The Sustainable Arts Foundation

The Sustainable Arts Foundation
is offering five awards of $6000 each for writers and artists with families. The money can be for things like child care, workspace, new equipment, research and travel. The awards are open worldwide. Applications close 31 August.

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Hologram Books Australia seeking manuscripts

Hologram Booksis a new project from Express Media, Australia’s peak body for young writers. They are looking for manuscripts by Australian writers under 30, between 20,000 and 60,000 words long. Both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts will be accepted and there are no genre restrictions. Submissions close 11 August.

Short Story Award for New Writers.Glimmer Train

Upcoming deadline:

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• Short Story Award for New Writers.
  First place: $1,500 and publication.
  Deadline: August 31.
• Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000.
• Word count: Most submissions run 1,500 to 6,000 words, but can be up to 12,000 words.
• Winners and finalists will be announced in the November bulletin, and contacted directly by October 27.

The Manchester Writing Competition

The Manchester Writing Competitionis a major international literary competitions, celebrating excellence in creative writing, and open to anyone aged 16 or over (with no upper age limit). The 2013 Manchester Poetry Prize will award a cash prize of £10,000 to the writer of the best portfolio of poetry submitted. All entrants are asked to submit a portfolio of three-to-five poems (total maximum combined length: 120 lines). The 2013 Manchester Fiction Prize will award a cash prize of £10,000 to the writer of the best short story submitted. All entrants are asked to submit a story of up to 2,500 words in length. Entries for both categories close on 30 August.

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize
is run by The Missouri Review. Three prizes of US$5,000 are on offer for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Up to 25 typed, double-spaced pages can be submission for the fiction and non-fiction prizes. Poetry entries can include any number of poems up to 10 pages in total. International writers are welcome to enter and entries close on 1 October.

The International 3-Day Novel Contest

The International 3-Day Novel Contesttakes place over the North American Labour Day Long Weekend, 31 August to 2 September. The competition has been running since 1977. Participants pre-register and then commit to writing a complete novel is three days. The winning novel will be published.