Monday, January 5, 2009

Submission Opportunities

Here are a few up-coming submission opportunities...

Playboy Fiction contest, which is open again to all college writers at every level. The deadline Feb 15, 2009. The guidelines are available at www.playboy.com/cfc
Peggy Newland Goetz, who graduated over the summer, got third place in this one last year, out of several thousand entries, and some recognition in the press. Prizes are: Third is $200, second is $500, and first is $3000 and publication in the mag. Finalists are considered for website publication or even mag publication if deemed special.

Fourth Genre Editors’ Prize
Deadline:
February 15, 2009

Entry Fee: $15

Web site: www.msupress.msu.edu/journals/fg

E-mail address: genre4@msu.edu

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction is given annually for an essay. Jocelyn Bartkevicius will judge. All finalists will be considered for publication. Submit up to 6,000 words of creative nonfiction with a $15 entry fee between January 15 and February 15. Send an SASE, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.

Fourth Genre, Editors’ Prize, Department of English, 201 Morrill Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1036.


Florida Review Editors' Awards

Deadline: February 16, 2009

Entry Fee: $15

Web site: www.flreview.com

Three prizes of $1,000 each and publication in Florida Review will be given annually for a group of poems, a short story, and an essay. The editors will judge. Submit up to five poems or a short story or essay of up to 25 pages with a $15 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Florida Review, by February 16. Send an SASE, call, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines.

Florida Review, Editors’ Awards, Department of English, P.O. Box 161346, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1346. (407) 823-2038. Jocelyn Bartkevicius, Editor.


Glimmer Train Press

Very Short Fiction Award

Deadline: February 28, 2009

Entry Fee: $15

Web site: www.glimmertrain.org

A prize of $1,200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories is given biannually for a short story. Submit a story of up to 3,000 words with a $15 entry fee by February 28. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.

Glimmer Train Press, 1211 NW Glisan Street, Suite 207, Portland, OR 97209. (503) 221-0836. Susan Burmeister-Brown and Linda Swanson-Davies, Coeditors.

1 comment:

Ashley Laffin said...

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