The sixth annual Howard Frank Mosher Prize in Short Fiction awards one
$1,000.00 prize and two honorable mentions.  The first prize winner also
receives publication in Hunger Mountain, the VCFA Journal of the Arts.  15
finalists receive a signed Stinehour Press Award Series Broadside.

JUDGE:  Andre Dubus, III

DEADLINE:  Postmarked by June 30, 2009

http://www.hungermtn.org/hfm.asp


 

ENTRY FEE:  $20.00

 

GUIDELINES:

-         $20 entry fee, payable to “Hunger Mountain”

-         Submit one short story, not to exceed 10,000 words

-         Name or address should not appear anywhere in the text, nor
anywhere on the manuscript

-         Story must be original, written in English, and previously
unpublished

-         Entries must be typed, double-spaced, and one-side-only

-         Enclose a standard index card with short story title, name,
address, phone number and E-mail address

-         Enclose a SASE for notification of winners

-         Enclose a postage-paid postcard for acknowledgement of entry
receipt (optional)

-         Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2009

-         Multiple entries allowed—each entry mus
t be sent separately and include a separate entry fee

-         No simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations

-         One submitted, entries cannot be altered

-         Electronic or faxed entries will not be accepted

-         Late entries will not be read

-         No entries will be returned

-         All entries will be considered for publication

-         E-mail <hungermtn(at)vermontcollege.edu> (replace (at) with
@) if

 questions arise.

 

MAIL TO:

Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize

Hunger Mountain

Vermont College

36 College Street

Montpelier, VT 05602

 

Winners announced Fall 2009






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The Santa Barbara Writers Conference announces its first annual Writing Contest
in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. Winners in each category will receive a
scholarship for tuition to the 2010 Santa Barbara Writers Conference and a grand
prize winner will get a scholarship and the opportunity to have lunch with a top
agent during the conference.

http://www.sbwriters.com/contest_2009.php





Fiction entries can be in any genre. Nonfiction can be essay, article or memoir.
Fiction and nonfiction entries must be no more than 3,000 words. Poets may
submit up to five poems, no more than 15 pages total. Each category will be
judged by a team of SBWC workshop leaders and the winners will be chosen from
among the finalists by a noted author. You can enter as many times as you like
in all the categories. If these guidelines aren’t followed, your entry will be
disqualified. The cost is $25 per entry, and the deadline is June 1. The winners
will be announced July 20 and celebrated at a special event later this summer.




For fiction and nonfiction, include a cover sheet with author’s name, address,
phone number, email address and the title of the submission. For poetry, please
include a cover letter with author’s name, contact information and the titles
of all the poems submitted. Stories, articles and poems should have no
identifying information on them except titles.




Submission deadline June 1




Mail entries along with a check payable to SBWC to:




SBWC Writi
ng Contest,

P.O. Box 6627

Santa Barbara, CA 93160



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Calling all YA and children’s writers! Hunger Mountain is thrilled to
present the inaugural Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing!

 

Hunger Mountain, the arts journal of Vermont College of Fine Arts, will launch
our new online arts journal early this summer. Our new site will include YA and
Children’s Literature; we’ll feature articles on hot topics and trends in YA
and children’s literature, interviews with publishing industry insiders, and
fiction selections by well-known and up-and-coming YA and children’s authors.
Upcoming issues will feature pieces by Katherine Paterson, Carrie Jones, Cynthia
Leitich Smith, K.A. Nuzum, Rita Williams-Garcia, Sara Zarr and many others!

 

Writers of Young Adult Fiction, Middle Grade Fiction, and Picture Books are
encouraged to enter the Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s
Writing. Newbery Award-winning author Katherine Paterson will judge. One winner
will receive $1000.00 and publication in Hunger Mountain online, and two
honorable mentions will receive $100.00 each.

 

Entries may include:


Young Adult Fiction (novel excerpt or short story)

Middle Grade Fiction (novel excerpt or short story)

Picture Book (text only)


 

Submission Fee: $20 per entry

 

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by June 30th, 2009

 

Contest Guidelines:

Your packet should include four items:


A one-page cover sheet that includes:




Your name, address, email a
nd phone number

The title of your manuscript

The category of your manuscript (YA, MG, PB)

A brief (one to two paragraph/200 word) bio of yourself

A brief (one to two paragraph/250 word) synopsis of your manuscript




Your manuscript:




Up to 5,000 words of middle grade/young adult fiction, or one picture book
manuscript (text only)

Entries must be double-spaced, with margins of at least 1”

Please number the pages of your entry, and label each page with the title

Please DO NOT label the manuscript with your name (entries will be judged
anonymously)

Please paperclip (do not staple) your entry




Entry Fee:




Check or money order for $20, payable to Hunger Mountain




Self-addressed, stamped envelope for notification of award winners

A self-addressed, stamped postcard for us to acknowledge receipt of your entry
(optional)


 

Packets should be mailed to:

Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing

Hunger Mountain

Vermont College of Fine Arts

36 College Street

Montpelier, VT 05602






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 http://www.cooperdillon.com/submissions.html
















Our Mission

 

Cooper Dillon is an independent poetry press founded on promoting and
maintaining the values which make poetry a high art.  Through the publication
and distribution of full-length collections and chapbooks, our intention is to
nurture the poet and reader who finds joy in aesthetic, beauty, honesty and
intimacy. 








