USEFUL SITES
SHORT STOPS – run by Tania Hershman
COMPETITIONS
WRITERS FORUM SHORT STORY COMPETITION – MONTHLY
DIAGRAM’S INNOVATIVE FICTION CONTEST – 10,000 WORDS – £1,000 + PUBLICATION
BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY AWARD
LOSS LIT – Short Story/Flash Fiction comps – 3 reading periods – 1-31 Jan, May, Sept
VISUAL VERSE – 50-500 words – 1-15 of each month
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
FISH FLASH FICTION COMPETITION – 300 WORDS – 28 FEB 2013 – 1,000 EUROS
WRITERS AND ARTISTS YEARBOOK SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 2,000 WORDS – 13 FEB
MARCH
THE WHITE REVIEW SHORT STORY PRIZE – 2-7,000 WORDS – 5pm, 1 MAR – £2,500
THE BRYAN MAC MAHON SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 3,000 WORDS – 1 MAR – 1,000 EUROS
CUIRT INTERNATIONAL NEW WRITING PRIZE – 2,000 WORDS – 8 MARCH – 500 EUROS
WRITERS AND ARTISTS FLASH FICTION COMPETITION – 200 WORDS – THEME ‘ALIENATION’ – 25 MARCH 2013
WOWFACTOR COMPETITION – FIRST 5 PAGES (OF COMPLETED UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT) + SYNOPSIS – 29 MARCH
BATH SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 2,200 WORDS – 30 MARCH
MOTH-ALTUN SHORT STORY PRIZE – NO WORD LIMIT – 31 MAR
SHORT FICTION SHORT STORY COMP – 5,000 WORDS – 31 MARCH
KATHY FISH FELLOWSHIP – 4 X 1,000 WORD STORIES – 31 MARCH
FIRST PAGES PRIZE – FIRST 300 WORDS OF NOVEL + 150 WORD SYNOPSIS – 30 SEPT
APRIL
BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE – 4,000 WORDS – 30 APRIL – 31,000 – ANTHOLOGY
EVENT MAGAZINE CREATIVE NON-FICTION CONTEST – 15 APRIL 2017
WILLIAM TREVOR INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY COMP – 3,000 WORDS – 5 APRIL – 3,000 EUROS – POSTAL ENTRY
WRITERS VILLAGE SHORT STORY COMPETITION
NOTTINGHAM SHORT STORY COMPETITION
LONDON CULTURE FESTIVAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
MAIRTIN CRAWFORD SHORT STORY AWARD – 2,500 WORDS – 30 APRIL
MAY
LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 3,500 WORDS – 1 MAY
THE LEAGUE OF VERMONT WRITERS LITERARY COMPETITION
WINCHESTER WRITERS CONFERENCE COMPETITION
BALTIMORE REVIEW SHORT STORY COMPETITION
SPILLING INK REVIEW SHORT STORY PRIZE*
BRIDPORT SHORT STORY PRIZE* – 5,000 WORDS – 31 MAY
BRIDPORT FLASH FICTION PRIZE* – 250 WORDS – 31 MAY
COSTA SHORT STORY AWARD* – 4,000 WORDS
UNBOUND PRESS FLASH FICTION AWARDS*
RAYMOND CARVER SHORT STORY COMPETITION
CINNAMON PRESS SHORT STORY COMPETITION
SEGORA SHORT STORY COMPETITION
GREY SPARROW JOURNAL FLASH FICTION COMPETITION
SPILLING INK REVIEW SPECULATIVE FICTION PRIZE
SEAN O FALLAIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION
