8/16 – 3 High-Paying Summer’s-End Writing Contests

This week’s contest all have deadlines of August 31 or September 1—dates that are coming up fast! Can you believe the summer has flown by so quickly? Personally, I’ll be glad to escape the 100-degree heat of August in Austin (presuming, of course, that things actually start to cool down in September), but with these summer’s-end sweltering-hot prizes, you may want to keep that sizzle going.

Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest

Prize: $1,000 and publication

Entry Fee: $4

Word Count: 1,000 words maximum

Deadline: August 31, 2010

For more info, see the Gemini Magazine website, here.

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PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellowships

Prize: $1,000 fellowships to “emerging poets, fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers from underserved communities. Each winner participates in an 8-month mentorship in Los Angeles with a professional writer, two public readings, and other programming.”

Eligibility: “Writers who do not have significant publication credits, are not enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate writing program, and do not hold a graduate writing degree are eligible.”

Entry Fee: $10

Word Count: Up to 20 pages of poetry or prose PLUS 2 letters of recommendation PLUS entry form required

Deadline: August 31, 2010

Other Notes: Housing is not provided for winners of these fellowships.

For more info, see the PEN Center USA website, here.

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Black Warrior Review 6th-Ever Poetry & Fiction Contests & First-Ever Non-Fiction Contest

Prize: $1,000 and publication for three winners (poetry, short story, essay)

Entry Fee: $15 (includes a year’s subscription to Black Warrior Review)

Word Count: Up to 3 poems of any length, or up to 7,500 words of prose

Deadline: September 1, 2010

To enter, please visit the Black Warrior Review website, here.