The reading period for full-length poetry manuscripts is now open.





As a new independent literary press devoted exclusively to poetry we're excited
to consider all types of work, and are open to submissions, both full-length as
well as chapbook manuscripts.  We hold contests for both, but are happy to
consider collections outside of the contests, if you can submit within the
following guidelines:








Be sure your name and contact information is on the cover page of the document.





PDFs are the preferred format (and can be created through the "print" options in
most word processing programs).





Please have any cover letter or bio associated with the submission in the body
of the email.





All manuscripts should have a table of contents, page numbers, and
acknowledgments.







Please note that we are only interested in manuscripts of poetry.  Manuscripts
of fiction, nonfiction, essay, biography, etc. will not be replied to.  





All submission can be emailed to us at <editors(at)cooperdillon.com> (replace
(at) with @)





In the subject line of the email, please use the following format: "Submission
by [ your name]."





All manuscripts will be considered carefully and replied to in a reasonable
amount of time.  If it's been more than a month, feel free to send an email.













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2009 Ethnographic Poetry Competition 

http://www.aaanet.org/sections/sha/2009Poetry.pdf



 


The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry 


competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative literary genres
to 


explore anthropological concerns. These concerns may be any of those
associated 


with the fields of anthropology: Archaeological, Biological, Linguistic, 


Sociocultural and Applied.  


 


Winning entries and honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual
meeting 


of the American Anthropological Association in Fall 2009, and will be
published 


in the Society's journal, Anthropology and Humanism. The winner(s) will
receive 


a certificate and award of $100. All entries will be considered for publication
in 


the journal.    


 


*** There is no entry fee for members of the American Anthropological 


Association. *** 


***  If you are not a member, there is a $10 fee.  *** 


 


Judges will be Misha Cahnmann Taylor, Kent Maynard, and Dorine Jennette. 


 


Submissions must be unpublished and include: 


* one copy of a cover letter, with home and institutional addresses & a short 


bio, 


* three copies of no more than three poems, of any length totaling no more
than 


10 pages in all (please do not include your name/address on the poems) 


* a self-addressed stamped envelope, for cont
est results, to be posted by Fall 


2009, and 


* proof of AAA membership, or a $10 check made to the Society for 


Humanistic Anthropology. Send unpublished poems only. 


 


Electronic or faxed submissions will not be accepted except by request  from 


ethnographic poets working outside the U.S. and Canada.  Submissions and 


inquiries should be directed to: Dr. Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, Department of 


Language and Literacy Education, 125 Aderhold Hall, University of Georgia, 


Athens, GA 30602; (office) (706) 583-8127; email: <cahnmann(at)uga.edu>

(replace (at) with @)


 


 The deadline for RECEIPT of submissions is 1 May 2009.   


 


 


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Skysaje Enterprises 5th annual poetry contest

http://poeticconversations.blogspot.com/





$250.00 grand prize and three $25.00 Honorable mentions



Submission guidelines:

1. submit up to 5 pages per submission.

2. all works must be typed in 14 points font or greater.

3. Author contact info must appear on every page

4. a $15.00 non refundable entry fee must be included with each submission.

5. submission deadline 4/30/09

Make checks payable to L. Berger

and mail submissions to:



Skysaje Enterprizes

50 amesbury Rd.

rochester, NY 14623


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Submissions to the Split Oak Press 2009 Chapbook Contest 




Final Judge: Joe Weil

http://www.splitoakpress.com/Contests.html




Prize $250 and 20 copies




Submissions for the yearly chapbook contest will be accepted through May 30,
2009. The winning manuscript will be published in Summer/Fall 2009. There is the
strong possibility of an Editor's Choice Award being offered publication along
with publication of the contest winner. Scroll down for submission details and
judge bio.

. 







Requirements:

- Chapbook manuscripts should be between 24 to 28 pages in length.

- The poems in the manuscript should have a cohesive structure.

- Poems within the manuscript may have been published in
individual magazines, journals, e-zines, etc. but may not have been published
together as a book/chapbook.




- A non-refundable entry fee of $15 must be included and made payable to Split
Oak Press. If the manuscript is simultaneously submitted and while under
consideration by Split Oak Press is accepted for publication elsewhere, the
entry fee will not be refunded.

- Please include two (2) title pages: one with the title of the manuscript and
and the poet’s contact information including name, address, phone number and
email; the second should include the title of the chapbook at the very top and
the table of contents below that. The poet’s name or other identification
should not appear on this cover.

- The poet’s name must not appear on any page of the act
ual manuscript.

- The poet must own the copyright to the poems in the work or be able to secure
permission to reprint any copyrighted poem included.

