I’ve been doing a lot of research into upcoming short story competitions this year with the intention of submitting to as many as I can. Since I’ve done the research I figure I should share it. So here is my list of short fiction competitions with deadlines in March. Happy submitting!
F(r)iction Winter Literary Competition
Deadline: 1 March
Theme: None
Categories: Nonfiction, short story, flash fiction, poetry, twitter
Length: specific to category
Entry Fee: specific to category
Prizes: specific to category
Paranormal Short Story Competition
Deadline: 1 March
Theme: None
Genre: Paranormal
Length: 500 – 5000 words (lenient)
Entry Fee: Free
Prizes: Publication in Anthology + cash prize for overall winner
Mulga Bill Writing Award
Deadline: 2 March
Theme: must use the word Eaglehawk
Categories: Short Story or Poem
Length: Short story: 2000 words, Poem: 25 lines
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: Short story: $500, Poem: $200
Neil Gunn Writing Competition
Deadline: 3 March
Theme: None
Categories: Short Story or Poem
Length: Short story: 2500 words, Poem: 40 lines
Entry Fee: £8
Prizes: £500
Other: Categories for children and adults
Jugiong Short Story Competition
Deadline: 10 March
Theme: None
Categories: Short Story or Poem
Length: 1000 words
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: $50
Other: Categories for children and adults
The Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: 14 March
Theme: None
Length: 10 – 50 pages
Entry Fee: $17
Prizes: $2000
The Newfound Prose Prize
Deadline: 15 March
Theme: None
Categories: Fiction and nonfiction
Length: 15 – 60 double-spaced pages of prose
Entry Fee: $15
Prizes: $500 + publication (25 contributor copies)
Other Info: This competition is for a chapbook not a single story
Mslexia Women’s Short Fiction Prize
Deadline: 20 March
Theme: None
Genre: Any
Length: 300 – 3000 words
Entry Fee: £10
Prizes: £2000
Other: Flash fiction also accepted
The Sheila Malady Short Story Competition
Deadline: 23 March
Theme: Light/Dark and inspired by Shakespeare’s plays
Length: 2000 words
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: First place is $300, 2x tickets to the Community Play performances, handcrafted timber quill. Local prize and writer under 18 years prize also.
21st Annual Parsec Short Story Contest
Deadline: 31 March
Theme: A hidden underlying truth
Genre: SF/Fantasy/Horror
Length: 3500 words
Entry Fee: Free
Prizes: 1st – $200 + publication / 2nd – $100 / 3rd – $50
Henry Lawson Verse & Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31 March
Theme: None
Categories: Verse and Short Story
Length: Verse limited to 48 line, short stories limited to 2000 words
Entry Fee: $15 per entry
Prizes: Multiple cash prizes
Flash 500
Deadline: 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 31 December
Theme: None
Length: 500 words
Entry Fee: £5 for one story, £8 for two stories
Prizes: £300
Alan Marshall Short Story Award
Deadline: 31 March
Theme: None
Length: 2500 words
Entry Fee: $20
Prizes: Open: $2000 + mentoring with Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and a year’s ASA membership. Local: $700 + mentoring with Writers Victoria (WV) and a year’s WV membership.
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