“Contests build your platform.” –Brenda Knight, Mango Publishing Group
“They also build your credibility.” — B. Lynn Goodwin, Writer Advice
November Deadlines
There are 15 literary magazines with November deadlines listed on CLMP.
Do you know about the calls for submissions on New Pages?
Have you looked at Writer Advice’s Latest Contest?
Curious Curls Fiction Contest 2023
15 November 2023
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Ironclad Short Story Competition
Deadline: 16 November 2023
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InkWellness Writing Competition
Deadline: 17 November 2023
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Wild Words Poetry Submissions
Deadline: 19 November 2023
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Ghost Stories at the Bookshop
Deadline: 23 November 2023
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WOW! Women on Writing Fall 2023 Flash Fiction Contest
Deadline: 30 November 2023
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Tadpole Press 100-Word Writing Contest
30 November 2023
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Anthology Travel Writing Competition
30 November 2023
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The Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Competition
30 November 2023
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Narratively 2023 Memoir Prize
30 November 2023
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WRITER’S DIGEST SHORT SHORT STORY COMPETITION
$30 ENTRY FEE. Early-bird deadline November 15, 2023. One First Place Winner will receive $3,000, their short story title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s September/October 2024 issue, and a paid trip to the Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, including a coveted Pitch Slam slot. The Second Place Winner will receive $1,500 and their short story title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s September/October 2024 issue. The Third Place Winner will receive $500 and their short story title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s September/October 2024 issue. Fourth through Tenth Place Winners will receive $100 and their short story titles published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s September/October 2024 issue. The Eleventh through Twenty-Fifth Place Winners will receive a $50 gift certificate for writersdigestshop.com. Limit 1,500 words.
WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING FALL FLASH FICTION CONTEST
$10 ENTRY FEE. Deadline November 30, 2023. Seeking short fiction of any genre between 250-750 words. The mission of this contest is to inspire creativity, great writing, and provide well-rewarded recognition to contestants. Open internationally. Limit: 300 entries. First Place: $400, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Second Place: $300, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Third Place: $200, publication, interview, and $25 Amazon Gift Certificate. Seven Runners Up receive $25 Amazon Gift Cards, publication, and interview. Ten Honorable mentions receive a $20 Amazon Gift Card. Top 10 stories are published in the WOW! Women On Writing ezine, and contestants are interviewed on WOW’s blog, The Muffin.
Questions? Please ask either the publication or me. Use whichever seems more appropriate.
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October Contests
If something appeals and the deadline is past, take a look at the site anyway. When is the next contest?
The following contests and writing opportunities have one thing in common. Their deadline is sometimes in the last half of October, 2023. Look for your genre. Click on the link. See if they’re looking for something you’ve written. Submit. Come back in November for more possibilities. These were all listed at NewPages.com.
If your organization has an opportunity you’d like to list here, we’d be happy to post it. Please include the link, the genre(s), the fee if any, and the deadline.
What kinds of contests would you like to see here? What genres do you write? Tell us. Use the Contact Box on the Home Page.
Arts Club of Washington. The Marfield Prize. Nonfiction. No Fee. 10/15
Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop. Phillip H. McMath Post Publication Book Award. All Genres. Entry Fee. 10/15
Bateau Press. Boom Chapbook Contest. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Hybrid Writing. Entry Fee. 10/15
Copper Nickel. The Jake Adam York Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/15
CutBank. Big Sky, Small Prose: Flash Contest. Fiction, Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/15
Does It Have Pockets. (One Hand in My) Pocket Flash Fiction Contest. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/15
EVENT. Non-Fiction Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/15
Grain Magazine. The Kloppenburg Hybrid Grain Contest. Hybrid Works. Entry Fee. 10/15
Indiana Review. Fiction Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/15
Palette Poetry. The Resistance and Resilience Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/15
Poetic Justice Institute. Poetic Justice Prizes. Poetry. Entry Fee (BIPOC author – No Fee). 10/15
PULP Literature. Raven Short Story Contest. Fiction, Cross-Genre. Entry Fee. 10/15
Saints & Sinners Literary Festival. Poetry Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/15
Silverfish Review Press. Gerald Cable Book Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/15
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans LIterary Festival. Very Short Fiction Contest/Poetry Contest. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/15
University of Louisville. The Calvino Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/15
Alice James Books. Alice James Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/16
New Letters. Editor’s Choice Award. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Cross-Genre. Entry Fee. 10/16
Eyelands. Eyelands Book Awards. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children’s Books, Graphic Novels. Entry Fee. 10/20
Overland. Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize/Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/20
Diode Editions. Book Contest, Chapbook Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/30
Anthology. Flash Fiction Competition. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Anthology. Poetry Competition. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Black Lawrence Press. Black River Chapbook Competition. Poetry, Prose. Entry Fee. 10/31
The Bedford Competitions. Fiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Carlow University Creative Writing Program. Patricia Dobler Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
CBC Books. CBC Short Story Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Cloudbank Books. Vern Rutsala Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
The Comstock Review. Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
CRAFT. Flash Prose Prize. Prose. Entry Fee. 10/31
Elixir Press. Annual Poetry Awards. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Haiku Poets of Northern California. San Francisco International Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka Contest. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Headmistress Press. Sappho’s Prize in Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Hollins University. Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest. Poetry. 10/31
Letter Review. Prize for Art, Prize for Books, Prize for Nonfiction, Prize for Poetry, Prize for Short Fiction. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Minerva Rising. Memoir Contest. Entry Fee. 10/31
North Carolina Literary Review. Doris Betts Fiction Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Persea Books. Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Pithead Chapel. Larry Brown Short Story Award. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
The Plaza Prizes. Poetry Prize (20 Lines). Entry Fee. 10/31
Raleigh Review. Flash Fiction Prize. Fiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Red Hen Press. Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
River Teeth. Literary Nonfiction Book Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tofu Ink. Visionary Arts Poetry Prize. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tucson Festival of Books. Literary Awards Competition. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Tupelo Press. Helena Whitehill Book Award. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
University of North Texas Press. Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry. Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Witness.Witness Literary Awards. Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry. Entry Fee. 10/31
Writing Battle. Autumn Battle. Short Story. Entry Fee. 10/31 (registration); 11/6 (entry)
WOW! Women on Writing. Creative Nonfiction Essay Contest. Nonfiction. Entry Fee. 10/31
Which contests are you submitting to? If you want to make a list and share it, we’d love to see it. We might ask you to write a follow up article telling what you submitted and where you were successful. Why not give it a try? Thanks!