- The winning poet must submit a copy of the poems in Word format as an
attachment via email to the editor (as a .doc or .rtf file).

- Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification of manuscript
receipt only.

- Winner will be announced via email.

- Manuscripts will not be returned.

*Publisher reserves the right not to publish if a suitable manuscript is not
found. In that case, submission fees will be returned to the writers.







2009 Judge:

     Joe Weil is a good piano player, half way decent singer, and a fraud as
a guitarist. Most recently he has been hawking two new collections of his work:
What Remains (Nightshade press) and Painting The Christmas Trees (Texas Review
Press). He has read both in Opera houses and in laundry mats, the latter under a
bare bulb that swung through the air and cast eerie shadows across the room. He
presently works as an instructor in the creative writing department at
Binghamton University, and is trying, with middling success, to learn both
Italian and the Irish tin whistle.










Note: No email submissions accepted.

The chapbook will be professionally printed with full color covers and perfect
bound, unlike the typical saddle stitched (stapled) chapbook. The winning poet
will receive $250 and 20 copies of the chapbook. Additional copies may be purc
hased at 40% off list price. A formal contract will be made available.




Mail submissions to:

Split Oak Press

Chapbook Contest - 2009

James R. Stafford - Editor and Publisher

P.O. Box 700

Vestal, NY 13851


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2009 Inspirit Poetry Contest

http://www.gbgm-umc.org/baughmanumc/

THE FOURTH Annual National Inspirit Poetry Prize. $500 prize and publication in
the journal Inspirit for the best unpublished poem (limit 100 lines, no
translations) exploring issues of Christianity, culture, faith, and/or nature.
Submit SASE, $10 reading fee drawn to Rabbit Press, and 3 copies of up to 3
poems (one set with author identification; one without). Deadline: August 15;
winner announced September 15. Submit to Inspirit, c/o Baughman Memorial UM
Church, 228 Bridge St., New Cumberland, PA 17070.


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Poetry Contest

Winner receives full scholarship to workshop


http://www.sbpoetryworkshop.com/SBSPW/Contest.html

POETRY CONTEST GUIDELINES:




Send 3 copies of each poem with your name removed. Include a separate cover
sheet listing titles or first lines of each submitted poem, your name, 
address, phone number, email address, and any other relevant contact
information.  Line limit for each poem is 45 lines.




Contest entries must be postmarked by June 27, 2009. 




Submit Poems to:  SBSPW Poetry Contest, P.O. Box 30302, Santa Barbara CA 93130

Contest fee is $12 for each 3-poem entry. Checks should be made out to SBSPW.




Note: If the contest winner is not able to attend the workshop, the prize will
be offered to the second place contestant.  A refund will be given if the
tuition has already been paid.




 
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The Writer 2009 Short-Story Contest




http://www.writermag.com







Prizes

$1,000, first place; $300, second place; $200, third place.

The first-place entry, along with the finalist judge's comments, will be
published in The Writer magazine. All three winning entries will be posted
on The Writer Web site, www.WriterMag.com.




Finalist judge

Shelby Hearon




Entry fee

$10 per entry, payable to The Writer. Entry fees are nonrefundable. Payments
must be in U.S. funds drawn from a U.S. bank.




Deadline

Postmarked by May 31, 2009.




Rules

1. Submit two (2) copies of your short story. Entries must be submitted with an
official entry form, available below.Place the title only (not your name) on
each page of the story.




2. All entries must be original and previously unpublished in a book, nationally
distributed periodical or Web-based magazine. Entries must be in English and
submitted by the author, who must be at least 18 years old at the time of entry.




3. Entries should not exceed 2,000 words. No graphic language, sex or violence.




4. Entries must be double-spaced in standard 10- to 12-point type, and each page
must be consecutively numbered. Please paperclip pages together; do not staple
or enclose in covers or binders.




5. A $10 nonrefundable entry fee, payable to The Writer, must accompany each
entry. Please do not send cash in the mail. Submitted entries are final and will
not be returned, so be
sure to keep a copy for your records. We are unable to acknowledge entries.




6. You may submit more than one entry, but each entry must be accompanied by a
$10 entry fee. No simultaneous submissions are allowed.




7. Winners will be notified by Sept. 1, 2009.




8. Family members and employees of The Writer and its affiliates are not
eligible to enter the contest.




How to submit

Download the entry form at

http://www.writermag.com

 Send two (2) copies of your entry, along with the completed entry form and
total entry fee ($10 per entry). Payment must accompany all entries. 




Address entries to: 2009 Short-Story Contest, The Writer, P.O. Box 1612,
Waukesha, WI 53187-1612.


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Call for Submissions: The Sylvan Echo




Submissions of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, critical writing, book
reviews, and editorials by new and established writers will be accepted through
June 20, 2009.The journal is also interested in original artwork and
photography. Please read our submission guidelines carefully as we take them
very seriously (http://sylvanecho.net/journalblog/submission-guidelines/). We do
accept simultaneous submissions. As with all literary journals, we have an
aesthetic; we suggest you read the journal prior to submitting.

