PoetryPrizes.com

Dragonfly Spirit Writing for Children Short Story Contest
Seeks original short stories in the children and young adult genres. Limit: 2,000 words. Unpublished authors only. Entry fee: $7. Deadline: September 30.
dragonflyspirit.com/

Carve Magazine Short Story Contest
The Raymond Carver Short Story Award at Carve Magazine is one of the world's premier fiction awards for original, unpublished short stories. Maximum length: 10,000 words. Prize money totals $2,000. All submissions are considered for publication. International entries welcome. Entry fees: $15 (one), $25 (two), $30 (three). Only three entries per author are permitted. Closes: February 1.
www.carvezine.com/

Annual Short-Story Contest
Seeks Science-Fiction/Fantasy stories. Deadline: May 31, 2004. Entry Fee: $10. Cash prizes total $850.
www.gompublishing.com/

WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest
Ongoing quarterly contests require entrants to submit a short story within 24 hours of the topic's notification. $5 entry fee. Cash prizes total $750 for first, second and third places.
www.writersweekly.com/

EM Koeppel Short Story Contest
Annual contest offers $1,100 first prize for original, unpublished stories. Maximum length: 3,000 words. International English entries welcome. Fee: $15 (one), $25 (two). Submissions: Oct. 1 - Apr. 30 annually.
www.writecorner.com/

Tom Howard Short Story Contest
Seeks original stories and essays, up to 8,000 words, either published or unpublished. Winning and commended works will be published in an anthology. Cash prizes total $2,575. Entry fee: $10. Deadline: March 31, 2005.
shortstorycontest.0catch.com/

Mirror in the Sky: A UFO Story
A literary short story with a UFO theme.
www.cenotaph.net/

The Transformation Story Archive
Stories that have a bodily (or in some cases mental) transformation into another being as a central theme.
tsa.transform.to/

Author Mania Writing Contest
A cash prize of $1,000 plus publication is offered for a short story on any topic. Maximum length: 5,000 words. Entry fee: $20. Closing date: March 31, 2005. Open to U.S. residents only.
www.authormania.com/

True Life Story Contest
A short story contest looking for true life stories in the categories of friendships, animals, Christmas, and amazing coincidences. Prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250 (Canadian) will be awarded for winning submissions received on or before August 30, 2004. Word limit: 3,000. No entry fees.
www.truelifestorycontest.com/