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Plymouth University’s journal Short FICTION accepts entries to its competition between January 1st and March 31st each year. There is no restriction on theme and stories should not exceed 5000 words. Entry is £10, which allows you to submit 2 stories, as well as entitling you to a free copy of the next issue of Short FICTION. More information from their website:
 

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The Short Story is a new website designed to showcase the best short stories from around the world. They’re currently running an open submission competition to find the best story of 2011. Three cash prizes will be awarded. The deadline is Sept 15.

More info on how to submit work from The Short Story website.

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Alibi TV, in conjunction with HarperCollins and Theakstons Old Peculiar Crime Writing Festival, have launched a crime fiction contest for 2011. They’re looking for short stories of between 1,000 and 2,500 words with a regional setting and a strong sense of place. Entries by noon on 1 May. More details on the Alibi website.

Jackie Kay is the judge for Mslexia Magazine’s 2011 Short Story Competition, which offers a £2,000 first prize and publication in the magazine for all five winning stories.  Previously unpublished short stories of up to 2,200 words by women writers are eligible. Deadline: January 24.

See their excellent website for more information: Mslexia 2011 Women’s Short Story Competition

The Bristol Short Story Prize is now officially open for entries. The prize money for the 2011 contest has doubled: the winning writer will receive £1,000 and all 20 writers whose stories are published in Volume 4 of The Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology will receive at least £100. The winning story will, also, be published in Bristol Review of Books and Venue magazine. And short story fans can look forward to ShortStoryVille- a day-long festival celebrating short stories, to be held next July.

The 2011 judging panel includes Maia Bristol (former UK Sales Manager at Faber & Faber), award-wining short story writer Tania Hershman (highly commended in the 2009 Orange Prize for her collection ‘The White Road and other stories’) and author, illustrator and cartoonist Joe Berger. The competition closes 31st March 2011. The picture shows last year’s winner Valerie O’Riordan, signing a copy of the 2010 anthology.

Founded by the film director Francis Ford Coppola in 1997, Zoetrope  All-Story is a quarterly magazine that aims to explore ‘the  intersection of story and art, fiction and film’. The current issue carries work by Helen Oyeyemi and Tea Obreht; contributors to previous issues include Ethan Coen, Miranda July, Helen Simpson, Woody Allen, Hanif Kureishi and other luminaries.

The magazine also runs an annual short fiction contest, which closes on Oct 1. The winning story will be published in their Spring issue and all short-listed writers will be considered for representation by the William Morris Agency, ICM and other agencies. More details here: Zoetrope All Story Contest