Leapfrog 2022 Fiction Contest
Adult, young adult (YA) and middle grade (MG) novels, novellas, and short story collections are accepted. Minimum word count: 22,000. Individual stories in a collection may have been published in journals. Books that have been self-published will be considered "unpublished" if fewer than about 200 copies were printed.
We look for literary fiction and mainstream fiction, including science fiction. Generally we are less interested in strict genre fiction, but if a manuscript is good and grabs our attention, we don't care what the genre is.
Awards: First prize: Publication contract with advance, plus finalist awards: $150 and manuscript critique. Entry fee: $35.
Deadline: May 2, 2022