Contests
19 Short Story Competitions in 2015
Competitions for Writers: March and April 2015
Publication Opportunities for Writers: March and April 2015
Elizabeth Jolley $8000 Short Story Prize: Entries Close 1 May
The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective
Almost Island Manuscript Competition
Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards
The Virginia Prize for Fiction
The 2014 Wasafiri New Writing Prize
The 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Calls for Submission
Malaysia: Call for submissions for the Calistro Prize
Free to enter: Dark Places Writing Competition (fiction | £50 top prize)
No entry fee | Verse Junkies Poetry Competition | $100 top prize
“Skin”: Call for submission for a Botswana-Singapore literary collaboration
Call for contributions: The Male Body in Victorian Literature and Culture
e-MOTE Digital Storytelling Competition 2013
Asymptote: Close Approximations – A Translation Contest
Call for submissions | Jaggery DesiLit Journal
Call for Stories: Ubud, Indonesia
Altogether Elsewhere: Math Paper Press, Singapore
The Short Story (entry fee; deadline 15 Sept, 2013)
Scholastic Asian Book Award 2014
Call for submissions | paying market: 5 cents per word for fiction | Penumbra Magazine
Paying market | 5 cents per word for fiction | Lore magazine
No entry fee | £200 prize for the best short story | 2013 James White Award | worldwide
No entry fee | $1,500 top prize | 2013 Fountain Essay Contest | worldwide
Writer’s guidelines | pay: $20-$25 per article | The Savvy Explorer | worldwide
Fellowships
Residencies
Writer in the Gardens Residency Programme, Singapore
The M Writer’s Residencies 2014-15, China
Toji Cultural Centre Residency For Writers, Japan
Bellagio Center: Academic Writing Residency, Italy
Scottish Universities’ International Summer School
The World’s Best Writers Retreats
Funds