 

·  With the exception of poetry, artwork, and photography, you may submit 1
piece per genre. Should you submit more than one piece per genre, we will
ignore your second and subsequent submissions (and will look less than favorably
on your first submission, as well).

·  Submit your work by email to <editor(at)sylvanecho.net> (replace at with
@).

·  All work should be sent as an attachment in the following formats: Poetry
and prose as 12pt doc or rtf attachments; artwork and photography as the highest
resolution bmp, tif, or jpg.

·  List the genre in your subject line, e.g. Submission: poetry.

·  Each submission must be accompanied by a brief (50-150 word) bio, written
in the third person.

·  By submitting to The Sylvan Echo you are acknowledging that all creative
work is original and that you own all rights.


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dA Center for the Arts


2009 Poetry Contest




David St. John, Judge


 



First Prize: $250





Winner and Finalists will be invited to participate in an awards ceremony,
reading, and reception at the dA Center for the Arts. The prize does not include
publication.



Contest Rules 



Postmark deadline: April 30, 2009

Entry fee $15.00 for up to six pages of unpublished poetry (multiple entries are
permitted.)

Manuscripts must be typed. No more than one poem per page.

Author's name, address, and phone number (and email address, if available) must
appear on cover sheet only. Please include poem titles in addition to contact
information. No names on poems, please.

Simultaneous submission is permissible if we are notified when work is accepted
elsewhere or awards received.

For announcement of winners, include a SASE (self addressed, stamped
envelope). 

Please, no email or fax submissions.

Entries are screened and judged anonymously. Poems with which the judge has had
prior contact are ineligible.

Poems must not have received monetary awards or previous publication.

Entries must adhere to all guidelines. Manuscripts will not be returned.


David St. John was born in Fresno, California, in 1949, and educated
at California State University, Fresno, where he received his B.A. In 1974,
he received an M.F.A. from the University of Iowa. He is the author of six
books of poetry, including Prism (Arctos Press, 2002), Study for20the World's
Body: New and Selected Poems (1994), No Heaven (1985), and Hush (1976). His
awards include the Discover/The Nation prize, the James D. Phelan Prize, and
the Prix de Rome fellowship in literature. He has also received several National
Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. St.
John currently teaches in the English Department at University of Southern
California, Los Angeles.


Submit poetry and check or money order (no cash) with submission:


Poetry Contest: dA Center for the Arts, 252-D South Main
St. Pomona, CA 91766-1630 Phone: 909.397.9716 (www.dacenter.org)




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Tattoo Highway, an online journal of prose, poetry and art, is now reading
for TH/19: "Reflections/Refractions."  Deadline June 15, 2009.

http://www.tattoohighway.org

GENERAL GUIDELINES:  Our tastes are eclectic. We like fresh, vivid language,
and we like stories and poems that are actually about something -- that
acknowledge a world beyond the writer's own psyche. If they have an edge, if
they provoke us to think or make us laugh, so much the better. We strongly
suggest reading a previous issue or two before submitting.

While we particularly welcome poetry and short "screen-reader-friendly"
prose or cross-genre pieces (+/- 1000 words), we do on occasion publish
longer work.  We encourage hypertext and new media (e.g., Flash .swf)
submissions, also photographs and original graphics.

All readings are "blind" (authors' names and other identifiers are removed).
Writers may submit up to 5 poems, prosepoems or flash fictions (500 words
max), or 2 longer prose pieces. While we prefer to see work that has not
been previously published, we do consider work that has appeared in
small-circulation print journals.  Simultaneous submissions are fine, but
please let us know promptly if you place a piece elsewhere.

As always, we're featuring our contest: "A Picture Worth 500 Words."
Details on website.

HOW TO SUBMIT: Email submissions to <submissions(at)tattoohighway.org>

(replace (at) with @), as
Rich Text Format (RTF) attachments or as plain text in the body of your
message, and with TH19 in the subject line. For hypertext and Flash
submissions, provide us with an URL where we may view the work online. Send
graphics in .jpg format.




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SUBMIT TO THE 2009 CHAPBOOK CONTEST  

http://www.thebroomereview.com/Contest.html

Submissions for the yearly chapbook contest will be accepted from January 1,
2009 to April 30, 2009. Publication of the winning manuscript will take place in
Summer/Fall 2009. There is the strong possibility of an Editor's Choice Award
being offered publication along with publication of the contest winner. Scroll
down for submission details and judge bio.

. 







Requirements:

- Chapbook manuscripts should be between 24 to 28 pages in length.

     *Please note that the page count minimum mentioned above is different
than the one in the call for manuscripts found in Poets & Writers. Please use
this higher page count to allow for perfect binding of the winning manuscript.

- The poems in the manuscript should have a cohesive structure.

- Poems within the manuscript may have been published in individual magazines,

   journals, e-zines, etc. but may not have been published together as
a book/chapbook.




