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This weeks competitions that have caught my eye:

Writers’ Union of Canada Short Prose 
Category: Fiction
Closes: 3rd November 2011
Fees: $29 for one entry.
Prizes: $2,500 for first place.
Details: For fiction and nonfiction up to 2,500 words.
Contact: SPC Competition, The Writers’ Union of Canada, 90 Richmond St. E, Suite 200, Toronto, ON, M5C 1P1
Website: http://www.writersunion.ca/cn_shortprose.asp

Grace Dieu Writers’ Circle
Category: Fiction
Closes: 28th February 2012
Fees: £5 for one entry. £5 for first entry then £3 for additional.
Prizes: £500 for first place. 2nd Prize: £200; 3rd Prize: £100; 4th Prize: £75; 5th Prize: £50.
Details: Short Story Competition: A story on any subject – maximum 2,000. Full details and entry forms can be found on our website. Alternatively to receive a competition leaflet, please send a SAE.
Contact: The Competition Organiser, 23 Henson Way, Sharnford, Leicestershire, LE10 3PN
Country: United Kingdom
Email: tonygutteridge@live.com
Website: http://www.gracedieuwriterscircle

Alleviate Awards America Region Fiction
Category: Fiction
Closes: 17th October 2011
Fees: $0 for one entry. Entry fee waived for those who qualify.
Prizes: $250 for first place.
Details: There is a grand prize winner in each category (Short Story, Poetry, Visual Arts, and Photography) but almost all submissions will be included in the worldwide anthology. For the Short Story category (Fiction), the maximum word limit is 2,500 words. All topics are welcome. You may submit new or old material as long as you own the international copyright.
Country: United States
Email: usa@alleviatebooks.com
Website: http://www.alleviatebooks.com

Writer’s Toybox
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st December 2011
Fees: £0 for one entry. Free to enter.
Prizes: £0 for first place. Publishing contract for novel.
Details: Paranormal / Supernatural Romance and erotica competition. We are looking for stories between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Winners will be published in an anthology and available worldwide via Amazon and bookshops in paperback and ebooks. The overall winner will be offered a publishing contract for a novel.
Contact: Netherowld Books, Mirador, Wearne Lane, Langport
Country: United Kingdom
Email: claire@netherworldbooks.com
Website: http://www.writerstoybox.com/index.htm

Autumn Leaves
Category: Fiction
Closes: 31st October 2011
Fees: £0 for one entry.
Prizes: £10 for first place. (3 winners) Winners to be published on site
Details: Autumn Leaves: The trees are shedding their leaves, russet-coloured and beautiful… err, no, they get under your feet, make you slip and clog up the drains. This is for either fiction or non fiction pieces on the subject of autumn, endings, afterglow – anything that suggests the inevitable passing of time. Again, doesn’t need to be dark, can be funny, poignant, sad 1,000 words maximum.
Contact: Flat 10, Montpelier Lodge, Montpelier Terrace, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 3DF
Country: United Kingdom
Email: comps@brightoncow.co.uk
Website: http://www.brightoncow.co.uk

THe CNW Big One
Category: Fiction
Closes: 30th November 2011
Fees: £5 for one entry.
Prizes: £0 for first place. Winner will get 50% of entry fee runner up will get 25%.
Details: All entries must be between 1000 and 5000 words and based on the theme autumn feelings. Fiction or non fiction accepted international entries welcome.
Contact: c/o 6 Fox Close, Chipping Norton, Oxon, OX7 5BY
Country: United Kingdom
Email: cnwriters@btinternet.com
Website: http://cnwriters.webs.com/currentcompetitions.htm

Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction
Category: Fiction
Closes: 1st November 2011
Fees: $25 for one entry.
Prizes: $15,000 for first place. Also publication.
Details: For innovative unpublished fiction manuscripts by US writers with at least three books of fiction published.
Country: United States
Website: http://www.fc2.org/doctorowguidelines.aspx

RWA

Bump in the Night IV Flash Fiction
Sponsor: W. PA Romance Writers
Fee: Free
Deadline: Noon, October 28, 2011
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry: 1000 words or less.
Category: Paranormal
Judges: W.PA Published Authors
Prize: $10 B&N Gift Card & 1 year Membership in W. PA Romance Writers
FMI, http://wprw.wordpress.com.

14th Annual Gotcha! ContestSponsor: Silicon Valley RWA
Fee: $25.00
Opens October 1, 2011
Deadline: October 30, 2011
Eligibility: Not published in the category entered.
Entry: First 15 pages.   
Categories: Series Contemporary, Sigle Title Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal, Inspirational, Mystery/Romantic Suspense.
Judges: 1 Published, 3 Experienced.
Final Judges: Editor
Top Prize: Top four entries will recieve a certificate and have their work reviewed by the editor of their category.
FMI, www.SVRWA.com.

Good luck and let me know how you get on.

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