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Award
Calvino Prize for Short Fiction
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-10-01
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- University of Louisville
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Where
- Louisville, United States
- Compensation
- $2,000 + travel and lodging
- Disciplines
- fiction, writing
About this opportunity
The University of Louisville's Calvino Prize for Short Fiction awards $2,000 and publication in Miracle Monocle to a work of short fiction. The winner also receives travel and lodging to give a reading in Louisville, Kentucky. Submissions require a $25 entry fee and are accepted via an online system.
Who can apply
- Submissions must be in the style of Italo Calvino.
- Short story or sequence of flash fiction up to 25 pages. $25 entry fee.