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Home / Arts / Writers Resources / Contests / Short Stories
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- AWW Short Story Competition - The Australian Women's Weekly offers a first prize of $20,000 for an original, unpublished short story, where the central character is a woman. Open to Australian residents only.
lifestyle.ninemsn.com.au/aww/Books/articles/Feature/article233.asp
- Christmas In The Country Writing Contest - Short stories, poems, letters, essays, and articles are required.
www.christmasinthecountry.net
- CoffeeBeanShop.com - Short story contests based on coffee themes. Contests are ongoing, check the site for the current coffee theme.
coffeebeanshop.com/writers.html
- Hero Publishing - Hero Publishing offers a $5000.00 cash prize for the best true story about people and their heroic actions.
www.heropublishing.com
- Novelists Bursting With Imagination - Shorty story writers contest: woman's fiction, childrens fiction, sci-fi, mystery and poetry. Writers may enter one story per category. See our web site for entry form and rules and guidelines.
www.nbwi.net
- PEP Writers' Contest II - Contestants are asked to write 500 words (or less) of a story with a set opening sentence. First Prize: $10,000. Second Prize: $5,000. Third Prize: $2,500.
www.thewritecoach.com/contest.htm
- Springtime Writers - Contests for short stories, short essays and poetry. Includes guidelines, prize information, a "story of the month", and information on writing workshops.
springtimewriters.com/s-publ.htm
- Story Tellers Contest - An open short story competition, with a weekly prize of £100. Annual Prizes of £1000, £500 and £300. Entry fee only £5. Winning stories published every Monday.
www.story-tellers.co.uk
- The Fiction Factor - Lists a variety of short story contests, describing each.
www.fictionfactor.com/contests.html
- Tom Howard Short Story Contest - An annual contest for original short stories of less than 8,000 words, providing both on-line and traditional print publication for both new and professional authors. The contest closes at the end of March each year. Prize money currently totals $1,250. Useful information and writing tips are provided.
www.tomhowardbooks.com
- Weekly Dialog - Writers' contests offer cash prizes in novels, poetry and short stories.
www.weeklydialog.com
- WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest - Ongoing contests with $5 entry fee. Cash prizes for first, second and third places.
www.writersweekly.com/misc/contest.html
- Writing Contests Short Stories and Poetry - Short Story and Poetry Contests, sponsored by Writers Unknown, offer authors Cash Awards and the opportunity to have their literary work published in a semi-annual publication.
www.writersunknown.com
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