First Page Challenge

Open now for fiction.

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The First Page Challenge is an annual contest for novelists, accepting the first page of fiction or narrative nonfiction for a chance to win cash prizes and publication.

Response time info: ~9 days; sourced from The Submission Grinder

Read the full guidelines at darlingaxe.com↗

Submission calls

fictionCloses Sep 30Fee: $5 CADPays: First place: $700 CAD; Second place: $200 CAD; Third place: $100 CAD; all finalists receive publication and a craft book.

Annual contest for novelists; submit the first page (double-spaced, 12-point font) of original, unpublished, unrepresented fiction or narrative nonfiction (short stories or full-length manuscripts accepted); multiple submissions allowed; deadline September 30; optional feedback available for an addi

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