With a hat tip to BV Lawson's In Reference to Murder blog is the Black Orchid Novella Contest sponsored by the Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. The deadline, closing in fast, is May 31. The prize is publication and a standard AHMM contract for your story. You can find all the details here http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/neroaward/black_orchid_award/BO_award_proc.htm
And Esquire Magazine is publishing fiction online but it looks like invitation only but they're sponsoring a fiction contest with a $2500 prize for the winner. You have a 4000 word limit and three titles to choose from for your story. "Twenty-Ten" - "An Insurrection" - "Never, Ever Bring This Up Again" All the details are here http://www.esquire.com/fiction/fiction-contest The deadline for this one is August 1.
If you're wondering how their taste in fiction runs they've posted lots of short stories from some great writers here http://www.esquire.com/fiction This one is courtesy of the Poets and Writers newsletter.
2 comments:
I am working on one where insurrection would fit, but ESQUIRE seems a bit out of my league. More than a bit.
Yeah, but it's always fun to aim high once in a while. Besides, I read some of the stories last night and yours would fit right in with the rest of them.
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