writermag.com • The Writer | 45or two judge critiques, permanent listing on
contest page). Contact: Leapfrog Press Fic-
tion Contest.
[email protected]
leapfrogpress.com/contest.htm
P LITERAL LATTÉ POETRY AWARDS
Send unpublished poems up to 2,000 words.
All styles welcome and all entries considered
for publication. Deadline: July 15. Entry
fee: $10 per set of six poems or $15 for a set
of 10. Prizes: $1,000/$300/$200. Contact:
Literal Latté Awards, 200 E. 10th St., Suite
240, New York, NY 10003. 212-260-5532.
Email via online form. literal-latte.com
F LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT
STORY COMPETITION Submit original
unpublished fiction, no longer than 3,500
words. Only open to writers whose fiction
has not appeared in a nationally distributed
publication with a circulation of 5,000 or
more. Deadline: May 1 for regular entry;
May 15 for late entry. Entry fee: $15 per
story until May 1; $20 per story between
May 2 and 15. Prizes: $1,500 and publica-
tion in Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts; sec-
ond and third place receive $500 each.
Contact: The Lorian Hemingway Short
Story Competition, P.O. Box 2011, Key
West, FL 33045.
[email protected]
shortstorycompetition.com
F L. RON HUBBARD WRITERS OF THE
FUTURE CONTEST Awards short fiction
up to 17,000 words written by emerging sci-
fi, fantasy, and dark fantasy writers. Dead-
line: Quarterly. Entry fee: None Prizes:
$1,000 first prize awarded each quarter; one
of these winners also receives the $5,000
annual “Gold Award” grand prize. Each
quarter, second place receives $750 and
third place receives $500. Contact: L. Ron
Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest,
7051 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
- Joni Labaqui:
[email protected].
writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest
F MARGUERITE MCGLINN PRIZE
FOR FICTION Submit previously unpub-
lished works of fiction up to 8,000 words
through online submission manager only.
All entrants receive a complimentary issue
of Philadelphia Stories contest issue. Dead-
line: June 15. Entry fee: $15. Prizes: $2,500,
an invitation to an awards dinner at Rose-
mont College, and publication in Philadel-
phia Stories; second place $750; third place
$500. Contact: Philadelphia Stories.
[email protected]
philadelphiastories.org/fiction-contestF N P NEW LETTERS LITERARY
AWARDS Includes the Patricia Cleary
Miller Award for Poetry, Robert Day Award
for Fiction, and the Conger Beasley Jr.
Award for Nonfiction. All entries will be
considered for publication in New Letters.
Fiction and essays are not to exceed 8,000
words. A single poetry entry may contain up
to six poems. Deadline: May 20. Entry fee:
$24 for first entry, $15 for every entry after.
Includes one-year subscription to New Let-
ters. Prizes: $2,500 for first place. Contact:
New Letters Awards for Writers, UMKC,
University House, 5101 Rockhill Rd., Kansas
City, MO 64110. 816-235-1169.
[email protected]
newletters.org/writers-wanted/may-writing-
contestsP OMNIDAWN FIRST/SECOND BOOK
CONTEST Open to writers who have never
published a full-length book of poetry or
who have published only one full-length
book of poetry. Max 120 pages. Deadline:
Check website for details. Entry fee: $27.
Entrants who add $3 shipping will receive
an Omnidawn book of their choice. Prize:
$3,000, publication, and 100 copies of the
book. Contact: Omnidawn Publishing, 1632
Elm Ave., Richmond, CA 94805.
[email protected]
omnidawn.com/contestF THE PETER HINCHCLIFFE FICTION
AWARD Open to Canadian citizens or resi-
dents who have not yet published a first
novel or short story collection. All submis-
sions will be considered for paid ($250)
publication in the magazine. Submit via
online form. Deadline: May 28. Entry fee:$40; includes a one-year Canadian subscrip-
tion to The New Quarterly. Prize: $1,000.
Contact: The New Quarterly. 519-884-8111
ext. 28290. [email protected] tnq.ca/contestsF N P PLOUGHSHARES EMERGING
WRITER’S CONTEST Open to writers
who have not published or self-published a
book or chapbook of fiction, nonfiction, or
poetry. Submit three to five pages of poems
or up to 6,000 words of prose. Deadline:
May 15. Entry fee: $24 if not a Ploughshares
subscriber. Prizes: $2,000 in each category
and publication. Contact: Ploughshares.
617-824-3757. [email protected]
pshares.orgP POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMP-
SHIRE NATIONAL CONTEST Open to
all poets. Winning poems will be published
in the quarterly magazine, the Poets’ Touch-
stone. Limit 40 lines. Subject and form are
open. Poems must not be previously pub-
lished, have won a prize, nor be currently
entered in another contest. Deadline: May- Entry fee: $3 for the first poem and $2
each for others. Entries limited to five
poems per poet per contest. Prizes: First
place, $100. Second place, $50. Third and
fourth places, $25 each. Contact: National
Contest Coordinator, Robert Crawford, 280
Candia Rd., Chester, NH 03036.
poetrysocietynh.wordpress.com/
support-nh-poetry/enter-our-contests
F RED HEN PRESS FICTION AWARD
Awards an original story with a minimum of
150 pages. Submissions accepted via online
submission manager. Deadline: Sept. 30.
Entry fee: $25. Prize: $1,000 and publica-
tion. Contact: Attn: Red Hen Press Fiction
Award, Red Hen Press, P.O. Box 40820, Pas-
adena, CA 91114. 626-356-4760.
redhen.org/awards-2N RICHARD J. MARGOLIS AWARD
Awards a nonfiction journalist or essayist
whose work “combines warmth, humor,
wisdom, and concern with social justice.”
Submit at least two articles, published or
unpublished, maximum 30 pages. Dead-
line: July 1. Entry fee: None. Prizes: $5,000