- A non-refundable entry fee of $18 must be included and made payable to The
Broome Review. If the manuscript is simultaneously submitted and while under
consideration by TBR is accepted for publication elsewhere, the entry fee will
not be refunded.

- Please include two (2) title pages: one with the title of the manuscript and
and the poet’s contact information including name, address, phone number and
email; the second should include the title of the chapbook=2
0at the very top and the table of contents below that. The poet’s name or
other identification should not appear on this cover.

- The poet’s name must not appear on any page of the actual manuscript.

- The poet must own the copyright to the poems in the work or be able to secure
permission to reprint any copyrighted poem included.

- The winning poet must submit a copy of the poems in Word format as an
attachment via email to TBR (as a .doc or .rtf file).

- Include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for notification of manuscript
receipt only.

- Winner will be announced via email.

- Manuscripts will not be returned.

- The editors reserve the right not to award a prize and publication if we do
not receive a book we'd like to publish.

Note: No email submissions accepted.

The chapbook will be professionally printed with full color covers and perfect
bound, unlike the typical saddle stitched (stapled) chapbook. The winning poet
will receive $100 and 20 copies of the chapbook. Additional copies may be
purchased at 40% off list price. A formal contract will be made available.

Mail submissions to:

2009 TBR Chapbook Contest

P.O. Box 900

Vestal, NY 13851






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The Bridge Poetry Contest 2009 Entry Rules
First annual poetry contest and fundraiser.
Featured subject of poems: Homelessness
or Humanitarianism.  Submit up to 3 poems.
Entry fee = $20 (US) for 1-3 poems.  Multiple
subs okay with entry fee for each entry.
Mailed subs only.  Checks or money orders
only, no cash.  Free verse preferred.
Experimental poems welcome.
No porno or rough language will be considered.
Use a standard font such as: Times New
Roman, limit 50 lines maximum for each poem.
One poem per page with continued poem
on 2 page only.  Keep line length to no more
than 50 - 60 (characters) per line. Use 8 1/2" x 11"
letter page.  Submit up to 3 poems total in
a submission, limited to a maximum of 6 pages.
Also include a sheet with your name, address,
phone number, email (if available) and a
short bio (half page max).  Poems must be
original work. Unpublished poems preferred
but will accept published with permission
from publisher in writing accompanying
the submission. 1st Place = $400,
2nd Place = $200, 3rd Place = $100
Honorable Mention winners will be posted
on "The Bridge" webpage only.
Make check or Money Order payable
to : The Bridge.  Mail to The Bridge
c /o Judy Kirkley, P.O. Box 700383
Dallas, Texas 75370
Questions only:  <poeticfriends(at)mdhadallas.org>

(replace (at) with @)

http://www.mdhadallas.org/poeticfriendsrules.aspx
Deadline:  May 1, 2009





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Spire 7th Annual Spring Chapbook Contest

$500 + 20 copies and standard publishing contract

http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html

Finalists may also be chosen for publication.

Please send manuscripts of 18-28 pages, double-spaced, a $15 entry fee, and a
SASE.

Include your name only on a cover sheet and not on the manuscript. Include the
title of the entire collection on the cover sheet and each page of the
manuscript.

Postmark Deadline is May 1, 2009.

All manuscripts will be recycled at the close of the contest.

This contest will be judged blindly. 




Spire Press, Inc. 
532 LaGuardia Place, Suite 298, 
New York, NY 10012

tel: 646.736.7701

email: <info(at)spirepress.org> (replace (at) with @)

info@...







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$500 and public-radio broadcast feature for 500 (or fewer) words!

 

Quiddity international literary journal and public-radio program is pleased to
announce the Teresa A. White Literary Award.  The 2009 award is affectionately
referred to as the “buck-a-word” contest.


First Prize: $500 and publication in the Spring/Summer 2010 print issue of
Quiddity as well as public-radio broadcast (via WUIS, NPR member and PRI
affiliate)

Honorable mentions may also be offered publication and broadcast. 

Contest begins March 1, 2009, and ends August 1, 2009 (postmark deadline). 

 

Submit one work of prose totaling no more than 500 words (title included) as
well as $12 payable to Quiddity.   

 

U.S. submissions should include both an email address and a self-addressed,
business-size (#10), stamped envelope (SASE). International submissions should
include an email address to which an electronic reply may be sent.

 

Work should be previously unpublished; simultaneous submissions with immediate
notification are okay, but the contest awards only for FNASR, so works accepted
elsewhere will be withdrawn from consideration, and please note: the entry fee
will not be returned. 

 

All entries must be typed and must include a cover letter with author's name and
contact information (address, telephone, and email address) as well as the title
and word count of the work submitted. The author’s name or any identifying
information should not appear on the manu
script itself.

 

Entries that do not meet the guidelines will not be considered, and entry fees
are not refundable.

 

All contest submissions will be considered for regular inclusion in the
journal. 

 

Winners will be announced by September 1, 2009.

 

Mail entries to

            2009 Teresa A. White Literary Award

            Quiddity

            1500 North Fifth Street

            Springfield, Illinois 62702

           
U.S.A.                                     \
               

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Best wishes!

