@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialMidnight Magazine invites fiction of 500-1,200 words based around the theme provided. Open 7 to 14 September, with cash prizes from $25 to $300.
All the details are here →
https://midnight-writers.com/midnight-magazine
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@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialSubmit your 1,000-3,000-word story based on one of Reedsy Prompts’ five weekly prompts on one theme by next Friday for a chance to win $250.
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https://reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/
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@newpages.bsky.socialMichael Hettich will be the final judge of the Willow Springs Magazine Surrealist Poetry Prize. Enter 1-3 poems with $15 fee by September 15 (next Tuesday). Winner receives $1,000 and publication.
@newpages.bsky.social$1,000, book publication, and 50 copies are awarded to the winner of Cloudbank Books' Vern Rutsala Book Prize. Enter unpublished poetry, flash fiction, or a combo of both genres by October 31. $25 fee. Final judge: Leslie Ullman.
@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialNew to speculative fiction? The Writers of the Future Contest is free to enter, takes stories up to 17,000 words, and closes 30 September. $1,000 for the quarterly winner.
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https://writersofthefuture.com/enter-writer-contest/
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@newpages.bsky.socialThe Aggrey & Tabbikha Prize for Poetry is open to first and second collections by poets who identify as Black and/or part of the S.W.A.N.A. diaspora. September 20 deadline. Winner receives book publication, copies, $500, & weeklong writing retreat. $20 fee.
@newpages.bsky.socialMissouri Review's Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize awards $5,000, publication, and promotion per genre. Enter fiction, essays, and poetry by October 1. There is a fee. All entries considered for publication.
@newpages.bsky.socialIf you submit to the Next Generation Short Story Awards by September 30, you can add a second category for your story for free. They are open to submissions of unpublished stories and poems in English through January 28. 30+ categories available. There is a fee.
@dceducation.bsky.socialEverything you need to know about the 2026 DCCED Writing Contest 📚📝
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Authors, start your engines because the deadline is OCTOBER 21, 2026.
More info at dc-canada.ca
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@lilyluz.bsky.socialI PLACED 5TH IN ODD EMBERS LITERAL CONTEST!
It's my first win in ANY contest. So proud my shotgun riding time witch⏳🧙🏻 landed among all the other FANTASTIC winning stories: oddembers.com/home/literal...
Extra excited for the Halloween challenge 🦇🎃🔥 Who else is in?
@newpages.bsky.socialGlass Knuckles Press is accepting entries to its first ever Underdog Prize. $5 fee. Open to raw, gritty, and provocative poetry, fiction, & nonfiction through September 30. Winner receives $150.
@newpages.bsky.socialNext week, September 15, is the deadline to submit unpublished fiction manuscripts to Boudin's Novelette Chapbook Contest. Final judge is Robert Olen Butler. $20 fee. Winner receives $1,000, chapbook publication, copies, & more.
@realrmdavenport.bsky.socialCheck out the submissions call for Glass Knuckles Press! First place winner takes home $150 and the Underdog Prize.
#smallpress #indiepress #litmag #WritingCommunity #writingcontest #opencall #opensubmissions
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@ugbookshelf.bsky.socialThe September writing contest is open for submissions! The theme is OWN VOICES! Details are at the link. Reach out with any questions.
#OwnVoices #writingcontest #writing #writesky #booksky #poetry #ShortStory #essays #memoirs
@aprilberrybooks.bsky.socialSO MANY GREAT CHOICES! How will these lucky winners ever decide???
Several of our #KidlitChuckleChallenge prize sponsors are offering a winner's choice, and - GAH! - choosing between these amazing options will be nearly impossible. 🤯
@thecreativesplurge.bsky.social€300 is up for grabs in the Anthology Magazine Flash Fiction Competition, open for stories up to 250 words until 30 September.
All the details are here →
https://anthology-magazine.com/awards/flash-fiction-competition/
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@aprilberrybooks.bsky.socialBOOK MAIL? YES, PLEASE! 🤩
If you also love receiving books in the mail, then you should definitely check out these #KidlitChuckleChallenge prizes. 👀
@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialNYC Midnight will provide the genre, theme and an emotion, then ask for a rhyming story with a plot. With three rounds, and a prize pool over $7,500, register by 15 September.
All the details are here →
https://www.nycmidnight.com/rhyme
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@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialMidnight Magazine invites fiction of 500-1,200 words based around the theme provided. Open 7 to 14 September, with cash prizes from $25 to $300.
All the details are here →
https://midnight-writers.com/midnight-magazine
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@thecreativesplurge.bsky.socialAustralian writers, the Roly Sussex Short Story Competition is open for stories up to 3,000 words until 18 September. First prize $7,500, second prize $1,500.
All the details are here →
https://www.esu.org.au/roly-sussex-short-story-competition-2026/
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