The NCWN’s Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest is open to pieces of flash prose, fiction or creative nonfiction, of no more than 1,000 words. Entrants must have a mailing address in North Carolina or one of its four adjacent states (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), or be a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. The Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest honors Marianne Gingher, former director of the Creative Writing Program at UNC Chapel Hill and editor of the pioneering flash anthology Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by 65 of North Carolina’s Finest Writers. The contest is administered by Cold Mountain Review at Appalachian State University. The winner receives $500 and possible publication in Cold Mountain Review.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to anyone with a mailing address in North Carolina or one of its four adjacent states (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), and to members of the North Carolina Writers’ Network
- Entries must be unpublished* single pieces of flash prose, 1,000 words or less.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
An entry fee must accompany each piece. Multiple submissions are accepted, one piece per entry fee: $5 for NCWN members, $8 for non-members. - You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
- To submit online you must create an account with Submittable, which will collect your entry fee. If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.
To submit as a Member of NCWN ($5), click here. - To submit as a Non-Member of NCWN ($8), click here.
- If submitting by mail, submit two copies of each flash piece, double-spaced on single-sided pages, in black 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.
- If submitting by mail, do not include the author’s name on the piece(s). Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and title(s).
- To submit by USPS:
Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest
NCWN
PO Box 21591
Winston-Salem, NC 27120 - Entries will not be returned.
- The winner will be announced on ncwriters.org.
- For questions, please contact ed@ncwriters.org.
- Please read the Network’s statement on “A.I.” in contests and other Network-administered programs.
The NCWN’s Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest is open to pieces of flash prose, fiction or creative nonfiction, of no more than 1,000 words. Entrants must have a mailing address in North Carolina or one of its four adjacent states (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), or be a member of the North Carolina Writers’ Network. The Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest honors Marianne Gingher, former director of the Creative Writing Program at UNC Chapel Hill and editor of the pioneering flash anthology Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by 65 of North Carolina’s Finest Writers. The contest is administered by Cold Mountain Review at Appalachian State University. The winner receives $500 and possible publication in Cold Mountain Review.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to anyone with a mailing address in North Carolina or one of its four adjacent states (Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia), and to members of the North Carolina Writers’ Network
- Entries must be unpublished* single pieces of flash prose, 1,000 words or less.
- Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
An entry fee must accompany each piece. Multiple submissions are accepted, one piece per entry fee: $5 for NCWN members, $8 for non-members. - You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission. Checks should be made payable to the North Carolina Writers’ Network.
- To submit online you must create an account with Submittable, which will collect your entry fee. If submitting online, do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect and record your name and contact information.
To submit as a Member of NCWN ($5), click here. - To submit as a Non-Member of NCWN ($8), click here.
- If submitting by mail, submit two copies of each flash piece, double-spaced on single-sided pages, in black 12-point Times New Roman font, with 1-inch margins.
- If submitting by mail, do not include the author’s name on the piece(s). Instead, include a separate cover sheet with name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and title(s).
- To submit by USPS:
Marianne Gingher Flash Prose Contest
NCWN
PO Box 21591
Winston-Salem, NC 27120 - Entries will not be returned.
- The winner will be announced on ncwriters.org.
- For questions, please contact ed@ncwriters.org.
- Please read the Network’s statement on “A.I.” in contests and other Network-administered programs.
Postmark deadline: January 30 (annual)
Submissions accepted: December 1 – January 30
The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors
internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist Thomas Wolfe. The
winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to all writers regardless of
geographical location or prior publication. - Submit an unpublished fiction manuscript
- short story or self-contained novel excerpt - not to exceed 3,000 words, double-spaced, 1" margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font. - Do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect
and record your name and contact information. - An entry fee must accompany the manuscript: $15 for
NCWN members, $25 for nonmembers. - The entry fee is per submission. You may submit
multiple entries. - You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN when you submit.
- The winner is announced each April.
- Simultaneous submissions ok, but please notify us
immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Postmark deadline: January 30 (annual)
Submissions accepted: December 1 – January 30
The Thomas Wolfe Fiction Prize honors
internationally celebrated North Carolina novelist Thomas Wolfe. The
winner receives $1,000 and possible publication in The Thomas Wolfe Review.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to all writers regardless of
geographical location or prior publication. - Submit an unpublished fiction manuscript
- short story or self-contained novel excerpt - not to exceed 3,000 words, double-spaced, 1" margins, 12-pt. Times New Roman font. - Do not include a cover sheet with your document; Submittable will collect
and record your name and contact information. - An entry fee must accompany the manuscript: $15 for
NCWN members, $25 for nonmembers. - The entry fee is per submission. You may submit
multiple entries. - You may pay the member entry fee if you join the NCWN when you submit.
- The winner is announced each April.
- Simultaneous submissions ok, but please notify us
immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Postmark deadline: March 1 (annual)
Submissions accepted: January 15 – March 1
The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner $200 and publication in The Greensboro Review. Questions may be directed to Terry L. Kennedy, Associate Director, MFA Writing Program, at tlkenned@uncg.edu.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to any writer who is a
legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina
Writers’ Network. - Submissions should be one poem only (40-line limit, including epigraphs and stanza breaks).
- Poem must be single-spaced, in 12-point, standard font.
- Author's name should not appear on manuscripts.
- The winner and finalists will be announced in May.
- An entry fee must accompany the poem. Multiple
submissions are accepted, one poem per entry fee: $10 for NCWN members,
$15 for nonmembers. - You may pay member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission.
Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Postmark deadline: March 1 (annual)
Submissions accepted: January 15 – March 1
The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner $200 and publication in The Greensboro Review. Questions may be directed to Terry L. Kennedy, Associate Director, MFA Writing Program, at tlkenned@uncg.edu.
Eligibility and Guidelines
- The competition is open to any writer who is a
legal resident of North Carolina or a member of the North Carolina
Writers’ Network. - Submissions should be one poem only (40-line limit, including epigraphs and stanza breaks).
- Poem must be single-spaced, in 12-point, standard font.
- Author's name should not appear on manuscripts.
- The winner and finalists will be announced in May.
- An entry fee must accompany the poem. Multiple
submissions are accepted, one poem per entry fee: $10 for NCWN members,
$15 for nonmembers. - You may pay member entry fee if you join the NCWN with your submission.