Contests, Contests, Contests

4th Annual Stickman Review Fiction Contest
Deadline November 1, 2005
We welcome all mainstream and experimental literary fiction. We are very unlikely to consider genre fiction (Westerns, Romance, Horror, Science-Fiction, Mystery, etc.), unless the story transcends the typical requirements of that genre. 8000 words or less.1st Prize: $250; 2nd Prize: $50Email: fiction@stickmanreview.com
Guidelines http://www.stickmanreview.com/fictioncontest.html

15th Annual Acton Essay Competition.
Deadline: November 15, 2005.
Open to all seminarians, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students studying religion, theology, philosophy or related fields are encouraged to enter, regardless of religious denomination or affiliation.
1,000-1,500 words
Theme: The human person, by virtue of being created imago Dei, is an independent being, individually unique, rational, the subject of moral agency, a co-creator, and inherently social. Accordingly, human persons possess intrinsic value and dignity, implying certain rights and duties with respect to the recognition and protection of the dignity of themselves and other persons. These truths about the human person's dignity are known through divine revelation, but are also discernible through reason.
Previously published work may not be entered.
1st Prize: $2,000; 2nd Prize: $1,000; 3rd Prize: $500
Entry by mail only including application form on web site.
Address: Lord Acton Essay Contest, The Acton Institute, 161 Ottawa NW, Suite 301, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Email: awards@acton.org
Info and Entry form: http://www.acton.org/programs/students/essay/

2005 Angel Horses Story Contest.
Deadline: November 15, 2005
Creative Non-fiction
2,000 words or less.
The Angel Animals Network (AAN) is accepting story submissions about horses who have performed exceptional acts of compassion, protection, healing, courage, or have been part of a miraculous or mystical experience. Stories must be original, based on real horses, people, and events. Preference will be given to emotionally evocative and well-written creative nonfiction stories. Please, do not submit journalistic articles, profiles, testimonials, essays, or fiction for this contest.
1st Prize: $250; Five 2nd Prizes: $25 each
Angel Animals Network, PO Box 26354, Minneapolis, MN 55426
Email: angelanimals@aol.com
URL: http://www.angelanimals.net/awardshorses.html

The Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize
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Del Sol Press announces the Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize for the best short story, either published (in a periodical) or unpublished
2000-8000 words
The top ten finalist stories will be published in book form in Spring 2006. Finalists will be invited to submit book-length manuscripts for consideration by Del Sol Press.
Winner Receives: A $1,200 honorarium, paid in February 2006, publication in a Spring 2006 Del Sol Press anthology, a brief introduction by the judge, and 20 copies of the anthology that features their story.
Deadline (postmark): November 1, 2005.
Stories must be between 2000 and 8000 words.
$16.00 contest fee for the first story (includes a copy of the anthology when it is published if you send a 8x10" SASE with $4.50 to cover printing and postage)