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Sunday, November 9, 2008

contests for fiction writers

TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL FICTION CONTESThttp://www.tennesseewilliams.net/contest ---$20 ENTRY FEE Grand Prize $1,500
VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), March 25-29, 2009
Publication in the New Orleans Review
Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend
Public Reading
Second Prize: $200, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass.Third Prize: $100, a Public Reading, and Festival Pass.
Short stories, written in English, up to 7,000 words.Deadline: November 15, 2008 (postmark). Only open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. Stories must be previously unpublished.
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HACKNEY SHORT STORY AND POETRY AWARDShttp://www.bsc.edu/events/writing-today/hackney.htm---$10 ENTRY FEE
The winners will be announced at the conference on March 13-14, 2009. Length not to exceed 5,000 words per story.
Poetry not to exceed 50 lines per entry. Deadline December 31, 2008. Awards $5,000 in annual prizes for poetry and short fiction, ($2,500 national and $2,500 state level; 1st place, $600; 2nd place, $400; and 3rd place, $250).