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Print journal carte blanche (QC) seeks narrative of all forms: fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic fiction, personal essay, poetry, literary journalism, translations, and photo essays. Length: 3000 words max. or up to three poems. Deadline: March 1, 2013. Contributors receive a $45 honorarium per published piece.
Garbanzo Literary Journal (US) is published in limited-run copies as part of a hand-created series of chapbooks. Seeks stories (1172 words max.) poems (43 lines max.), micro-fiction, macro-faction, creative nonfiction, and a variety of verse forms. Appreciates writing that disregards the rules.
Entries are invited for the Diana Woods Memorial Award in Creative Nonfiction (US). Submit essays 5000 words max. Subject: Open. Prize: $250 publication in next issue of Lunch Ticket. All submissions are considered for publication. Deadline: March 30, 2013.
Ink company website Click Inks (US) invites entries for a poetry contest. Theme: New beginnings. Length: 45 lines max. No entry fee. First prize: $100 in Amazon vouchers. Deadline: February 11, 2013.
Print and online journal From the Well House (US, Indiana University) seeks poetry, scholarly essays, short stories, and artwork for their upcoming print issue. Deadline: February 24, 2013.
The Rusty Toque (Western University) is accepting literary and innovative writing in the following genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, graphic short fiction. Accepted work paid a small honorarium (approx. $50). Deadline: April 2013.
2013 Leapfrog Fiction Contest. First Prize: publication contract offer with an advance payment, plus the finalist awards ($150 and manuscript critiques). Open to adult and children’s fiction (middle grade and YA) in novella- or novel-length. Minimum length: 22,000. Deadline: May 1, 2013. Entry fee: $30.
Website strange bOUnce accepts short stories, satire, and poetry, that have been “lightly brushed with sport.” Send work to IWantToWrite@strangebOUnce.com. No payment.
Authored by Schrödinger’s Cat, an offbeat comedy blog, is looking to post comics, art, prose, poetry, creative pieces. Must be comedic. No homophobia, racism, misogyny, etc. Send to absccomedy@gmail.com. Deadline: February 1, 2013.
Cairn Press (US) seeks literary novel manuscripts with “prose that rises off the page” with strong characters and stories. Submission should include: a one-page query and the opening twenty pages. Deadline: April 30, 2013.
Deadline extended. Echolocation Magazine invites entries for their chapbook contest, The Chase. Interpret the theme in poetry (2 pages max.) or prose (1500 word limit). Entry fee: $5. Top prize in each category: $100 + publication in a chapbook. Deadline: January 25, 2013.
Entries are invited for the Toronto Star 2013 Short Story Contest. First prize: $5000 plus tuition to Humber School for Writers; additional prizes available Deadline: February 24, 2013. Length: 2500 words max. Open to Ontario (Canada) residents only.
The Writers’ Trust invites entries for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. First prize: $5000; two honourable mentions of $1000. Length: 5-10 pages of previously unpublished poetry. Open to Canadian residents under the age of 35 who have not published in book form. Deadline: January 30, 2013.
LWOT (Lies With Occasional Truth) seeks fiction from writers in Canada “(and sometimes by Americans who pretend, in their cover letters, to be Canadian)”. The term fiction is open to interpretation.
The Red Line Magazine is open for entries for its first issue. Theme: Borders. Bimonthly fiction contest with £50 prize. Shortlisted entries posted online. No entry fee. Length: 3500 words max. Deadline: January 31, 2013.