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Deadline: June 28, 2008
8th Annual Shriekfest Film Festival
Entry Fee: $25 - $55, depending on length.
Prize: Award
 

Deadline: June 30, 2008
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Entry Fee: None
Prize: A pittance.
 

Deadline: June 30, 2008
Lunch Hour Stories Annual Short Story Contest
Entry Fee: $10
Prizes: $150, $100, $50, plus publication and printed copies.
 

Deadline: June 30, 2008
The 14th Chiaroscuro Short Story Contest
Entry Fee: None
Prize: Publication in ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words at seven cents per word.
 

Deadline: July 1, 2008
WordSmitten's TenTen Fiction Competition
Entry Fee: $15
Prize: $1,010
 

Deadline: July 15, 2008
Cheerios® Spoonfuls of Stories Children's Book Contest
Entry Fee: None
Grand Prize: $5,000, submission to Simon & Schuster for possible publication, 2 First Runner Up prizes of $1,000 each.
 

Deadline: July 21, 2008
InkSpotter's 5th Annual Finding the Right Words Flash Fiction Contest
Entry Fee: $2
Prizes: $60, $30
 

Deadline: July 30, 2008
Terrifying Toys: Horror Writing Contest
Entry Fee: None
Prize: $50, an AlienSkin T-shirt and publication in the AlienSkin Magazine.
 

Deadline: July 31, 2008
Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest
Entry Fee: $5 per poem, $10 per story
Prizes: Poetry - $250, $125, $50   Short Story - $500, $250, $100
 

Deadline: August 1, 2008
Memoirs, Ink. Fifth Annual Writing Contest - 2008
Entry Fee: $15
Prizes: $1000, $500 and $250
 

Deadline: August 1, 2008
TV Writer's People's Pilot Competition
Entry Fee: $40
Prizes: $20,000 worth of prizes. Complete list.
 

Deadline: August 1, 2008
TV Writer's Spec Scriptacular Competition
Entry Fee: $40
Prizes: $10,000 worth of prizes. Complete list.
 

Deadline: August 15, 2008
The Warren Adler Short Story Contest
Entry Fee: $15, after August 1 $20
Prizes: $1,000, $500, remaining finalists $150 each.
 

Deadline: September 30, 2008
The Morton Marr Poetry Prize
Entry Fee: $5 per poem
Prizes: $1,000, $500 and publication in Southwest Review.
 

Deadline: September 30, 2008
Mak Rektor Publishing's Annual Horror Writing Contest
Entry Fee: $5.95
Prizes: $500, $250 and $100
 

Deadline: October 15, 2008
The Earth Vision Nature Writing Contest 2008
Entry Fee: $12
Prizes: $500, $100 and honorable mentions.
 

Deadline: November 3, 2008
4th Annual Writer's Digest Popular Fiction Awards
Entry Fee: $12.50
Grand Prize: $2,500 cash, $100 worth of Writer's Digest Books and the 2009 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market.
 

Deadline: November 30, 2008
International Aeon Award 2008 Short Fiction Contest
Entry Fee: € 7 (approx. $10.30 USD)
Prize: € 1000 (approx. $1,464.80 USD)
 

Deadline: December 1, 2008
The Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction
Entry Fee: $5
Prizes: $500, $250, $100
 

Deadline: December 1, 2008
9th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition
Entry Fee: $12
Prizes: $3,000, $1,500, $500
 

Deadline: December 19, 2008
4th Annual Writer's Digest Poetry Awards
Entry Fee: $10 for first poem, $5 for each additional poem
Prizes: $500, $250, $100, $25 and $50 gift certificates for Writer's Digest Books.
 

Deadline: December 31, 2008
Word-wise 2008 Short Fiction Contest
Entry Fee: None
Prize: $50, and more.