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NOVELS
Best First Crime Novel Competition
http://www.minotaurbooks.com/competitions.html
This competition is sponsored by St. Martins Minotaur and the Mystery Writers of America. It’s open to open to any writer, regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published crime novel
Best Private Eye Novel
http://www.minotaurbooks.com/competitions.html
Sponsored by the Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) and St. Martin's Press, it’s open to any professional or non-professional writer, regardless of race or nationality, who has never been the author of a published "private eye" novel and who is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a "private eye" novel. Awards a publishing contract to the winner.
Deadly Ink
http://deadlyink.com/contests.html
Sponsored by Deadly Ink Press, they award a prize and publishing contract to the winner of the best unpublished crime novel
Malice Domestic Competition
http://www.minotaurbooks.com/competitions.html
Sponsored by St. Martins Minotaur and the Malice Domestic Conference, this contest is open to any professional or non-professional writer, regardless of nationality, who has never been the author of a published traditional mystery. Awards a publishing contract to the winner.
Murder in the Grove Mystery Writers Contest
http://www.murderinthegrove.com/contest.htm
This contest is open to anyone not previously published in novel-length fiction. Winner receives small cash award and free manuscript evaluation from an agent or editor attending Murder in the Grove.
Salvo Press Mystery Novel Award
http://www.salvopress.com/MNA.htm
Tony Hillerman Prize
http://www.hillermanconference.com/hillermanprize.htm
Awarded at Hillerman’s annual mystery writers conference, the award goes to to a first mystery novel set in the Southwest written by a previously unpublished mystery author. The winning novel will be published by Thomas Dunne Books.
PLAYS
Angie Awards
http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/
Named for the Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actress Angela Lansbury (from TV’s “Murder She Wrote” series), this recently-established competition takes place as part of the International Mystery Writers Festival in Owensboro, KY, featuring many of the top names in mystery fiction and Hollywood. Most of the awards focus on plays, teleplays, and screenplays and include Best New Work, Most Promising New Writer, Outstanding Full-length Screenplay, Best Short Mystery Play, Best Short Screenplay, Best Short Story, Best Work for Young Adults, and Best Work for Children. Prizes range from $1,000 to $15,000 with no submission fees.
SHORT STORIES
Black Orchid Novella Award
http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/neroaward/black_orchid_award/BO_award_proc.htm
A contest of original unpublished works of fiction that conform to the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series, and are between 15,000 and 20,000 words
Cape Fear Crime Festival
http://www.capefearcrimefestival.org/contest.html
Submissions must be no longer than 4000 words, of a previously unpublished and unsubmitted short story with a strong crime or mystery theme
Crime Bake Confernce
http://crimebake.org/Al.htm
This annual conference sponsors the Al Blanchard short story contest. The story must be a crime story by a New England author or with a New England setting, previously unpublished, and no more than 5,000 words in length.
Deadly Ink
http://deadlyink.com/contests.html
Entries may not be more than 3,500 words in length, must include clue(s) relating to pen or ink, take place in New Jersey, and include a "Deadly Incident" (murder, mayhem) that needs to be solved
Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats
http://www.mwasw.org/conf.html
This annual conference, held in June, also sponsors a short story contest, with a length of 1000-5000 words, in any mystery subgenre (hardboiled, cozy, historical, and so on).
International Mystery Writers Festival
http://www.newmysteries.org/submission_guidelines/
This festival focuses mostly on plays but also includes a short story category, with a grand prize of $1,000 and no submission fees.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Award for Imaginative Fiction
http://www.rsbd.net/complete_guidelines.htm
An annual contest which accepts submissions in the fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and horror genres, with publication in Rosebud Magazine
Mysterical-E
http://www.mystericale.com/
This online mystery fiction publication offers several short contests throughout the year on various theme.
Mystery Authors
http://www.mysteryauthors.com
This multi-author site offers occasional flash-fiction contests.
Scarlet Stilleto Award
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~sincoz/scarlet.htm
A contest for mystery/crime short stories, open to women residents of Australia
Sleuthfest Short Story Contest
http://www.mwa-florida.org/sleuthfest/2008/contestpage.htm
A contest associated with the annual Sleuthfest conference held in February in Florida; for registered participants of the conference only.
Tony Hillerman Conference
http://www.hillermanconference.com/contest.htm
Seeking 2,500-word mystery stories set in the West or Southwest including at least one Native American or cowboy/cowgirl
Women’s World
Although this weekly magazine doesn’t have an online component, their print publication features a mini-mystery in each issue. Submission guidelines can be found within the publication.
Writer’s Market Popular Fiction Awards
http://www.writersdigest.com/contests/popfiction/
Includes a separate Mystery/Crime Fiction category
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