for a First Novel, One University Plaza,
MS 2650, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701.
[email protected] semopress.com
P OMNIDAWN OPEN (POETRY BOOK
CONTEST) Open for all writers with no limi-
tations on the amount of poetry a writer has
published. Minimum 40, maximum 120 pages.
Most manuscripts are 40-80 pages long. Dead-
line: Aug. 15. Entry fee: Check website for
details. Prizes: $3,000 and publication. Con-
tact: Omnidawn Open (Poetry Book Contest),
Omnidawn Publishing, 2200 Adeline St., Suite
150, Oakland, CA 94607. 510-237-5472.
[email protected] omnidawn.com
F N P OPEN SEASON AWARDS Submit
up to three poems (100 lines max for each
poem), or short fiction or creative nonfiction
(max 2,500 words). Send entries by email or
regular mail. Deadline: Nov. 1. Entry fee: $40
for U.S. entries, $35 CAD for Canadian
entries. Entrants receive a one-year subscrip-
tion to The Malahat Review. Prizes: $2,000 in
each category and publication in The Malahat
Review. Contact: The Malahat Review,
McPherson Library, University of Victoria,
PO Box 1800, Stn CSC, Victoria, BC, V8W
3H5, Canada. 250-721-8524.
[email protected] malahatreview.ca
P PHYLLIS SMART-YOUNG PRIZE IN
POETRY Submit three previously unpublished
poems, max 15 pages total, through online sub-
mission manager. Deadline: Dec. 1. Entry fee:
$2. Prizes: $1,000 and publication in The Mad-
ison Review. Contact: The Madison Review.
Email from website. themadisonrevw.com
F N P PLOUGHSHARES EMERGING
WRITER’S CONTEST Open to writers who
have yet to publish a book, including chap-
books, eBooks, and self-published works. Fic-
tion or nonfiction under 6,000 words or
between 3-5 pages of poetry accepted. Submit
via online submission form starting March 1.
Deadline: Check website. Entry fee: $24,
includes a year’s subscription to Ploughshares.
Current subscribers may submit for free.
Prizes: The winner of each category will
receive $2,000, review from Aevitas Creative
Management, a 1-year subscription, and pub-
lication in the winter issue of Ploughshares.
Contact: Ploughshares, Emerson College, 120
Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116. 617-824-- [email protected] pshares.org
F N P PRAIRIE FIRE CONTESTS Submit
short fiction up to 10,000 words, creative
nonfiction up to 5,000 words, or 1-3 poems
up to a maximum of 150 lines. Submit by
postal mail only. Deadline: Nov. 30. Entry
fee: $32 per submission. Includes one-year
subscription. Prizes: $1,250/$500/$250 in
each genre and publication. Contact: Prairie
Fire Contests, 423-100 Arthur St., Winnipeg,
MB R3B 1H3, Canada. 204-943-9066.
[email protected] prairiefire.caN PRISM INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE
NON-FICTION CONTEST Submit one piece
of creative nonfiction up to 6,000 words
through online submission manager or by reg-
ular mail. Deadline: Check website. Entry fee:
$40 U.S. entries, $35 Canadian entries. $5 each
additional entry. Entry fee includes a one-year
subscription to PRISM international. Free
entry to self-identifying indigenous writers.
Prizes: $1,500 grand prize, $600 runner-up,
$400 second runner-up and possible publica-
tion. Contact: Kate Black, PRISM interna-
tional, Creative Writing Program, UBC, Buch.
E462 – 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T
1Z1, Canada. [email protected]
prismmagazine.caF PRISM INTERNATIONAL JACOB ZIL-
BER PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION Submit
one piece of fiction up to 6,000 words. Send
through online submission manager or by
regular mail. Deadline: Jan. 15. Entry fee: $40
U.S. entries, $35 Canadian entries. $5 each
additional entry. Entry fee includes a one-year
subscription to PRISM international. Free
entry to self-identifying indigenous writers.
Prizes: $1,500 grand prize, $600 runner-up,
$400 second runner-up and possible publica-
tion. Contact: Kate Black, PRISM interna-tional, Creative Writing Program, UBC, Buch.
E462 – 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T
1Z1, Canada. [email protected]
prismmagazine.caN ROSE POST CREATIVE NONFICTION
CONTEST Seeks nonfiction outside realm of
conventional journalism and relevant to
North Carolinians. Open to legal residents of
North Carolina or members of the NC Writ-
ers’ Network. Subjects may include reviews,
travel articles, profiles, interviews, historical
pieces, or culture criticism. Submit by regular
mail or through online submission manager.
Deadline: Jan. 15. Entry fee: $10 for NC
Writers’ Network members, $12 for nonmem-
bers. Prizes: $1,000/$300/$200. The winning
entry will be considered for publication by
Ecotone magazine. Contact: North Carolina
Writers’ Network, ATTN: Rose Post, P.O. Box
21591, Winston-Salem, NC 27120. 336-293-- [email protected] ncwriters.org
F N SANTA FE WRITERS PROJECT LIT-
ERARY AWARDS PROGRAM An annual
contest looking for works of fiction and non-
fiction of any genre that may be flying under
the radar. Deadline: See website. Entry fee:
$30. Prizes: 1st prize: $1,500; $500 to second
and third places. Top three receive no-obliga-
tion book contract offer with SFWP. Contact:
SFWP, 369 Montezuma Ave. #350, Santa Fe,
NM 87501. Email from website. sfwp.comF N P SEQUESTRUM NEW WRITER
AWARDS Over $500 will be awarded to up-
and-coming writers and poets. The contest
will accept both prose (fiction and creative
nonfiction up to 12,000 words) and poetry
(up to 50 lines) submissions. Up to three
poems per submission. Submit via online sub-
mission manager. Deadline: Oct. 15, depen-
dent on submission volume. Entry fee: $15.
Prizes: One first-prize winners (one prose,
one poetry) will win $400 each. Runners-up
will get $25-$100. Contact: Sequestrum.
[email protected] sequestrum.org/contestsF THE SHERWOOD ANDERSON FIC-
TION AWARD Submit one fiction story up
to 6,000 words online or by regular mail.
Deadline: Dec. 15. Entry fee: $10. All