A CUP OF COMFORT
57 Littlefield St.
Avon MA 02322
Fax: (508)427-6790
E-Mail: cupofcomfort@adamsmedia.com
Web site: www.cupofcomfort.com

A Cup of Comfort is the best-selling book series featuring inspiring true stories about the relationships and experiences that deeply affect our lives. Stories must be true, written in English, uplifting, and appropriate for a mainstream audience. This prize includes publication in an anthology. Contest is offered 2-4 times/year. Open to aspiring and published writers. Allow 6-9 months for response.

Prize: $500 grand prize; $100 for all other stories published in each book (50-60 stories/anthology).

Deadline:  6-12 months prior to publication
Guidelines:  Guidelines on website, for SASE, or by e-mail.
Entry Fee:  None

AMY WRITING AWARDS
The Amy Foundation
P.O. Box 16091
Lansing MI 48901
Phone: (517)323-6233
Fax: (517)323-7293
E-Mail: amyfoundtn@aol.com
Web site: www.amyfound.org

Offered annually for nonfiction articles containing scripture published in the previous calendar year in the secular media.

Prize:  1st Prize: $10,000; 2nd Prize: $5,000; 3rd Prize: $4,000; 4th Prize: $3,000; 5th Prize: $2,000; and 10 prizes of $1,000

Deadline:  January 31
Entry Fee:  None

ANNIE DILLARD AWARD IN CREATIVE NONFICTION
Bellingham Review
Mail Stop 9053
Western Washington University
Bellingham WA 98225
Phone:  (360)650-4863
E-Mail:  bhreview@cc.wwu.edu
Web site:  www.wwu.edu/~bhreview

Offered annually for unpublished essays on any subject and in any style. Guidelines for SASE or online.

Prize:  1st Place: $1,000, plus publication and copies. All finalists considered for publication. All entrants receive subscription.

Deadline:  December 1-March 15
Entry Fee:  $15/1st entry, $10/additional entry.

AWP AWARD SERIES
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Carty House, Mail Stop 1E3
George Mason University
Fairfax VA 22030
Phone:  (703)993-4301
Fax:  (703)993-4302
E-Mail:  awp@awpwriter.org
Web site:  awpwriter.org

Offered annually to foster new literary talent. Categories: poetry (Donald Hall Poetry Prize), short fiction (Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction), novel, and creative nonfiction. Guidelines for SASE or online. Open to any writer.

Prize:   Cash honorarium--4,000 for Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and Grace Paley Prize in Short Fiction, and $2,000 each for novel and creative nonfiction--and publication by a participating press.

Deadline:   January 1-February 28 (postmarked)
Entry Fee:   $20/nonmembers; $10/members

BOULEVARD SHORT FICTION CONTEST FOR EMERGING WRITERS
Boulevard Magazine
6614 Clayton Rd.
PMB #325
Richmond Heights MO 63117
Phone: (314)862-2643
Web site: www.richardburgin.net/boulevard

Offered annually for unpublished short fiction to a writer who has not yet published a book of fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction with a nationally distributed press. “We hold first North American rights on anything not previously published.” Open to any writer with no previous publication by a nationally known press. Guidelines for SASE or on website.

Prize:  $1,500, and publication in 1 of the next year's issues.

Deadline:  December 15
Entry Fee:  $15 fee/story; includes 1-year subscription to Boulevard

BYLINE MAGAZINE AWARDS
P.O. Box 111
Albion NY 14411
Web site: www.bylinemag.com

Contest includes several monthly contests, open to anyone, in various categories that include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature; an annual poetry chapbook award which is open to any poet; and an annual ByLine Short Fiction and Poetry Award open only to our subscribers. For chapbook award and subscriber awards, publication constitutes part of the prize, and winners grant first North American rights to ByLine.

Prize:  Monthly Contests: Cash and listing in magazine; Chapbook Award: Publication of chapbook, 50 copies, and $200; ByLine Short Fiction and Poetry Award: $250 in each category, plus publication in the magazine

Deadline:  Varies
Entry Fee:  $3-5 for monthly contests; $15 for chapbook contest

C. WRIGHT MILLS AWARD
The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
University of La Verne
1950 3rd Street
La Verne CA 91750
Phone: (865)689-1531
Fax: (865)689-1534
E-Mail: delgadoh@utk.edu
Web site: www.sssp1.org

Offered annually for a book published the previous year that most effectively critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance; brings to the topic a fresh, imaginative perspective; advances social scientific understanding of the topic; displays a theoretically informed view and empirical orientation; evinces quality in style of writing; and explicitly or implicitly contains implications for courses of action.

Prize:  $500 stipend

Deadline:  January 16
Entry Fee:  None

CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION MOSAID TECHNOLOGIES INC. AWARD FOR FICTION
Box 419, 320 South Shores Rd.
Campbellford ON K0L 1L0
Canada
Phone:  (705)653-0323 or (866)216-6222
Fax:  (705)653-0593
E-Mail:  admin@canauthors.org
Web site:  www.canauthors.org

Offered annually for a full-length novel by a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant. Entry form required. Obtain entry form from contact name or download from website.

Prize:  $2,500 and a silver medal

Deadline:  December 15
Guidelines:  Guidelines for SASE.
Entry Fee:  $35 fee (Canadian)

JUST DESSERTS SHORT-SHORT FICTION CONTEST
Passages North
Dept. of English, Northern Michigan University
1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette MI 49855

Phone:  (906)227-1203
Fax:  (906)227-1096
E-Mail:  passages@nmu.edu
Web site:  myweb.nmu.edu/~passages

Offered every even year to publish new voices in literary fiction (maximum 1,000 words). Guidelines available for SASE or online.

Prize:  $1,000, and publication for the winner; 2 honorable mentions also published; all entrants receive a copy of Passages North.

Deadline:  Submit September 15-January 15
Entry Fee:  $10 reading fee/story

TICKLED BY THUNDER FICTION CONTEST
Tickled by Thunder fiction magazine
14076 86A Ave.
Surrey BC V3W 0V9
Canada

E-Mail:  info@tickledbythunder.com
Web site:  www.tickledbythunder.com

Annual contest to encourage unpublished fiction writers.

Prize:  $150, subscription, publication, and 2 copies of the magazine

Deadline:  February 15
Eligibility:  Open to any writer
Guidelines:  Guidelines for SASE.
Entry Fee:  $10/story (free for subscribers)