 





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Announcing the Second Annual Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose:
http://www.gulfcoastmag.org/

Named in honor of Gulf Coast's founder, the Donald Barthelme Prize awards $500
and publication in the upcoming issue of Gulf Coast for one prose poem, micro-
essay, or piece of flash fiction.

The 2009 prize-winning entry will be selected by Mary Robison.

Guidelines: Submit up to 3 previously unpublished prose poems, short stories, or

micro-essays, each no more than 500 words in length. Your name and address
should appear on the cover letter only. All entries will be considered for
publication,
though only one will receive our $500 prize. Include an SASE for results.
Manuscripts will not be returned.


Your $15 reading fee, payable to "Gulf Coast," will include a one-year
subscription.

Postmark deadline: August 31, 2009.

     Send Entries to:
Barthelme Prize
Gulf Coast Journal
Department of English
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3013


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PRIZE AMOUNT INCREASED FOR 2009! 
 
http://www.nationalpoetryreview.com/ 
 
All entries will be considered by the editor for publication. Submit up to three
unpublished, uncommitted poems (10 pages maximum per group of three poems),
cover letter with bio and contact information, including email address for
results, with a $15.00 fee (personal check only, please; no money orders) to 
 
C. J. Sage, TNPR, Post Office Box 2080, Aptos, California 95001-2080 
IMPORTANT: Please make checks payable to “C. J. Sage” only. 
 
Postmark deadline: April 30, 2009. 
 
The winner will receive $500 plus publication in The National Poetry Review. 
 
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if the work is selected by TNPR for
the prize or for publication, it must be withdrawn from elsewhere unless you
have withdrawn it from us two weeks before our acceptance. Multiple submissions
are acceptable with a reading fee for each group of three poems. Page limit per
group: 10 
 
Please note that close friends, relatives, and students of the judge or the
editor are not eligible for the prize. The judge will be asked to send back to
TNPR's editor any poem that s/he recognizes; should this happen, the entrant's
fee will be refunded.


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damselfly press, an online literary journal for women is pleased to announce the
publication of our seventh issue and call for submissions for the eighth issue.
We are seeking electronic submissions of original fiction, poetry, and non
fiction by female writers only slated for online publication in July.




The deadline to submit for the eighth issue is June 15th.

These are the e-mails per genre e ditor:

Fiction- <jennifer(at)damselflypress.net> (replace (at) with @)

Poetry- <lesley(at)damselflypress.net> (replace (at) with @)

Non fiction- <nonfiction(at)damselflypress.net>  (replace (at) with @)

Visit the damselfly press website

 http://damselflypress.net 

to read the latest issue and learn more about the journal. 






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DOS PASSOS REVIEW accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions
NOW-July 31, 2009. Limit 3-5 poems, 3,000 words prose.




Send to: Editor, The Dos Passos Review, Dept.of English, Longwood University,
201 High St., Farmville, VA 23909. sase for reply only. 




See Web site for specific guidelines: www.brierycreekpress.org.



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Southern Illinois Writers Guild Contest

http://www.jalc.edu/activities/siwg/contests.html




Entries are open to all persons over 18 years, or enrolled in post-secondary
education.

Prizes

1st Place $100; 2nd Place $50; 3rd Place $25, in each category. Honorable
Mentions as determined by judges. Winners will be published in the Writers
Voice, the SIWG anthology, unless authors request otherwise. Winners will be
notified by mail in September, 2008.

Entry Fee

Five dollars per entry, maximum of three entries per author. Check or money
order only, no cash. Make checks payable to: John A. Logan College. Entries not
enclosing the fee or following the rules will be discarded.

Entry Rules


Fiction - Any subject or genre.
Nonfiction - Biography, memoir, article, or essay on any topic.
Poetry - Any style or topic.
(Please, no explicit sex or excessive violence.)

Original work of the entrant; unpublished at time of submission.

Page limit - Up to eight pages for Fiction and Nonfiction, one or two pages for
Poetry.

Format - Standard manuscript format (8-1/2" x 11" paper, typed and
double-spaced, 1" margins,12-point Times New Roman, pages numbered and title of
entry on every page). Poetry may vary margins and spacing as needed.

Two copies of each entry.

Cover sheet for each entry, with contestant's name, address, category (Fiction,
Nonfiction, or Poetry) and title of entry. Author's name should appear only on
the cover sheet, not the manuscript. Optional - Provide email address for winner
notification; brief=2
0bio to include with publication.

All winners must supply social security numbers in order to collect a cash
prize. Please do not supply your SSN until you are notified that you have won a
cash prize. There will be no exceptions to this rule.


Judging

Judges will be announced

Mailing Instructions


Postmarked no later than May 1, 2008.

Mail flat, not folded, with sufficient postage. Do not send by certified mail.

Optional - include a SAS postcard for verification that your entry was received.

