Seen and Done

Another selection of writing competitions I might enter during the coming month.

• Reed Magazine’s John Steinbeck Award looks for up to 5,000 words. $20 to enter, first prize $1,000. The deadline is 1 November. Entries need not relate to Steinbeck.
• F(r)iction wants 1,001 to 7,500 words: entry is $15 and first prize $1,000. Again, the deadline is 1 November.
• The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is free to enter for people living in Commonwealth countries. There is a prize of £2,500 for the winner in each region plus £5,000 for the overall winner. Stories must be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. And the deadline is 2 November.
• Curious Curls want stories that embrace curiosity. $2.50 entry for a $250 prize: word limit 10,000. Enter by 15 November.
• Creative Writing Ink looks for pieces up to 3,000 word: entry is £9, through Duosuma. The top prize is £1,000 and the deadline is 15 November.
• Ironclad asks for stories up to 6,000 words on the theme ‘The 14^th Day’ – to be published on Valentine’s Day.. £8.99 to enter, with a rather unexciting prize of £100 plus publication. Deadline 18 November
• The Neilma Sidney prize, from Overland, is for stories about about travel. $20 to enter and the prize is $5,000: send up to 3,000 words by 22 November
• Narrative Magazine will take stories of up to 15,000 words, for an entry fee of $27. The prize is $2,500 and the deadline is 26 November.
• The prestigious Fish Prize is with us again: up to 5,000 words, €22 entry and a €3,000 prize. The deadline is 30 November.
• Prairie Fire, from Canada, look for a maximum of 5,000 words. It costs $34 and first prize is $,1250, with a deadline of 30 November.
• I don’t normally do microfiction, but I’ll make an exception for  Tadpole Press, who want a mere 100 words: it’s $15 to enter and a more generous $2,000 as top prize. Get your entry in by 30 November.

If you get somewhere with one of these, please let me know!