Literary Contests

Katharine Anne Porter Prize & other Awards

August 23, 2007
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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 in Glimmer Train Stories is given twice yearly for a short story. Online submissions are encouraged. Submit a story of no more than 3,000 words with a $15 entry fee by July 31. Details here. Creative nonfiction contests: The Hunger Mountain Creative...

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why you should work at Borders

August 14, 2007
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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 in the talents of our staff that we are anticipating multiple winners and hope to publish fictional works ranging from mysteries and thrillers to romance and historical novels.” Prominent placement and in-store advertising for a book come at considerable cost to publishers, so...

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Kepler’s tonight

April 9, 2007
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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.

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Paradise Road

March 1, 2007
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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.

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unwanted

January 28, 2007
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By way of Maud Newton, a place to send the stories nobody wants: The Rejected Quarterly rejected fiction contest.

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