Atticus Review holds four contests throughout the year. Details below.
UPDATE: Atticus Review has suspended all writing contests indefinitely.
FLASH FICTION (CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED)
This contest normally runs September through December.
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You may submit one (1) piece of Flash Fiction of up to 1000 words for consideration
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Contest submission fee is $10
- You may submit multiple times
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Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if a piece is withdrawn you will forfeit the submission fee
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Submissions should be previously unpublished
- You may put your name and other identifying information on a cover page of your attached document, but please do not put it anywhere else within the document
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Please no submissions from colleagues, former students, or close acquaintances of the Contest Judge
Prizes:
First Prize: $350
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $50
All winners will be published online and may appear in our Print Annual.
Past Flash Fiction Contests:
2019
2018
2017
POETRY (CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED)
This contest normally runs February through April.
- You may submit up to three (3) poems
- Contest submission fee is $10
- You may submit multiple times
- Entries should be previously unpublished
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but please alert us if a poem is accepted elsewhere
- You may put your name and other identifying information on a cover page of your attached document, but please do not put it anywhere else within the document
- Please no submissions from colleagues, former students, or close acquaintances of the Contest Judge
- All submissions will be considered for publication
Prizes:
First Prize: $350
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $50
All winners will be published online and may appear in our Print Annual.
Past Poetry Contests:
2020
2019
2018
FLASH CNF (CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED)
This contest normally runs April through June.
- You may submit one (1) piece of Flash CNF of up to 1000 words for consideration
- Contest submission fee is $10
- You may submit multiple times
- Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if a piece is withdrawn you will forfeit the submission fee
- You may put your name and other identifying information on a cover page of your attached document, but please do not put it anywhere else within the document
- Please no submissions from colleagues, former students, or close acquaintances of the Contest Judge
Prizes:
First Prize: $350
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $50
All winners will be published online and may appear in our Print Annual.
Past Flash CNF Contests:
2019
2018
VIDEOPOETRY (CURRENT STATUS: CLOSED)
**NOTE: We will not be holding a Videopoem contest in the fall of 2020.
- Contest participants may submit up to three (3) videopoems
- You may submit multiple times
- You may submit video files or links to Vimeo or YouTube pages.
- Please no submissions of work where the judge is a collaborator or is otherwise directly involved.
- The videopoems can be previously published.
First Prize: $250 & Publication
Second Prize: $50 & Publication
Third Prize: Publication
