Contests

Welcome to the LitList literary contests page. Below is a list of contests that publishers have added to their LitList profiles. You can sort this list by clicking on the column titles. By default, this list is sorted by contest deadline.

Contest Title Publisher Reading Fee Prize Deadline
Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction Colorado Review $15 $1500 3/12/2010
Prairie Schooner Book Prize Prairie Schooner $25 $3000 3/15/2010
Winter Story Contest Narrative Magazine $20 $4000 3/31/2010
Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Glimmer Train Stories $20 $2000 3/31/2010
2010 Sharing a Part of Me MJR Publications, LLC $35 $895 4/1/2010
Animals Creative Nonfiction $20 $1000 4/2/2010
Discovering the Undiscovered Grace Notes Books $20 $1000 4/15/2010
Poetry Contest Indiana Review $15 $1000 4/16/2010
Glimmer Train's Family Matters Glimmer Train Stories $15 $1200 4/30/2010
32nd Annual Literary Awards: The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry Nimrod International Journal $20 $2000 4/30/2010
Short Story Contest Judged by Susan Minot H.O.W. Journal $20 $1000 5/15/2010
Janet B. McCabe Poetry Prize - 2010 Ruminate $15 $800 5/15/2010
The Alexander Patterson Capon Fiction Award, The New Letters Poetry Award and The Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Award New Letters $15 $1500 5/18/2010
Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers Glimmer Train Stories $15 $1200 5/31/2010
FIELD Poetry Prize FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics $25 $1000 5/31/2010
Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Glimmer Train Stories $20 $2000 6/30/2010
THE FIRST MHR KNOCK OUR HATS OFF CONTEST Mad Hatters’ Review $12 $250 6/30/2010
Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award Glimmer Train Stories $15 $1200 7/31/2010
Glimmer Train's Short Story Award for New Writers Glimmer Train Stories $15 $1200 8/31/2010
Glimmer Train's Fiction Open Glimmer Train Stories $20 $2000 9/30/2010
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