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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Post #42 - Contests

2008 Limerick and Poetry Contests
http://www.sacramento-writers.org/
Theme: Open Prizes: Limerick - $50, $25 and $15 prizes for first, second and third place. Poetry - $100, $50 and $25 prizes for first, second and third place. Line Length: Limerick - 5 lines. Poetry - 40 lines. Cover Page: Type your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, indicate Limerick or Poetry category. For Poetry, include line count. Include separate cover page for each entry and paperclip to entry. Entry Format: Submit two copies. All entries must be typed using black 12 point Times New Roman font on one side of 8.5 x 11 inch white paper. For Poetry, put title on first page; for additional pages, put title on upper left hand corner and page number on upper right hand corner. Entry Fee: Limerick - $5 for each Limerick submission. Poetry - $10 for each Poetry submission. Enclose a check made payable to Sacramento Branch CWC.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by March 31, 2008. Winners will be announced in the June, 2008 branch newsletter and honored at the June 21, 2008 Sacramento Branch meeting, 11:00 a.m. at Luau Garden Chinese Buffet, 1890 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA. Winners need not be present to receive their prizes. Winning entries will be published in future issues of the branch newsletter.Entries must be unpublished. Entries will not be returned, and authors retain all rights. Submit to:Evelyn LuscherSacramento Branch CWC Writing ContestP. O. Box 1157Citrus Heights, CA 95611-1157 For more information:Contact contest chair Evelyn Luscher at eluscher(at)sbcglobal.net (replace (at) with @)

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The 2008 Just Desserts Short-Short Fiction Prize
First Prize: $1000Two Honorable Mentions 1000-word maximumEntry Fee: $10 for up to two stories Judge: Liza Wieland http://myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/contest-ssfiction.html Liza Wieland has published four works of fiction: two novels,The Names of the Lost,(Southern Methodist University Press,1992) and Bombshell (SMU, 2001), and two collections of short fiction, Discovering America (Random House,1994) and You Can Sleep While I Drive (SMU, 1999), as well as a volume of poems, NearAlcatraz (Cherry Grove Collections, 2005). She has been awarded two Pushcart Prizes, as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Christopher Isherwood Foundation and the North Carolina Arts Council. Deadline: FEBRUARY 15, 2008Send Submissions to: Fiction Contests, Passages North Northern Michigan University Gries Hall 1401 Presque Isle Ave. Marquette, MI 49855 All entrants receive contest issue. Send SASE for announcement of winners. Make checks payable to Northern Michigan University.

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TallGrass Writers Guild Literary Anthology/Contest
GuidelinesSponsored by Outrider Press in affiliation with TallGrass Writers Guild Deadline: 2-28-08. Email tallgrassguild(at)sbcglobal.net or outriderpress(at)sbcglobal.net(replace (at) with @) Planned publication date: late summer/early fall 2008. Working title: Wild Things: Domestic and Otherwise.. Broadly interpreted, this can be anything from unwanted bats in the attic to grandchildren running amok.Previously published and simultaneously submitted mss. OK.Especially interested in poetry.All poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction submissions are read and evaluated by in-house editorial staff; submission does not guarantee acceptance; those entries that make the final cut are forwarded to independent judges for possible award of $1000 in cash prizes for First ($500 each for poetry and prose) as determined by the judges. Also: 2nd and 3rd places, and Hon. Mention. All winners receive Featured Reader status at the Kick-Off Reading at Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair (DEFINITELY SCHEDULED as a Book Fair Featured Event on June 8), the nationÂ´s third largest book fair of its kind. Each published contributor receives a free copy of the anthology.Entry fees for each category are $16, reduced to $12 each for TWG members Poetry: Single-page poems to 28 lines - single spacing OK. Prose poems may me treated as prose at judgeÂ´s discretion. Reading fee for 1-4 poems: $16US/$12US-TWG member. For 5-8 poems: $32US/$24US-TWG member. 9-12 poems: $48US/$36US, etc. Prose: 2500 word limit per entry; sections from longer works accepted. Reading fee for each entry: $16 US/$12US-TWG member. For 2 prose entries per person: $32US/$24US-TWG member; for 3: $48/$36, etc.No limit on number of submissions in either category. Previously published and simultaneous submissions OK.Judge: Award-winning poet, essayist and novelist Judith Kitchen, Pushcart Prize recipient and judge.Writers should send two copies of each manuscript (ms.) Plus disk as follows: HARD COPY - Double-spaced manuscript on one side, on 8.5"x11" unlined white paper. Single-spacing okay for poetry. Plus: ELECTRONIC - Provide ms. and 4-sentence bio (separate files, please) on 3.5" IBM disk or CD, or small capacity flash (pin) drive - our preference -- using Windows Rich-Text-Format (RTF - our preference), or Microsoft Word (not Works). NO ASCII; no centering, bold, italics codes; only Tabs for paragraph indents. Specify word processing program on label + authorÂ´s name, phone # and e-mail address. No MAC. If sending a 3.5" floppy, be sure to package securely in bubble wrap or padded envelope to guard against damage in transit. INCLUDE name, address, phone/FAX numbers (w/area code) and e-mail addresses on first sheet of fiction; each sheet of poetry. Your phone number and e-mail address are required on every item. INCLUDE a stamped, self-addressed #10 (business size) envelope (SASE) for response. Mss. shredded/recycled.For REQUIRED ENTRY FORM + COMPLETE GUIDELINES: email outriderpress(at)sbcglobal.net (replace (at) with @).Mail submissions to: TallGrass Writers c/o Outrider Press, 2036 North Winds Drive, Dyer, IN 46311. Info: tallgrassguild(at)sbcglobal.net or outriderpress(at)sbcglobal.net (replace (at) with @) or 219-322-7270 or toll-free 866-510-6735

