Monday, June 2, is the postmark deadline for the Mid-American Review’s annual contest for prose poem and short shorts, or any prose work 500 words or less.
First prize is $1000 + publication. Ten additional finalists will also be named, with a chance for publication in the fall issue. This year’s judge is Aimee Nezhukumatathil, [...]
You’ve probably heard of all three of the winners of the Narrative Magazine love story contest:
First Place ($2,500) Elizabeth Stuckey-French Interview with a Moron
Second Place ($1,500) Maud Newton Conversations You Have at Twenty
Third Place ($750) Janet Burroway Blackout
Masha Hamilton was also a finalist.
Congrats to all.
The Magic Theatre/Z Space will be presenting a staged reading of Lynne Kaufman’s play ANAIS–about that mad-cap diarist and romantic pioneer, Anais Nin, and her many lovers — Monday, January 14th at 7pm. at The Magic Theatre, Building D. Fort Mason Center. Will Marchetti directs. For reservations call 415 441-8822. $10 suggested donation.
Speaking of amore, [...]
Deadline: November 30. Winners announced Dec. 31. Details at Storyquarterly.
First Prize $2,500, Second Prize $1,500, Third Prize $750.
Also, narrative magazine is now accepting audio recordings of short-short stories, up to five minutes in length. Details on their submissions page. (Scroll to the bottom of the page to see audio submission guidelines.)
A prize of $1,000 and publication by the University of North Texas Press is given annually for a collection of short fiction. Submit a manuscript of 100 to 200 pages with a $20 entry fee by August 29. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines.
Glimmer Train Press Short Fiction Award:
A prize of $1,200 and publication [...]
From Publishers Lunch today:
Borders is holding a fiction contest open to all company employees. They promise to select at least one winner, which they will publish as part of their new proprietary publishing program, “including the full support of Borders merchandising and marketing arsenal.” EVP Rob Gruen says in the release, “We have such confidence [...]
I’ll be reading from THE YEAR OF FOG tonight at Kepler’s in Menlo Park with Ann Cummins, author of YELLOWCAKE. 7:30. 1010 El Camino Real.
Kirk Nesset of Pennsylvania won the 2007 Drue Heinz Literature Prize for the story collection Paradise Road. The manuscript, which was selected by Hilary Masters, will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in Fall 2007.
By way of Maud Newton, a place to send the stories nobody wants:
The Rejected Quarterly rejected fiction contest.
Princeton University - Alfred Hodder Fellowships
Three stipends of $56,000 each are given to writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects in the humanities at Princeton University during the 2007–2008 academic year. Typically the fellows are poets, novelists, creative nonfiction writers, and translators who have published one highly acclaimed work and are undertaking a significant [...]