EXETER WRITERS SHORT STORY COMPETITION
3 IN 1 SHORT STORY COMPETITION
JUNE
RICHARD + JUDY BESTSELLER – 10,000 WORDS NOVEL – 14 JUNE – £50,000 + PUBLICATION
LIGHTSHIP INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE – 5,000 – 30 JUNE – £1,000 + ANTHOLOGY – JUDGE: TESSA HADLEY
LIGHTSHIP INTERNATIONAL FIRST CHAPTER PRIZE – 5,400 + 1 PAGE SYNOPSIS – 30 JUNE
LIGHTSHIP INTERNATIONAL FLASH FICTION PRIZE – 1,500 – 30 JUNE – £500 + ANTHOLOGY – JUDGE: ETGAR KERET
LIGHTSHIP INTERNATIONAL ONE PAGE STORY PRIZE – 300 – 30 JUNE – £250 + ANTHOLOGY – JUDGE: CALUM KERR
V.S.PRITCHETT SHORT STORY AWARD – 2,000-4,000 – 16 JUNE
AUGUST
BOOK GUILD SHORT STORY AWARD – 16 AUGUST – THEME: THE LIE – 3,000 WORDS
AESTHETICA CREATIVE WRITING AWARD – 31 AUGUST – SHORT STORIES: 2,000 WORDS; POETRY: 40 LINES
NANO PRIZE – 31 AUGUST – 300 WORDS
LUKE BITMEAD BURSARY (NOVEL COMPETITION)
SEPTEMBER
NANO FICTION COMP – SEPT 1 – UP TO 300 WORDS
DOGWOOD FICTION CONTEST – SEPT 5 – 25 PAGES – $1,000 + PUBLICATION
THE MANCHESTER FICTION PRIZE – 15 SEPT – 2,500 WORDS – £10,000
*HACKNEY LITERARY AWARD – UNPUBLISHED NOVEL – 30 SEPT – $5,000 + PUBLICATION
MSLEXIA WOMEN’S SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 21 SEPT – up to 3,000 WORDS Short Story Comp
MSLEXIA WOMEN’S FLASH FICTION COMPETITION – 21 SEPT – up to 300 WORDS
OCTOBER
GEORGETOWN REVIEW CONTEST – 15 OCT – ANY LENGTH – $1,000 + PUBLICATION
THE AURA ESTRADA SHORT STORY CONTEST – 1 OCT – 5,000 WORDS – $1,500 + PUBLICATION
RICK DE MARINIS SHORT STORY AWARD (CUTTHROAT JOURNAL) – 10 OCT – 5,000 WORDS
*THE CALVINO PRIZE – 15 OCT
DORMEASAN SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 30 OCTOBER
MILTON KEYNES SPEAKEASY SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 31 OCT – 2,100 WORDS
TOM GALLON TRUST AWARD – SHORT STORY – 31 OCT – £1,000
THE SCOTT PRIZE – 45,000 WORDS, UNPUBLISHED SHORT STORY COLLECTION – 31 OCTOBER
SALT PUBLISHING
THE YELLOW ROOM FLASH FICTION COMP – 31 OCT – 500 WORDS
NOVEMBER
THE BRIAR CLIFF REVIEW FICTION CONTEST – UP TO 6,000 WORDS – 1 NOVEMBER
$1,000 + PUBLICATION
JOHN STEINBECK AWARD FOR THE SHORT STORY – 1 NOV – UP TO 6,000 WORDS – $1,000 + PUBLICATION
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS LIBRARY FESTIVAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST – 19 NOV – UP TO 7,000 WORDS – $1,500 + PUBLICATION + FESTIVAL PASS
*HACKNEY SHORT STORY AWARD – 30 NOV – 5,000 WORDS – $600
RONALD SUKENICK AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW INNOVATIVE FICTION PRIZE – ANY LENGTH: COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES; 1 OR MORE NOVELLEAS; OR A NOVEL – $1,000 + PUBLICATION