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The American Poetry Journal book prize
Guidelines & Information for 2008 http://home.comcast.net/~jpdancingbear/apj_contest.html The postmark deadline for entries to the 2008 The American Poetry Journal book prize is February 29, 2008. To enter, submit 50-65 paginated pages of poetry, table of contents, acknowledgments, bio, email address for results, No SASE (manuscripts will be recycled), and a $25.00 reading fee for each manuscript entered. The winner will receive $1000 and 20 copies. All entries will be considered for publication. Both free and formal verse styles are welcome. Multiple submissions are acceptable. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but if your manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere you must notify The American Poetry Journal and/or Dream Horse Press immediately. 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. The winner is chosen by the editor of The American Poetry Journal, J.P. Dancing Bear, Close Friends, Students (former or present), and Relatives of the the editor are NOT eligible for the contest and their entry fee will be refunded. The American Poetry Journal book prize entries may be sent, following the guidelines above, to:The American Poetry Journal book prizeP. O. Box 2080Felton, California 95001-2080Please make checks payable to: Dancing Bear.

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The University of Illinois at Chicago journal Packingtown Review
is now accepting submissions for the Packingtown Review Prize for Critical Response. Acclaimed poet and UIC alumnus Paul Hoover has donated his poem "TheWindows (Speech-lit Islands)" to Packingtown ReviewÂ´s contest for the bestcritical response to the poem. This poem can be accessed via the contestpage at http://www.packingtownreview.com/contests To enter, submit a critical response between 1,500 and 2,500 wordsdiscussing Paul Hoover's "The Windows (Speech-lit Islands)" in light ofthe poet's aesthetic and in the context of contemporary poetry.The winning response will be featured in the first issue (November 2008) of Packingtown Review alongside the poem, as well as on the PackingtownReview web site. The winning author will receive two copies of thejournal.Two runners-up will be posted on the Packingtown Review web site.The jury consists of the current editorial staff of Packingtown Review.The deadline for the submissions is March 31, 2008 (postmarked). Winnerswill be announced on the Packingtown Review web site on May 31, 2008.The contest is open to the public* and there is no fee.Please mail your submission to our journal address: UIC Department ofEnglish, UH 2027 MC 162, 601 S. Morgan, Chicago, IL 60607, or e-mail it tocontest(at)packingtownreview.com (replace (at) with @).*This contest is closed to current UIC students and faculty and those whohave graduated from UIC within the past five years.

