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Information in this section is provided to The Writer by the individual markets and events; for more information, contact those entities directly.
F = Fiction N = Nonfiction P = Poetry
C = Children’s Y = Young adult O = Other
CONTESTS
P AUTUMN HOUSE CHAPBOOK CONTEST Formerly the Coal Hill Review Chapbook Contest. Submit 15-30 pages of poetry by email or regular mail. Final judge of the competition is Gerry LaFemina. Deadline: Nov. 1. Entry fee: $20. Prizes: Publication and $1,000. Contact: Autumn House Press, 5530 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206. Email from website. autumnhouse.org/submissions/chapbook
F THE BIG MOOSE PRIZE Submit unpublished novel through online submission manager only. Manuscripts should be 90-1,000 pages in length. Open to new, emerging, and established writers. Entry through Submittable. Deadline: Jan. 31. Entry fee: $25. Prizes: $1,000 and publication. Contact: Black Lawrence Press. editors@blacklawrencepress.com blacklawrence.com
F N P THE BRIAR CLIFF REVIEW ANNUAL CONTEST Submit one short story or creative nonfiction piece, max 5,000 words, or up to three poems. All entrants receive a copy of the next edition of The Briar Cliff Review. Deadline: Nov. 1. Entry fee: $20. Prizes: $1,000 in each of the three categories and publication in the next issue of The Briar Cliff Review. Contact: Tricia Currans-Sheehan, editor, The Briar Cliff Review, 3303 Rebecca St., Sioux City, IA 51104. 712-279-1651. Email from website. bcreview.org
F BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE International short story competition for publication in an annual anthology. Open to all writers over the age of 16. Maximum 4,000 words. Stories can be on any theme, subject, or style, including graphic, verse, or genre-based (crime, science fiction, fantasy, historical, romance, children’s, etc.). Enter via online form or regular mail. Deadline: See website. Entry fee: £9 per story. Prizes: See website. Contact: Bristol Short Story Prize, Unit 5.16, Paintworks, Bath Rd., Bristol BS4 3EH, UK. enquiries@bristolprize.co.uk bristolprize.co.uk
F THE CALEDONIA NOVEL AWARD International competition for unpublished and self-published debut novels. Submit the first 20 pages of a novel (at least 50,000 words) with a 200-word synopsis. Shortlist judge is Jenny Hewson, literary agent at Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agency. Deadline: Nov. 1. Entry fee: £25. Prizes: £1,500 and trophy. Contact: The Caledonia Novel Award. entries@thecaledonianovelaward.com thecaledonianovelaward.com
Open to any U.S. writer in English with at least three books of fiction published who has not published with Fiction Collective Two. Seeks “fiction considered by America’s largest publishers too challenging, innovative, or heterodox for the commercial milieu.” See website. $25. $15,000 and publication by FC2. University of Alabama Press. Email from website.
