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LitMag’s Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry
First Prize: $1,500 + publication in LitMag + agency review by  Amy Bishop-Wycisk of Trellis Literary Management, Emily Wescott of CAA,  Hailey Hedemann of William Morris Endeavor, Kelsey Day of Aragi, PJ Mark of Janklow & Nesbit, and Rayhane Sanders of Massie & McQuilken.
Finalists: Three finalists will receive $100 each.  All finalists will be considered for possible agency review and publication.  Deadline: November 15, 2026
Contest Fee: $20
Submission Guidelines: Entries must be 1 to 3 poems. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your poems in one signle Word document. Only previously unpublished poems are eligible. Writers may submit multiple entries, each of which requires a separate submission fee. Submissions through Submittable only.  Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning poem and finalists will be announced publicly on our Web site and social media as well as by email to all contestants in summer 2027.

Emily Dickinson Award for Poetry

LitMag’s Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction
First Prize: $1,250 + publication in LitMag + agency review by  Sarah Fuentes of UTA, Molly Glick of CAA, Erin Harris and Sonali Chanchani of Folio Literary Management, Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency, David Forrer of Inkwell Management, Monika Woods of Triangle House, Emily Forland of Brandt & Hochman, and Nat Sobel of Sobel Weber Associates
Finalists: Three finalists will receive $100 each.              All finalists will be considered for possible agency review and publication.
Deadline: November 30, 2026
Contest Fee: $18
Submission Guidelines: Entries must be short stories between 500 and 1,500 words. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word doc or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission. Submissions through Submittable only.  Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning short stories and finalists will be announced publicly on our Web site and social media as well as by email to all contestants in summer 2027.

Anton Chekhov Award for Flash Fiction

LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction 

 

 First Prize: $2,500, publication in LitMag and agency review by Sarah Fuentes of UTA, Molly Glick of CAA, Lisa Bankoff of Bankoff Collaborative, Erin Harris and Sonali Chanchani of Folio Literary Management, Jenny Bent of The Bent Agency, David Forrer of Inkwell Management, Monika Woods of Triangle House, Emily Forland of Brandt & Hochman, and Nat Sobel of Sobel Weber Associates.
Finalists: Three finalists will receive $100 each.

          All finalists will be considered possible agency review and publication.

 

 Deadline: December 31, 2026

 

 Contest Fee: $25

 

 Submission Guidelines: Entries must be short stories between 3,000 and 8,000 words. Please use 12pt type, preferably Times New Roman, and submit your short story as either a Word doc or a PDF. Only previously unpublished short stories are eligible. Writers may submit multiple stories, each of which requires a separate submission. Submissions through Submittable only.  Notification: The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. The winning short stories and finalists will be announced publicly on our Web site and social media as well as by email to all contestants in summer 2027.

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