SHORT STORY AWARD for NEW WRITERS guidelines

Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled
to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000.
(Entries must not have appeared in any print publication.)

Most entries run from 1,500 – 6,000 words, but
any lengths up to 12,000 words are welcome.

Held quarterly. Open to submissions in FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, and NOVEMBER.

  Next deadline: November 30. *

Winners are announced in the May 1, August 1, November 1, and February 1 bulletins, respectively, and contacted directly one week earlier.

Reading fee: $15 per story. Please, no more than three submissions per contest.

Prizes:

• 1st place wins $1,500, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies.
• 2nd place wins $500 (or $700 and 10 copies, if accepted for publication).
• 3rd place wins $300 (or $700 and 10 copies, if accepted for publication).

Please make your submissions at Glimmer Train’s online submission site. We look forward to reading your work!

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Wikipedia describes the “slush pile” as the set of unsolicited manuscripts sent to publishers, and normally sifted through by young assistants. Susan and I started Glimmer Train because we wanted to read the great short fiction being written by emerging voices, and to publish the very best in a handsome print publication that would endure. 

When we dive into reading stories, we are prepared to be moved, surprised, and changed; we are never disappointed. We look forward to reading your work.

* There is always a one-week grace period.

>via: http://www.glimmertrain.com/newwriters.html