Attention
Women of the Pen ~ Writers!
Here
are three writing contests that will close next month (SEPTEMBER). I hope to
encourage you to enter one or more of them!
The University of Wisconsin Press offers the Brittingham Prize in Poetry annually
for the best book-length collection of original poetry. The winner receives
publication, $1,000, and an honorarium of $1,500 to cover expenses of a reading
in Madison. Deadline: September 30.
L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contest is offered quarterly for new and amateur writers of
science fiction or fantasy short stories and novelettes.
Winners receive quarterly first ($1,000), second ($750), and third ($500) place
prizes, with an annual grand prize of $5,000. The next deadline: September 30.
The Iowa Short Fiction Award is offered annually by the University of Iowa Press
for a first book-length collection of fiction (short stories). Winners receive
publication by the University of Iowa Press with a standard publishing
contract. Deadline: September 30 (postmarked).
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