MAYDAY is excited to announce our 2023 prizes in short fiction, creative nonfiction and micro-chapbook poetry! These are all single work prizes, and submissions will be open from September 1st to November 1st, with an entry fee of $20. MAYDAY will award cash prizes: $500 for first place, $250 for second place, and $100 for a handful of runners up. Follow the links below each individual prize’s submission guidelines!
- The Short Fiction Prize
- Guest Judge: Alissa Hatman
- Theme: Endings
- The Creative Nonfiction Prize
- Judged by the MAYDAY nonfiction editors
- Theme: Changing Your Mind
- The Micro-Chapbook Poetry Prize
- Guest Judge: Sophia Tarazawa