September 2010 Archives
Entries are invited for the Leap Local International Travel Story Competition. First prize: US$500. Length: 500-650 words. Seeking "hilarious, culture shocking, passionate, or life changing travel stories." Entry: free. Deadline: September 30, 2010. More
Seeking contributions from women to travel anthology of creative non-fiction, “Emails From India: Women Write Home.” The pieces may be short vignettes or long essays/stories, focusing on a place/event in India, keeping the female experience somewhat salient. Deadline: November 1, 2010. More info: harperjanis@gmail.com
Cavewriters invites entries for its first ever fiction contest. First prize: $150. Length: 1500-3000 words featured position on the site. Deadline: September 24, 2010. More
Chicago-based print and online literary magazine is accepting prose (fiction, CNF, flash; 3000 words max) and poetry (60 lines max) submissions. Welcomes international writers. More
Side B (US) welcomes prose and poetry submissions for its second issue. Deadline: November 13, 2010.
Project Storyteller asks writers to take a given premise and produce a short story. First prize: $1000. Stories can be written (750 words max.), illustrated as a graphic short story (2 pages max.), or recorded as an audio or video piece (3-minutes max.). Deadline: October 20, 2010. Entry fee: $5 (CAD & US). More
List Magazine (US) invites submissions of nonfictional lists and list-poems by guest experts in science, art, and public spectacle. Publishes twice monthly. More
The League of Canadian Poets is accepting submissions for the annual Pat Lowther and Gerald Lampert Memorial book awards for titles published in 2010. Both awards: $1,000 prize. Deadline: November 1, 2010. More
De La Mancha literary magazine seeks writers and artists for their December issue.
OCW Magazine is receiving entries for the 2010 True Fiction Contest. Deadline: November 1, 2010. $500+ in prizes. Form is not limited to prose; poetry, prose, lists, comics, experimental works — if the writer identifies the “story” as “true,” the work is eligible. More
Cordite Poetry Review (Australia) seeks poems that have something to do with the children of Ern Malley for their #23 issue. Deadline: October 30, 2010. More
Writers' Community of Durham Region invites entries for Wild Words, a themed, open genre prose contest. First prize: $750. Winners and selected honourable mentions to be published in the Wild Words anthology. Written feedback with each entry. Length: 1200 words. Entry: $20. Deadline: November 30. 2010. More
James Lorimer & Company (Toronto, ON) is currently seeking manuscripts proposals in several Canadian genres. Particularly interested in projects for the southwestern Ontario marketplace. No fiction. More
Online literary magazine Narwhal Magazine is looking for submissions for its second issue. Publishes short, action driven stories 1000-1500 words. Deadline: September 15, 2010. More
Freaky Fountain Press seeks stories between 2000-8000 words that explores "the bittersweet allure of the dysfunctional relationship" for an anthology (publication March 2011). Royalties are 25% on net revenue and will be divided equally among all contributors. Deadline: December 1, 2010. More
carte-blanche seeks poetry, fiction, non-fiction, graphic fiction, and translations for Issue 12. Payment: $30. Deadline: September 15, 2010. More
Entries are invited for the The Malahat Review's 2011 Open Season Awards. Prize: $1000 in each of the three categories: poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction. Deadline: November 1, 2010. Entry fee: $35 (includes subscription). Open to international writers. More
Print and online journal Vallum: contemporary poetry (QC) is seeking poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews for their next issue. Theme: Futures. Deadline: October 1, 2010. More details...
Broken Pencil is accepting short stories 1500-3000 words and pitting them against each other in an online arena. One story will be chosen by readers to win publication plus $300 and a lit prize pack. Entry fee: $20 (includes 1 year subscription). Deadline: December 31, 2010. Indie Writers Deathmatch c/o Broken Pencil, PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7 info: assisteditor@brokenpencil.com More
Summer Literary Seminars and The Walrus magazine announce the 2011 Unified Literary Contest. Grand prize: airfare, tuition, and housing at one of the SLS 2011 programs in Montreal (June 12-25) or Kenya (December), plus online publication in The Walrus. Deadline: February 15, 2011. Entry fee: US$20. More
New online Twitter-based journal Textofiction seeks bold and brief prose and poetry. All submissions must fit in the size of a text or tweet (140 characters or less). More
The Ontario Poetry Society is accepting entries for The Glosa Poem Competition. Poems must be submitted in the glosa style with max 40 lines. First prize: $100. All winners and honourable mentions to have work printed in a chapbook. Entry fee: 1 poem for $5; 3 poems for $10. Deadline: September 30, 2010. More
Ascent Aspirations (BC) seeks poetry and flash fiction for the Fall print issue contest. First prize in each category: $100. Anthology published in February 2011. Theme: work and daily life. Entry fee: $5 for one poem or 3 poems for $10; $10 for each piece of flash fiction. Deadline: October 10, 2010. More
Albedo One, Ireland's magazine of speculative fiction, invites entries for the Aeon Award 2010 short fiction contest. Open to international writers. Grand prize is €1000 and publication. Submissions: 8000 words max., in any speculative genre (e.g. fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc.). Entry fee: €7. Deadline: November 30, 2010. More details...
