Cinsperationfor 2021 is change the story of 1000 words.
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UPCOMING DEADLINES
Scottish Arts Club Short Story Award
is open to writers worldwide. The winner receives £1000 (US$1260), second prize is £500, third prize is £250 and an additional £600 award is open to unpublished writers resident in Scotland. The top 20 finalists will be published in a Scottish Arts Club Anthology. The entry fee is £10. The closing deadline is 29 February.
Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
is sponsored by the stage and radio series Selected Shorts. The winning work will be performed and recorded live at a Selected Shorts performance at Symphony Space and published on Electric Literature. Entries should be 750 words or less. The winning writer will receive US$1000 and a free 10-week course with Gotham Writers. The entry fee is $25. The closing deadline is 1 March.
Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
is run by Vermont-based journal Hunger Mountain. The winner receives US$1000 and publication. Stories may be up to 8000 words in length and all entries will be considered for publication. The entry fee is $20. The closing deadline is 1 March.
Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition
invites entries on the theme ‘Summer’ up to 2200 words. The winner will receive a two-night stay at the historic Grantley Hall in Yorkshire, England, and the chance to see their work published. There is no entry fee. The closing deadline is 13 March.
Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction
is offered each year by Colorado State University’s Center for Literary Publishing. The winner receives US$2000 honorarium and the story is published in the fall/winter issue of Colorado Review. There are no theme restrictions, but stories must be at least 10 pages (or 2500 words) but no more than 50 pages (12,500 words). The entry fee is $17. The closing deadline is 14 March.
Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
will be awarded for an original work of short fiction under 2000 words. The first prize winner will receive €1000 (US$1100), a week’s residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation in Italy and a consultation with a literary agent from Andrew Nurnberg Associates. The entry fee is €20. The closing deadline is 15 March.
Limnisa Short Story Competition
invites stories up to 1000 words inspired in some loose way by this picture. The winner receives a one week writers’ retreat in 2020 or 2021 at a seaside location near Agios Georgios, Greece. There is no entry fee. The closing deadline is 29 March.
F(r)iction Spring Contest
is open to short fiction between 1000 and 7500 words, as well as creative nonfiction and poetry. The organisers advise that they prefer stories that “celebrate the weird, take risks, and are driven by a strong, unique voice.” The judge is novelist Charlie Jane Anders and the winner will receive $1000 and publication. The entry fee is $15. Entries close on 31 March.
Short Fiction/University of Essex Prize
awards the winner with £500 (US$630) and publication at Short Fiction; the runner-up is awarded £250 and publication. Entries may be up to 5000 words. The entry fee is £9 with a discount for all entry. A limited number of free entries are available to writers for whom the fee would be a barrier to entry. The closing deadline is 31 March.
Toyin Fálọlá Prize
is open to short stories “creatively inclined towards the historicity of an African place, people, time or event; however this is done is solely left to the imagination and creativity of the writer”. Pieces are recommended to be between 1500 and 6000 words in length. The winner will receive US$700 and entry is free. The closing deadline is 15 April.