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Attention, New York Writers!

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The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts offers both summer fellowships (one-month residencies at the Saltonstall Arts Colony open to all New York State artists and writers over 21 years of age–categories include poetry; fiction and creative nonfiction; photography; and painting, sculpture, and other visual arts) and individual artist grants ($5,000 grants open to writers and visual artists living in specified New York State central and western counties). For 2006, individual artist grant categories include works on paper; photography; poetry; and creative nonfiction. The application deadline for both programs is January 15, 2006. For more information, including detailed eligibility guidelines and the required forms, visit the website.

A Change in the (Submission) Seasons

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NEWN (formerly New England Writers’ Network) publishes on a quarterly basis and describes itself as “devoted to helping writers around the world to get published and to teaching through content and example.” And its submission period has very recently changed. Regular submissions will now be welcome from January 1 through March 31. This is a low-paying market for fiction, essays, and poetry (but a paying market nonetheless). Read more about it and check the guidelines here.

New Prize for UK Short Story Writers

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This is pretty big news. There’s a new annual competition “aimed at re-establishing the importance of the British short story” and wow, is there money to back the mission.

According to the website, the new award “is a collaboration between NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts), BBC Radio 4 and Prospect magazine, and it’s funded by NESTA. It is administered in conjunction with Booktrust and Scottish Booktrust. The first winners will be announced in May 2006.”

The site continues: “The National Short Story Prize will be the largest award in the world for a single story. The winning award is worth £15,000, and there will be a runner up award of £3,000. Three further shortlisted authors will receive awards of £500 each.”

Entries must be received by November 30. For more details, including the entry form and the extensive list of terms and conditions (note that the competition is only open to “authors with a previous record of publication who are either UK nationals or residents. Entries may be stories published during 2005 or previously unpublished”) again, check the website. NO ENTRY FEE INDICATED.

And for more information about short stories, check out story, Booktrust’s “campaign to celebrate the short story.” A very interesting resource!

Attention, North Carolina Short Story Writers!

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Billed as “the largest no-entry-fee fiction contest in North Carolina (maybe even in the South, we suspect),” the North Carolina State University Short Story Contests program invites submissions in two categories.

The Short Fiction Category (5000-word limit, no more than 20 pp. double-spaced), awards the Brenda L. Smart Grand Prize of $500. The Short-Short Story Category (1200-word limit, no more than 5 pp. double-spaced), awards the Brenda L. Smart Award for Short Fiction of $300. Lee Smith will be this year’s guest judge.

Be sure to check the full guidelines here, among them, the requirement that you must be an N.C. resident. Deadline for submission: October 17, 2005 (postmarked).