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.

  • You may submit one (1) piece of Flash Fiction 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  • Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if a piece is withdrawn you will forfeit the submission fee
  • Submissions should be previously unpublished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
  • 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  • Entries should be previously unpublished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  • Simultaneous submissions are fine, but if a piece is withdrawn you will forfeit the submission fee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.
Prizes:
First Prize: $250 & Publication
Second Prize: $50 & Publication
Third Prize: Publication
Past Videopoetry Contests:
2019
2018
Atticus Review Writing Contests