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Known from 1996 to 2012 as the orange prize for fiction and in 20 as the womens prize for fic. Now in its 49th year of publication, event is an awardwinning, internationally recognized literary magazine that inspires and nurtures. Submissions must be postmarked between april 1, 2019, and august 31, 2019. Submissions are now being accepted for the 2021 great american fiction contest in its nearly two centuries of existence, the saturday evening post has published short fiction by a whos who of great american authors, including ray bradbury, william faulkner, f. See more ideas about writing contests, writing, contest. Prerelease books are listed for giveaway by publishers and authors, and members can enter to win. I am not including details of short story competitions here as i have a separate page for short fiction awards which you can see by clicking here. Known from 1996 to 2012 as the orange prize for fiction and in 20 as the. Please include short fiction contest submission in the subject heading of the email.
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