The deadline for the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival's 6th Annual Fiction Contest is November 15. The winner will receive a $1500 honorarium, publication in Louisiana Literature, and an invitation to read at the New Orleans Literary Festival, airfare and accommodations included. To submit, visit http://con13.
The ninth annual Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. The deadline is December 1st. The prize is given annually for a poetry collection by an author who has published no more than one previous collection, and rewards the winner with a purse of $3,000, publication on both sides of the Atlantic, and a reading with the judge at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. More information and submissions guidelines are available at
http://waywiser-press.com/news.html#hechtprize9
The deadline for the Crab Orchard Review's Special Issue Feature Awards is November 15th. One winner will be chosen in each category: Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Nonfiction. The special issue's theme is "The West Coast and Beyond." More information is available at https://craborchardreview.
The Popcorn Farm, a new journal dedicated to film-inspired poetry, short stories, and essays, is now accepting submissions. Complete guidelines are available at
http://popcornlitkernels.wordpress.com/submission-guidelines/
Compose: A Journal of Simply Good Writing is now accepting fiction, poetry, nonfiction and artwork for their Spring 2014 issue. Submission guidelines: http://composejournal.com/
The Vermillion Literary Project (VLP) at the University of South Dakota is
currently seeking submissions of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction
for its April 2014 issue of the VLP magazine, the University's only
student-produced literary journal. The deadline is December 15. For submission guidelines, visit
http://sites.usd.edu/projlit/vlp-magazine/submit-your-work
