Carve Magazine Short Story Contest
The Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine is one of the world's premier fiction awards for original, unpublished short stories. Maximum length: 10,000 words. Prize mon…
Fire By Nite Awards for Christian Fiction
Seeks short fiction stories with Christian themes. Over $1,000 in prizes plus opportunity for publication. $15 entry fee.
Fish Publishing
Provides information on the international annual short story contest which every year offers a significant cash prize and publishes an anthology of the winning stories.
Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine Contest
Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine seeks short stories in the mystery genre of 5,000 words or less. Prizes total $450 cash plus free subscriptions and possible publication. Entr…
Glimmer Train Awards for Fiction
Glimmer Train Press offers a number of awards for literary short fiction each year. The prize money for short stories less than 2,000 words, for example, totals $2,000. A reading f…
Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
An annual contest for original, unpublished stories up to 3,000 words in length, open to writers who have not yet achieved major market success. Cash prizes total $2,000. Entry fee…
Mixed: Stories About Being Biracial or Multiracial in America
The stories must not exceed 8,000 words and must speak either directly or indirectly about what it is to be biracial or multiracial in the United States. Prize money will be awarde…
Words Magazine
Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year. Limit: 2,000 words. Accepts IRCs for entry fees.
WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest
Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes total $750 for first, second and third pl…
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