FISH SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 30 NOVEMBER – 5,000 WORDS – 3,OOO EUROS + PUBLICATION
UNBOUND PRESS BEST NOVEL AWARD – 30 NOVEMBER – 10,000 WORDS
INK TEARS SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 30 NOVEMBER – 1-3,000 WORDS – £1,000
THE NEW WRITER SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 30 NOVEMBER – 500 WORDS + 5,000 WORDS (ANTHOLOGY)
GLIMMER TRAIN SHORT STORY AWARD – 30 NOVEMBER – UP TP 12,000 WORDS – $1,500 + PUBLICATION
SATURDAYS CHILD MAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST – WOMEN ONLY – 25 PAGES – $2,500 – PUBLICATION
BALTIMORE REVIEW SHORT STORY CONTEST – 30 NOV – 3,000 WORDS – THEME: DESTINATION
DECEMBER
WRITERS RETREAT SHORT STORY + POETRY COMP – 31 DEC 2013
RIVER STYX SCHLAFLY BEER MICRO-FICTION CONTEST – 31 DECEMBER – UP TO 500 WORDS – $1,500 + CASE OF BEER + PUBLICATION
*WILLESDEN HERALD SHORT STORY COMPETITION – 21 DECEMBER – 7,500 WORDS
*CARVE MAGAZINE ESOTERIC AWARDS – 31 DEC – 8,000 WORDS
SENTINEL CHAMPIONS – COMPETITIONS 3 TIMES YEAR
CHILDREN’S COMPETITIONS
500 WORDSYOUNG WRITERS – MINI SAGA – 18 MAY – 50 WORDS
JUBILEE CHILDREN’S WRITING COMPETITION – 25 MAY (ABOUT TREES) – 60 WORDS
NATIONAL YOUNG WRITERS’ AWARDS – 12 JUNE – 500 WORDS
COLLINS BIG CAT CHILDRENS’ WRITING COMPETITION
CHAPTER ONE PROMOTIONS SHORT STORY AND YOUNG ILLUSTRATOR AWARD – 31 OCT – 1,000 WORDS – THEMED
MAGAZINES/JOURNALS
A PUBLIC SPACE – Brooklyn based literary journal – submit Sept 15 to April 15
A3 REVIEW – 150 WORDS
AGNI ONLINE – BY 31 MAY – NO WORD COUNT
AMETHYST ARSENIC – POETRY
BARTLEBY SNOPES – 1-1,200 OR 1-3,000 WORDS
BALTIMORE REVIEW – 30 MAY
BANSHEE – 1-31 OCT – 1,500 – 5,000 WORDS (LESS THAN 1,000 FOR FLASH)
BLACKCLOCK (CAL ARTS MFA) – FROM 28 OCT – 3,500 WORDS
BLIP – 1-3,000 WORDS
BOURBON PENN – 2 – 5,000 WORDS
CAKE MAGAZINE – POETRY, FLASH FICTION, REVIEW
CARVE MAGAZINE – UP TO 10,000 WORDS
CONJUNCTIONS LITERARY MAGAZINE – SHORT STORIES
CUTBANK UNI OFMONTANA ITERARY JOURNAL – FICTION/NONFICTION/POETRY – OPEN 15 SEPT – 1 FEB
CUTTHROAT – BY 1 JUNE – 5,000 WORDS
DOGZPLOT – ANYTIME – 200 WORDS
DOGWOOD: A JOURNAL OF POETRY AND PROSE – SUBMIT BETWEEN AUG 1 + OCT 15 – UP TO 25 PAGES
DRAGNET – 1,000 WORDS
DUALITY – 31 MAY – 3,000 WORDS – THEME: SUMMERTIME
DUBLIN QUARTERLY – 3,000 WORDS
ELIMAE – TWICE MONTHLY – ANY LENGTH
EVENT MAGAZINE – 5,000 WORDS
EVERYDAY GENIUS – 500 WORDS
FLASH FORWARD PRESS – 1 APRIL – 1,000 WORDS – ANTHOLOGY
FRACTURED WEST – 500 WORDS – CHECK THEIR WISHLIST
FUSELIT – 1,000 WORDS – SPUR WORD: AMAZON
GEIST
GEORGETOWN REVIEW – SUBMIT BETWEEN 1 SEPT + 31 DEC – ANY LENGTH – POSTAL SUBMISSIONS
