May Writing Contests

• New Letters Awards for Writers -- May 18
  $1500 for an original short story not to exceed 8,000 words. Mail entries to: New Letters Awards for Writers, UMKC University House, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, or electronically. $15 entry fee includes subscription.


• Chattahoochee Valley Writers' Youth Contests -- May 22
  Short fiction or essay (500-2,000 words) and poetry (60-line maximum per poem). First Place $200, Second Place $150, Third Place $100. No restriction on number of stories or poems submitted by  authors. Entry fee: $15 per story & for up to 5 poems.


• The Camber Press 
Fiction Chapbook Award -- May 30
  $1,000 and publication of chapbook by Camber Press, Inc. Send entries of 10,000 maximum to Fiction Award, Camber Press, 807 Central Avenue, Suite 2, Peeksill, NY 10566. $15 entry fee.


• University of Georgia Press Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction -- May 31
  Awards of $1,000 for a short story collection; winners are published by the Press under a standard book contract. Send a ms of 50,000 to 75,000 words to: The Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, The University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Drive, Athens GA 30602-4901. $25.00 entry fee.


• The Writer Short-Story Contest -- May 31
  $1,000 and publication in The Writer for first place; $300, second place; $200, third place, for short stories of no more than 2,000 words. Winners also receive free enrollment in Gotham Writers' Workshop writing workshops and seminars and publication on WriterMag.com. Submit online. $10 entry fee.

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