Send to:John A. Logan College
Attn: Student Activities C109
SIWG Contest Entry
700 Logan College Rd.
Carterville, IL 62918



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RULES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE 2009 MEMPHIS MAGAZINE FICTION CONTEST




Cosponsored by Burke's Book Store and Davis-Kidd Booksellers

We are seeking entries for our annual fiction contest. The winning story
will earn a $1,000 grand prize and will be published in a future issue of
Memphis. Two honorable mention awards of $500 each will be given if the quality
of entries warrants. Contest cosponsors are Burke's Book Store, and Davis-Kidd
Booksellers. Below are contest rules:
1. Authors must live within 150 miles of Memphis.
2. Entries must be postmarked by August 1, 2009.
3. You may submit more than one story but each entry must be accompanied by a
$10 entry fee.
4. Stories are NOT required to have a Memphis or Southern theme.
5. Each story should be typed, double-spaced, with unstapled, numbered pages.
Stories should be between 3,000 and 4,500 words.
6. With each story should be a cover letter that gives us your name, address,
phone number, and the title of your story. Please do not put your name anywhere
on the manuscript itself.
7. Manuscripts may be previously published as long as previous publication was
not in a national magazine with over 20,000 circulation or in a regional
publication within Shelby County.
8. Manuscripts should be sent to 
FICTION CONTEST c/o Memphis magazine, 
P.O. Box 1738 
Memphis, TN 38101 

NOTE: We cannot accept faxes or E-mails.
Authors wishing their manuscripts returned must include a self-addressed
stamped envelope with each entry.0A





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Tamarack Award Submissions 
 
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/media/Minnesota-Monthly/Join-In/Tamarack-Award-S\
ubmissions/ 
 
Official Rules and Entry Guidelines 
 
Minnesota Monthly is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Tamarack Award, the
magazine’s annual fiction contest. Entries will be accepted through July 1,
2009. The winning story will appear in the November 2009 issue. 
 
ELIGIBILITY 
 
The competition is open to residents of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Proof of eligibility will be required of the
winning entrant. 
 
Note: previous Tamarack winners are not eligible to enter the contest again for
five years. Other previous winners are eligible. As always, however, employees
of Minnesota Public Radio and its affiliated companies are not eligible. 
 
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION 
 
Maximum length: 4,000 words. Must be an original, unpublished work of short
fiction. 
 
Send two clean copies of your entry. Manuscripts must be typed and
double-spaced, with pages numbered. Judging is anonymous; please do not put your
name anywhere on your manuscript. Include two copies of a cover sheet with the
following information: your name, address, day/evening phone numbers, and e-mail
address, along with the title of your entry and its word count. 
 
THE FINE PRINT 
 
There is no entry fee. Because of the volume of submissions, the editors are
unable to contact entrants individually regarding the outcome of the
competition. 
M
ail your entry to: 
 
2008 Tamarack Award 
Minnesota Monthly 
600 U.S. Trust Building 
730 S. Second Ave. 
Minneapolis, MN 55402 
 
No e-mail submissions will be accepted. 
The author of the winning manuscript will, upon signing Minnesota Monthly’s
standard publication contract, be published in the November 2008 issue.
Minnesota Public Radio will reserve the right to broadcast a reading of the
winning story. 
 



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Poetry International announces call for entries for the Poetry International
Prize 2009.

http://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/Prize.htm

A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for
a single poem. Sandra Alcosser will judge.

Submit up to three poems with a $10 entry fee (Entrants may submit additional
poems for a charge of $3 per poem.) Deadline has been extended to May 15th. The
winner will be announced on our website in the fall of 2009.

Guidelines


Provide your contact information & titles of all poems submitted, on the title
page.


Author name and information should appear only on the title page. 


No handwritten entries, please. 


Please make your entry easy to read no illustrations, fancy fontss or decorative
borders.


Simultaneous Submission Allowed: You may submit your poems simultaneously. 
Please contact us if we need to withdraw your poem(s) because they have been
accepted elsewhere. 


Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both
the original poem and the translation.


A Note to Previous Poetry International Prize Contestants

You are welcome to enter this year's contest, whether or not you won a prize in
the previous year.      

Poetry International 
San Diego State University 
5500 Campanile Drive 
San Diego, CA 92182-6020


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2nd Annual Non-fiction Chapbook Contest 
http://allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html 
 
First Prize: $1000 plus publication 
$15 dollar entry fee, payable ONLINE or by mail 
DEADLINE May 31ST 2009 
40 pages of text max 
any format is fine 
email entry to <editors(at)allnationspress.com>

(replace (at) with @)

 
 
or mail them to 
Chapbook Contest 
ANP 
PO BOX 689 
White Marsh, VA 23183 
 
 
 



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POETRYCONTEST: Call for Entries! 
http://www.ajmeerwald.org/dbsp/html/bayday/bayday_pdf/Poetry%20contest%2009.pdf�\
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Rules & Regulations 
Delaware Bay Days is an annual celebration of the history, culture 
and environment of New Jersey’s Bayshore region. All entries must 
reflect a local NJ maritime or environmental theme, or relate to 
living or working in the coastal communities of the Bayshore area. 
The deadline for entries is May 10, 2009. There is no entry fee! 
Open to published or unpublished poets age 16 and up. 
Poems must be no longer than 45 lines. 
No more than 3 entries per author. 
  