GRANTA – 3-6,000 WORDS
HOUSEFIRE – SHORT FICTION/POETRY TO PROMPTS
LES FIGUES – RADICAL PRESS, LA BASED + EVENTS
LIGHTHOUSE – SHORT STORIES + POETRY
LIKE STARLINGS – POETRY
LITRO – SHORT STORIES 3,000 – 5,000 WORDS – NOV THEME: DYSTOPIA. DEC THEME: FAMILY
METAZEN – 2,000 WORDS – EXPERIMENTAL/ABSURD
MONKEYBICYCLE – 1,500 WORDS + 1 LINE STORIES
MOTH MAGAZINE – 2,000 WORDS
N + 1NAP – POETRY/SHORT UP TO 900 WORDS
NECESSARY FICTION – 3,000 WORDS
NEW WORLD WRITING – 1-14 MAY – 500, 1,000 OR 7,000 WORDS
PEAR NOIR – 30 APRIL – 5,000 WORDS
PING PONG JOURNAL/HENRY MILLER – SUBMIT JAN – JUNE – 3,000 WORDS
*POPSHOT MAGAZINE – FLASH FICTION/SHORT STORIES/POETRY/ILLUSTRATION – 2,000 WORDS – THEME: ‘WILD’ – 25 JULY
PRICK OF THE SPINDLE – ANYTIME – ANY LENGTH – TRAD + EXPERIMENTAL – ONLINE + PRINT
PROLE – 7,500 WORDS
PUNCHNELLS – 400 – 1,200 WORDS
RED LIGHTBULBS – POETRY/FICTION – 3,000 WORDS/OTHER
ROOM MAGAZINE – WOMEN ONLY – OCT 31 – 3,500 WORDS
SHAKING MAGAZINE – 1,000 WORDS
SHORT, FAST AND DEADLY – 420 CHARS (APPROX 75 WORDS) – 3 – 5 PER SUBMISSION – THEMED
SHORT FICTION – 1 JAN – 1 MAR, 1 SEPT – 31 DEC – 5,000 WORDS
(SHORT) FICTION COLLECTIVE – 1,500 WORDS
SLICE MAGAZINE – JAN 1 – MAR 1 2014 – “HOPE” – 5,000 WORDS – NOT EXPERIMENTAL/GENRE
SOUTH CIRCULAR – 2,500 WORDS – 21 OCT 2013
SMOKELONG QUARTERLY -ANYTIME – UP TO 1,000 WORDS
STACCATO FICTION – ANYTIME – 500 WORDS
SUBTROPICS – SHORTS/NOVELLAS – UP TO 15,000 WORDS/NOVEL EXTRACTS – BETWEEN SEPT 15 + APRIL 15
TELLER MAGAZINE
THE LIFTED BROW – ALLSORTS
THE LONDON MAGAZINE – UP TO 4,000 WORDS
THE YELLOW ROOM – SUBMIT FEB + SEPT – UP TO 3,000 WORDS – WOMEN ONLY
UNTOWARD MAGAZINE – ANYTIME – ANY LENGTH – HUMOUR
UP
VESTAL REVIEW – 12 WORDS/500 WORDS
VINYL – POETRY/FLASH/SHORT/GROCERY LISTS – MAY
WIGLEAF – 1,000 WORDS
WILD VIOLET – FICTION/CUTTINGS
WORD RIOT – FLASH/SHORT/NOVEL EXCERPTS/POETRY/EXPERIMENTAL
*WRITERS HUB – (BIRKBECK COLLEGE) – 5,000 WORDS
POSTAL SUBMISSIONS:
THE STINGING FLY – 1 JAN – 31 MARCH
ONLINE FORUMS
JUKE POP SERIAL – SUBMIT STORIES
LONDON LITERARY PROJECT – 60 WORD + 250 WORD FLASH FICTION – TIME – LONDON LOCATION
PULP NET – SUBMIT STORIES/READ STORIES
QUICK FICTIONS – SHORT STORY APP – 300 WORDS
THE EUROPEAN SHORT STORY NETWORK
THE 50 WORD FICTION COMPETITION
MONTHLY
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND – SUBMIT STORIES 500 – 2,000 WORDS
JURNL – CONTRIBUTE RESPONSE TO A PHOTO
ANTHOLOGIES
NEW WRITING DUNDEE – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – 1 JULY – 2,000 WORDS
UNTHOLOGY – UP TO 8,000 WORDS – POSTAL SUBMISSION
UNSTRIPPED – GRAPHIC SHORT STORIES – 1 MAY 2013
