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| The Ralph Williams Prize for Speculative Fiction | Updated July 09th, 2008 |
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Looking for complete short stories, written in English, fitting into the broad category of speculative fiction. Send short story, entry form, payment, and SASE. Stories must be specified as one of the following: a) Science Fiction: ($1,000.00 prize) Must have some integral element of a scientific nature b) Fantasy ($1,000.00 prize) Any departure from generally accepted limits of present or past reality c) Humor or Horror ($1,000.00 prize) Any speculative fiction grounded in humor or horror. d) Alaskana ($1,000.00 prize) Any speculative fiction with an Alaskan theme or integrated setting. Merely placing the story in Anchorage, if the setting is not integral to the story, will not qualify the entry as Alaskana. Some unique aspect of life in Alaska must be an integral element of story. e) Young adult ($1,000.00 prize) Speculative fiction, which might otherwise fall into any of the above categories, written for and appealing particularly to an audience from upper elementary through high-school level. GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 ($4,000 in addition to $1,000 first place prize = $5,000) Only the first 3,000 entries will be accepted. There will be one prize in each category, as indicated, with a grand prize winner chosen from one of the category winners. Five to six finalists will be chosen in each category, with the final judging to be from this short list. Prizes will be awarded and winning entries read at the Alaska Conference on Speculative Fiction, presently scheduled for October 2008. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction YA contest fantasy horror humor regional sci-fi short story | |
| Lambda Literary Foundation Debut Literary Awards | Updated October 28th, 2008 |
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Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for debut books of fiction by a gay writer and by a lesbian writer published in the current year. Submit four copies of a first novel or a short story collection (or bound galleys) with a $20 entry fee by December 1. A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher. Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories. The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2008. Categories: Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible. Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible. LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible. LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc. LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible. LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography. LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature. LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc. LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible. LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible. LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader. Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone. Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc. send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: $1000+ prize Fiction LGBT YA children's contest erotica fantasy horror literary low entry fee mystery novel romance sci-fi short story | |
| Kate Braverman Short Story Prize | Updated October 10th, 2008 |
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The annual Soul-Making Literary Competition is an extended community arts outreach program of the National League of American Pen Women, Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay Area Branch open to everyone, everywhere and looks for original, freshly creative and finely crafted works that embraces all creative interpretations of English poet, John Keats' statement: "Some say the world is a vale of tears, I say it is a place of soul-making". Judge's Comments: "I am looking for stories that take leaps of pure literary magic, working by a subliminal mysterious process, thus they are works of alchemy and discovery. It is for this sense of discovery, of lines that appear as if they wrote themselves that I write and read. It’s not a question of connecting the dots for me, but finding dots where there are none. Most of what I read in contests these days are really TV sized visions painfully translated onto the page, their inspiration coming from another medium. The stories I choose are fundamentally indigenous to the page, as the aspirations come from the page itself". Do not put your names on your manuscripts, instead, enclose one 3x5 card typed, affixed with a printed label or carefully printed with your name, address, phone, fax, email, and title(s) of work(s) and particular category/categories entered. Category must be indicated on 3x5 card as well as on manuscript.You may enter as many categories and as many times as you wish but you may not enter the same work in more than one category. Young Adult entrants must indicate age on card and manuscript. Previously published works okay (except for Novel Excerpt); however, those winning awards in prior Soul-Making categories may not be resubmitted. Please enclose $5 per entry payable to NLAPW, Nob Hill Branch. Do enclose SASE in your entry package if you wish to receive contest results. Prizes awarded in each category: FIRST PRIZE: $100 SECOND PRIZE: $50 THIRD PRIZE: $25 Winners and honorable mentions will be invited to read at the subsequent awards event held every March at the Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Main Library, Civic Center. send: Complete MS looking for: Short Story specifically: Literary |
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| tags: $100+ prize Fiction contest fantasy literary low entry fee mystery short short story writing | |
| Terror Film Festival | Updated May 17th, 2008 |
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You must submit TWO copies of your script with your submission form and entry fee. Scripts must be bound (no loose pages), with only the TITLE on the outside cover and all contact info on the first inside page (see sample below). Feature length 60-100 pages, short length 01-59 pages. SCREENPLAY SUBMISSIONS July 01 $50 Late “Mad Hatter” Deadline Aug 01 $60 Hospitality "Screenplay Homage” Deadline Aug 24 $75 Last Chance "Zombie" Deadline THE GENRES: HORROR Centered upon or depicting terrifying or macabre events, intense and profound fear, or frightfully shocking and terrifying scenarios. Zombies, vampires, monsters, chainsaws, horromedy, blood, guts, gore, etc. FANTASY Extravagant and unrestrained imagination that forms wonderous or strange fancies, unreal and fantastic, unrestricted by reality. Wizards, faeries, witches, spells, mystical, lore, superheroes, etc. SCIENCE FICTION Imaginatively based scenes based on scientific knowledge or speculation, or the imagined impact of science on society. Space, experiments, galactic, continuums, robots, futuristic, etc. THRILLER Excitement and manifestation that produces keen sensory emotional response and riveting suspense. Twists, noir, spy, mystery, etc. DRAMA Dark situations involving conflicting or contrasting characters and scenarios. Dark psyche, powerful, art horror, psychological, twisted, experimental, macabre, extraordinary, mind-bending, DARK, etc. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay specifically: Horror |
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| tags: $100+ prize fantasy film festival horror sci-fi screenplay short thriller | |
| Shriekfest | Updated May 17th, 2008 |
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Place the completed form, your entry fee check, and 1 (one) copy of your screenplay in a single package for submission. Screenplays must have a title page with the title and writer's name. PRICES: Super shorts (10 pages & under) Regular: $25.00, Late: $35.00 Regular shorts (11 pages-49 pages, including credits) Regular: $35.00, Late: $45.00 Features (50 pages & up) Regular: $45.00, Late: $55.00. Feature screenplay winners will receive: 1) An e-mail announcement containing the logline for their winning screenplay to our list of industry professionals. 2) Placement of at least their logline and synopsis on our password protected web site. They may also place the treatment and/or script. 3) Include a logline for their winning screenplay in our printed publication, which is snail-mailed to 4500 industry professionals. send: Complete MS looking for: Screenplay |
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| tags: contest fantasy film festival horror sci-fi screenplay short thriller | |
| Writers' League of Texas Manuscript Contest | Updated November 17th, 2008 |
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An annual manuscript contest for fiction, creative nonfiction, children's and young adult book writers. Submit a one page synopsis and the first ten pages of your unpublished work to the League's Manuscript Contest. Fiction Categories: - Mainstream Fiction - Thriller/Action-Adventure - Mystery - Romance - Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Historical Fiction The winner in each category meets individually with an agent or editor during the annual Writers' League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference. Entry packet should include: - cover letter with title, contest category, and authors name - signed entry form - four copies of synopsis - four copies of manuscript pages - $50 entry fee - SASE send: Complete MS looking for: Novel |
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| tags: Fiction adventure contest fantasy history literary mystery novel excerpt romance sci-fi | |
