2008 Wabash Prize for Fiction

Type: Writing Contest

Deadline and reading fee: March 15, 2008. 10$

How to Enter the Contest: Submit one story or collection of related short shorts per standard entry. Please do not send excerpts or chapters of novels. Entries may be no more than 10,000 words. All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with author's name and contact information (address, telephone, and email address) as well as the titles and word counts of all entries submitted. The author’s name may not be on the manuscript itself. Manuscript pages should be numbered and should include the title of the piece. Work should be double spaced.

MAIL ENTRIES TO:

2008 Wabash Prize for Fiction
Sycamore Review
Department of English
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette , IN 47907

Prizes: $1,000

URL Contest: Sycamore Review

Mississippi Review Prize 2008

Type: Writing Contest

Eligibility: Open to all writers in English except current or former students or employees of The University of Southern Mississippi.

Timing and entry fees: April 1, 2008 - October 1, 2008. Fee is $15 per entry.

How to Enter the Contest:
Winners and finalists will comprise next Winter's print issue of the national literary magazine "Mississippi Review".Fiction entries should be 1000-5000 words, poetry entries should be three poems totaling 10 pages or less. There is no limit on the number of entries you may submit.
SEND YOUR ENTRIES TO
Mississippi Review Prize 2008
118 College Drive #5144,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406-0001

Prizes:
Awarding $1,000 each in fiction and poetry.

URL Contest: MississippiReview.com

Selected Shorts Writing Contest 2008

Type: Writing Contest

Deadlines: March 14, 2008.

How to Enter the Contest:
Submit a single short story that addresses the question or the general theme, Are We There Yet? You may interpret this question however you please. Note that the other stories in the Selected Shorts program on May 21, 2008 are all stories that take place in transit - in cars on road trips, on planes and trains, or walking from one place to another - but we also welcome submissions that use the theme of the evening, "are we there yet?," as a diving board into other literary territory.
Your story must have a title.
Make sure your name and contact information appear on the first page of your story. If you are submitting by email, this information needs to appear on the first page of the attached Word document. Include page numbers.
Your story must be no more than 4 double-spaced typed pages in length (we recommend 12 pt, Times New Roman font).

Email your submission as a Word attachment, with "CONTEST" in the subject line of the email, to shorts@symphonyspace.org.
Or Mail to
CONTEST, Selected Shorts
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
New York, NY 10025.

Prizes: The winner will receive $1000.

URL Contest: Symphony Space