An end of summer cornucopia of publishing opportunities and prize opportunities. Thanks to TheRedSephaos for the list!
Some of these have application fees, but all are verified by the writer's market. Please check all websites for submission specifics! So go to and write, my friends.
Deadline August 31:
-Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Authors
- www.glimmertrain.com/newwriter…:
$15 fee and publication to first place at the very least, possibly for the runner-ups as well, with cash prizes for all three places.
No restriction on genre.
$15 fee and publication to first place at the very least, possibly for the runner-ups as well, with cash prizes for all three places.
No restriction on genre.
Eaton Literary Agency's Annual Awards Program [over 10,000 words]
- www.eatonliterary.com/awards.h…:No entry fee, but no publication opportunity.
Cash prize.
No genre restriction.
The under 10,000 words event is in March.
Deadline September 19:
-24-Hour Short Story Contest -
writersweekly.com/writersweekl…:$5 entry fee.
Winners receive publication as well as other prizes.
Topics are posted at the start of the 24 hours that you are limited to for the contest.
Deadline September 21(Possibly 20):
-Three Cheers and a Tiger
- tclj.toasted-cheese.com/three-…:
No entry fee.
Winners receive publication and Amazon gift cards.
The September event is for science fiction and fantasy, but they have one in March for mystery.
Winners receive publication and Amazon gift cards.
The September event is for science fiction and fantasy, but they have one in March for mystery.
Deadline September 30:
Coptales/Dark Oak Mystery/Timesless Love/Wild Oaks Western (All run by the same publisher)
- www.oaktreebooks.com/contests.…:$25 entry fee for each.
Publication for grand prize and second place, free books for third place.
Specific genres for each contest.
These require novel-length entries, so are suggested for people finishing their manuscripts and looking for publication.
Glimmer Train's Standard Category
- www.glimmertrain.com/standard.…:No entry fee and publication to all accepted stories.
No restriction on genre.
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest
- www.writersofthefuture.com/ent…:No entry fee, but the prizes are cash instead of publication.
Open to new and amateur writers with a science fiction or fantasy manuscript.
This isn't necessarily for novel-length manuscripts, but the limit is as high as 17,000 words.
The Iowa Short Fiction Award
- www.uiowapress.org/authors/iow…:$15 entry fee and
the submissions must be at least 150 pages, as a short story collection.
Winners are published.
Ongoing Publication Opportunities (No Deadline)
Fablers
(www.fablers.net/contests/)Monthly contests with no entry fee.
$100 prize for the winners.
The new month's theme is posted at the end of the previous month, and the submissions are due at the 14th of the month.
Mad Scientist Journal
madscientistjournal.org/submis…A science fiction/fantasy magazine with a different twist - the piece has to be written from the perspective of a mad scientist.
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