Prize: US$2000 will be awarded the winner of each genre
Open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry who have yet to
publish a book.
Entries open on 1 March and close 15 May.
Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
First prize is US$1500
Open to writers from around the world and the guest judge for 2016
was Caitlin Horrocks.
Entries open on 1 April and close on 15 May.
Prize is US$1500 and publication.
Dedicated to recognising and supporting the work of emerging writers
whose fiction has not yet achieved success. Entries must be less than 3500 words
and the competition is open to writers based anywhere is the world. The Lorian
Hemingway Short Story Competition first ran in 1981.
Entries close on 15th May
Prize: The authors of the two winning manuscripts will receive US$1000
and publication by the University of Georgia Press under a standard book
contract.
Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction is a competition for unpublished manuscripts of between 40,000 and 75,000
words. Long stories or novellas may be included. Writers must be residents of
North America.
Entries close on 31 May.
The winner of the fiction section receives $1500 and publication in the
magazine; second place receives $500 and publication. Prizes are also offered
for non-fiction.
Run by December magazine, a magazine whose many accomplishments include
being the first to publish the work of Raymond Carver.
Open to stories up to 8000 words in length.
Entries close 15 June.
First prize of $2000.
Only open to writers who have not published a book and submissions may
be up to 6000 words. This contest is held multiple times throughout the year.
Summer entries close on 15 July.
First prize is €2000 publication in the literary journal Southword, and
a week-long residency at Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat.
Entries close 31 July.
First prize of US$1000 and publication.
Writers can submit up to three pieces of writing of up to 500 words. There
are no genre or form restrictions.
Entries open on in July and are expected to close on 15 August.
The world’s richest short story competition, with the winner receiving £30,000
The 2016 prize was won by Jonathan Tel for his story ‘The Human
Phonograph’. The six stories shortlisted for the 2016 prize are available
here.
Entries for the next prize are expected to open at the end of June and
close at the end of September.
The winner receives a cash prize of £10,000 (US$15,000).
A major international literary competition open to anyone aged 16 or
over. Stories can be up to 2500 words in length. The organisers also offer a
Manchester Poetry Prize.
Entries will open in February and close in September.
A first prize of US$1000
This contest is aimed at seeking out and encouraging talented writers. The
winning and runners-up entries will be forwarded to leading literary agents. Stories
can be up to 5000 words.
Entries open on 1st July and close 1st October.
The overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize will receive
£5000 and the remaining four regional winners receive £2500.
Continues with its aim to bring stories from new and emerging voices,
often from countries with little or no publishing infrastructure, to the
attention of an international audience. Open to all citizens of the 53 Commonwealth
countries, the prize covers the five Commonwealth regions: Africa, Asia, Canada
and Europe, Caribbean and Pacific.
One winner will be selected from each region, with one regional winner
to be selected as the overall winner.
Entries for the 2018 are expected to close on 1 November.
The winner of the John Steinbeck Short Story Award receives a cash prize
of US$1000 and all entries are considered for publication
One of three prizes offered by Reed Magazine, this award is for a work
of fiction up to 5000 words.
Entries open on 1 June and close 1 November.
Prize: US$1500 and the story will be published in the magazine.
Competition is open writers who have not yet published a book of
fiction, poetry or creative non-fiction with a nationally distributed press.
Stories may be up to 8000 words and must be previously unpublished.
Entries close 31 December.
