Writers Weekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest - Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. Zoetrope: Literary Short Fiction Contest - All entries must be unpublished; no longer than 5,000 words. Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition - An annual contest for original, unpublished stories up to 3,000 words in length, open to writers who have not yet achieved major market success. Cash prizes total $2,000. Entry fee: $10. Deadline mid-May. Florida based. Glimmer Train Awards for Fiction - Offers a number of awards for literary short fiction each year. The prize money for short stories less than 2,000 words, for example, totals $2,000. A reading fee of $10 is required. The Press is also open for submissions where no upfront fees are charged. Munster Literature Centre - Details the Sean O'Faolain Short Story Competition with two thousand Euros in prizes. Limit: 3,000 words. Deadline: July 31. Words Magazine - Seeks original short stories for various themed contests throughout the year. Limit: 2,000 words. Momaya Press - Seeks original short stories on any theme. Limit: 2,500 words. Deadline July 1. Prizes total $300. Entry fee: $10 Word Smitten Flash Fiction Competition - Word Smitten offers a Flash Fiction Contest of 500 words or less. Toasted Cheese Fiction Contests - Toasted Cheese Literary Journal currently offers three short story contests on given themes, each year. No entry fees. Modest prizes. Deadlines vary. The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest - Awards for original, unpublished short stories. Only three entries per author are permitted. Scribes Valley Publishing - Annual Writing Contest - Annual fiction short story writing contest. Winners published in annual contest anthology. Open to all writers. Knoxville, Tennessee. Dream Quest One Poetry and Writing Contest - Write a poem, 30 lines or fewer on any subject or write short story, 5 pages maximum on any theme for a chance to win cash prizes. The Writer - Contest - Short story contest. Contest listings. Email newsletter with contest listings available. WOW! Women On Writing - Quarterly writing contest every three months. Flash fiction. Indiana Review - Contests - Short story of up to 8,000 words. Txt Lit - Write a story in 155 characters or less and enter monthly competitions via mobile phone. A prize is awarded every month. Open to UK mobile users only. InkTears - International competition for short story writers successfully published in magazines and/or placed in competitions. Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction - Collections of original short fiction. Open to both published and unpublished writers. University of Georgia Press. Less Than 100 Words - Write a story in less than 100 words, incorporating the prompt given. Prize is £20. Atlantis Short Story Conest - Annual short story contest. Cash prizes and in-depth feedback await unpublished writers. No theme or genre restrictions.