UNSTUCK BOOKS – SUBMIT UP TO 15,000 WORDS – SCI-FI OR DOMESTIC REALISM WITH A TWIST EG. BALLARD
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
ARCHIVE PRESS – EXPERIMENTAL
UNTITLED – SUBMIT SHORT STORIES
SHORTFIRE PRESS – ONLINE SHORT STORIES – 2,500 – 15,000 WORDS ANYTIME
HONEST PUBLISHING – INTERESTED IN EFFECT; INCOHERENT IS OK
FELLOWSHIPS
THE PUBLIC SPACE FELLOWSHIP – open Sept 15 – Oct 15
ART PRESSES
SALONS/SPOKEN WORD EVENTS
FLEA CIRCUS – TRI-MONTHLY EVENT AT DOGSTAR
LIARS LEAGUE – NYC – FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS – 31 MARCH – 850 – 2,500 WORDS
LIARS LEAGUE – TIME & SPACE (SCI-FI) – 6 APRIL 0 800 – 2,000 WORDS
SOMEWHERE IN PARTICULAR – SITE-SPECIFIC POETRY EVENTS
STORYTAILS – MONTHLY – SUBMIT STORIES 1-3,000 WORDS
LECTURES
ON POETRY AND EXPERIENCE, JULIA BELL, BIRKBECK COLLEGE PODCAST
THE ROLE OF THE LITERARY AGENT, BIRKBECK COLLEGE PODCAST
THE ROLE OF THE EDITOR, BIRKBECK COLLEGE PODCAST
ART COLLECTIVES
OPEN MIC EVENTS
LITERARY CONSULTANCIES
AWARDS
MCKITTERICK PRIZE – DEBUT/UNPUBLISHED NOVEL – OVER 40 – 31 OCTOBER
2014 WILLLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL WRITING AWARD
FILM
MY STREET – SUBMIT 1-10 MIN FILMS ON YOUR STREET
E-BOOK AWARDS
E-KIDWELL AWARD – BEST UNPUBLISHED OR SELF-PUBLISHED E-BOOK AWARD – £10,OOO
PODCASTS
WRITERS’ TALK: Natasha Soobramanien + Luke Williams at the Serpentine Gallery – on strategies of appropriation and transcription
ACADEMIC JOURNALS/FORUMS
SHORT FICTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
ORGANISATIONS
LITERARY DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
WRITING TIPS
ELMORE LEONARD’S 10 RULES FOR WRITING FICTION
FINAL FIXES – MSLEXIA TIPS PDF
SHOW TO CREATE THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS
M J HYLAND ON REVISING AND EDITING
LITERARY GENRES/TERMINOLOGY
INDEPENDENT THEATRE
FESTIVALS
SMALL WONDER SHORT STORY FESTIVAL
CORK INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY FESTIVAL
NORTH LONDON LITERARY FESTIVAL
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL – 20-24 MARCH 2013
RETREATS/FELLOWSHIPS/RESIDENCIES
THE HODDER FELLOWSHIPS – 1 NOV – $68,000 – TEN MONTHS
INTERESTING STUFF/PEOPLE
UBUWEB avant-garde open source website
COURSES
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF WRITING
AGENCIES
HARDMAN + SWAINSON LITERARY AGENCY
WRITERS HUB PODCASTS
THE ROLE OF THE LITERARY AGENCY
FILM
AUTHOR WEBSITES
BLOGS
ARCINFINITY – Sci-Fi Fiction Mag blog
BOB EINSTEIN PRESENTS HIS LITERARY EQUATIONS
TINY CAMELS (JONATHAN GIBBS)
INTERESTING ARTICLES
AMELIA E BARR ON “GENIUS”
HOW TO STAY SANE, NICOLA PERRY
JONNY GELLER IN THE GUARDIAN, OCT 2012
LOCAL BOOKSHOPS