Include authors name, address & phone number (e-mail if available). 
Prizes will be awarded at Delaware Bay Days, hosted by 
Bayshore Discovery Project, on June 13th, 2009 in Bivalve, NJ. 
Winning poets will be invited to read on stage. 
Prizes sponsored by the Robbinstown School Public Library 


Winning poems or portions thereof (with proper credit) may be displayed or 
used by Bayshore Discovery Project for exhibit or promotional purposes. 
Submit entries to: 
Bayshore Discovery Project 
2800 High St. (Bivalve) 
Port Norris, NJ 08349 
E-mail: <info(at)bayshorediscovery.org> (replace (at) with @)


FAX: 856-785-2893 
Funding has been possible in part by the New Jersey Council on the Arts /
Department of State, a partner agency with the National 
Endowment for the Arts and the Cumberland County Cultural and Heritage
Commission.
The Bayshore Discovery Project received 
an operating support grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a Division
of Cultural Affairs in the Department of State. 
 
 



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Call for Submissions: The Cartier Street Review



We accept contemporary poetry, articles on contemporary poetry, short prose,
poet interviews and poetry reviews by email to:


<violetwrites(at)nyc.rr.com> (replace (at) with @)


with 'CSR Submission' indicated in the subject line. We accept attachments or
you may include the submission in the body of the email. Although we try to
publish by the first of each month there are no deadlines, we publish a new
edition of the review based on sufficient qualifying content.





The Cartier Street Review.




http://modernpoet.proboards.com/index.cgi?




We have an open call now for June. The Cartier Street Review accepts
contemporary poetry, articles on contemporary poetry, short prose, poet
interviews and poetry and book reviews. We feature emerging and recognized
writers alongside overlooked voices. Cartier is international literary magazine
and will publish in other languages alongside translation if desired. 

Please query if any questions regarding our interest. We will try to answer all
queries in a timely manner. 






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THE JOURNAL’S SIXTH ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST
http://www.the-journal-online.blogspot.com/

The Journal, the literary magazine of The Ohio State University, would like to
announce the Sixth Annual Journal Short Story Contest.

This year’s judge is Lee K. Abbott, author of the short story collections
Dreams of Distant Lives, Strangers in Paradise, Love is the Crooked Thing, The
Heart Never Fits Its Wanting, and Living After Midnight, and All Things, All at
Once.

The Journal Short Story Contest offers $1000 and publication of the winning
story in The Journal’s Autumn/Winter 2009 issue. All styles, subject matter,
and forms are welcome. Simultaneous submissions are accepted provided immediate
notice is given if work is accepted elsewhere. Please submit only previously
unpublished fiction up to 7500 words. All manuscripts will be considered for
publication.

Deadline for postmark of manuscripts is May 1st.

A reading fee of $10 must accompany each manuscript (please make checks payable
to The Journal).

Manuscripts should be submitted anonymously with the title of the work and all
contact information listed on a separate cover letter. Manuscripts will not be
returned. Please number pages and double-space all entries.

Send previously unpublished story along with reading fee to:

Short Story Contest
The Journal
Department of English
The Ohio State University
164 West 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

For a list of winners, please include an SASE. Faculty and students of The Ohio
State University are ineligible to enter20this contest. If the judge deems no
story prize-worthy, The Journal reserves the right not to award the prize.

For complete details, please visit our website at
www.english.osu.edu/journals/thejournal/


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The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize


Guidelines & Information for 2009



http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/dhpcontests.html


The postmark deadline for entries to the 2009 Dream Horse Press National Poetry
Chapbook Prize is May 31, 2009. To enter, submit 20-28 paginated pages of
poetry, in a readable font, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email for
results (No SASE), and a $15.00 non-refundable fee for each manuscript entered.
All manuscripts will be recycled. The winner will receive $500 and 25 copies of
a handsomely printed chapbook. The 2007 winner was Charles Sweetman
forIncorporated. 





Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable,
but if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify
Dream Horse Press immediately. Entry fees are non-refundable. Judging will be
anonymous; writers' names should not appear anywhere on the manuscript. Please
include your name and biographical information in a separate cover letter.
Please be sure to include your email address.





C. J. Sage is the judge for the 2009 contest. Close friends, students (former
or present), and relatives of the judge or the press owner are NOT eligible for
the contest; the judge reads all entries and will immediately alert DHP if a
close friend, student, or relative has entered. DHP will then disqualify that
entry and return the entry fee. 





The Annual Dream Horse Press Poetry Chapbook Prize entries may be sent,
following the guidelines=2
0above, to:




Dream Horse Press


P. O. Box 2080 


Aptos, California 95001-2080



Make checks payable to: Dream Horse Press



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