June 25 - Saturday Evening Post Limerick Laughs - submit a five-line limerick written to picture on their web site
Twelve Points Collective Anthology: Modern Relationships - poetry, essays, short fiction
Sweet: A Literary Confection Flash Essay Contest - essays 500-1000 words
June 30 - California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest - open topic
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Crazy Family! - creative nonfiction up to 1200 words
Massachusetts State Poetry Society Naomi Cherkofsky Memorial Contest - poems up to 40 lines
Literal Latte Short Short Contest - fiction up to 2000 words
California State Poetry Society Annual Contest - poems up to 50 lines
Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers - for stories up to 12K words
SPS Studios Biannual Poetry Card Contest - for non-rhyming poems
In Celebration of Sisters Anthology - essays and poems
Ladybug Magazine - fiction, nonfiction, poems, for ages 3-6 on the theme of Animal Kingdom
Kidlit Humorous Fiction Contest - fiction for 6-8 year olds up to 750 words
July 01 - Purpose Christian Magazine - true stories and poems on the theme of Mentoring
The Sun Magazine Readers Write Column - personal essays on the theme: In the Middle
Arizona Authors Association Literary Contest - published & unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's
Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest - for stories 1500 to 5000 words
National Writers Association Short Story Contest - stories up to 5000 words
July 04 - Dos Gatos Press 100-Word Southwest Poem - poems of exactly 100 words
July 12, 19, & 26 - Memoir & Nonfiction Writing Workshop in Ingram, Texas - lead by Justin Rogers
July 15 - Florida State Poetry Association Annual Contest - 27 categories to enter
The Comstock Review Annual Contest - poetry
The Compassion Anthology - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art
Rattle Poetry Prize - enter up to 4 poems
July 20 - Johnson City, TX, FREE Summer Writers Conference - with Jennifer Canzoneri and Megan Willome
July 28 - White County Creative Writers Annual Contest - fiction, nonfiction, poetry
July 30 - Enchanted Conversations - fairy-tale inspired stories & poems on the theme Emperor's New Clothes
July 31 - 2017 Rate Your Story Contest - theme is Awesome Openers; for PB fiction & non, MG & YA
California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest - childhood, memoir, lessons of the past
San Pedro River Review Literary Journal - open theme; submit 1-3 poems
League of Minnesota Poets Annual Contest - 21 categories to enter
Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring Contest - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, & humor
Haiku Society of America Haiku, Senryu, and Haibun Contests - haiku, senryu, and haibun
Cricket Media: Ladybug Magazine - for ages 3-6; narrative nonfiction, fiction, poetry; theme is Our World
Cisco Writers Club Summer Contest - fiction, nonfiction, poetry, children's
Amsterdam Quarterly Literary Journal - short fiction, essays, & poetry on the theme of Education
Aug. 01 - Purpose Magazine: Be Transformed - true stories (350-650 words) & poems (to 12 lines)