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call for submissions/contest: ECOTONE
Ecotone (www.ecotonejournal.com), the University of North Carolina at Wilmington's national literary journal, has recently launched an online companion, which is currently seeking submissions for its current series, "Addiction as Ecotone." Here's how our call for submissions begins:We're interested in exploring addictions (particularly their beginnings and, in some cases, their resolutions) as an ecotoneÃ¢â‚¬â€a transitional place separating past and present, reality and fantasy. We thus invite you to submit literary expressions you have related to this idea.Please visit www.ecotoneblog.blogspot.com for our full submission guidelines.

Additionally, in Spring 2009, Ecotone will publish a special issue celebrating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth and the sesquicentennial of the publication of The Origin of Species. We are now accepting submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the Ecotone Evolution Contest, which will creatively reflect the subject of evolution.The reading period is October 15, 2007 -- April 15, 2008. One Grand Prize winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium, a limited-edition chapbook of the winning manuscript, and publication in Ecotone's Spring 2009 evolutionÂ issue. Two runners-up will receive chapbooks of their manuscripts and publication in Ecotone. The contest entry fee is $15 per manuscript.Please visit http://www.ecotonejournal.com/evolution.html for the full contest guidelines.

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contest for writers over 55 years old
It's time again for the Carnegie CenterÃ¢' annual Legacies Writing Contest for Writers Over 55. Website: http://www.carnegieliteracy.org/writers.htm Awards will be offered for the best entriessubmitted: Poems, stories, essays, or memoirs drawn from the author's personal history.The cash prize is $100 for first place and $50 for second.Winners and finalists will participate in the annual Legacies Reading at the Carnegie Center onTuesday, March 4 at 6:30 pm, when the Legacies Medallion, donated in memory of Carole Pettit, will be presented. Entries will be judged by a qualified panel.Writers over 55 should submit manuscripts up to1500 words (about five typed, double-spacedpages, which may include up to five poems). There is a $10 reading fee per five-page entry, payable to the Carnegie Center.Entries should include a cover page complete with author's name, address, email address, phone number, and date of birth. Names should NOT appear on the entry itself.Deadline for submissions is SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Entries most be postmarked or received by that date.Send submissions to:LEGACIES The Carnegie Center / 251 West Second Street / Lexington, KY 40507

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times square poetry contest
Bright Lights, Big Verse: Poems of Times Square.Five winners will receive $1,000 each plus a tripto New York City to read their winning poems atan event in Times Square. No entry fee. Deadline:March 1, 2008. To learn more or to enter, visitPoetrySociety.org or TimesSquareNYC.org.

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Knoxville Writers Guild Annual Contests
http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/contests.htm The Knoxville Writers' Guild sponsors the following annual literary contests with more than $1,200 in prizes for poetry, fiction, and essays. Enter as many of these contests as you like: Deadline is February 29 for statewide writing contests from the Knoxville Writers' Guild. The following contests will share a deadline of February 28 each year. KWG Award for Poetry, in honor of Libba Moore Gray and Terry Semple KWG Award for Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett KWG Young Writers' Prize in Poetry KWG Prize for Creative Nonfiction General Guidelines The following guidelines apply to all KWG contests. See specific guidelines under each contest heading for individual exceptions or additions. Deadline is February 29 for statewide writing contests from the Knoxville Writers' Guild. The following General Guidelines apply to all KWG contests. See Specific Guidelines under each contest heading for individual exceptions or additions.

1. Contests are open to all residents of Tennessee above the age of 18 with the following exceptions: Members of the KWG board of directors and contests committee may not submit entries to KWG competitions. Previous first prizewinners are barred from the contest they won for one year. Also, see Specific Guidelines under Young Writer's Prize for exceptions to that contest.

2. Contestants may enter more than one contest simultaneously. Please see each contest's Specific Guidelines regarding multiple submissions.

3. All deadlines are midnight February 29, 2008.

4. Winners and runners-up will be announced in early to mid-April, and will be honored at the KWG Gala the afternoon of Saturday, April 26. Include SASE to receive a list of winners or check out the KWG website.

5. Include a cover sheet with each entry, clearly designating the contest you are entering. Include your name, address, phone number and email address (optional) on cover sheets only. A cover sheet must accompany each entry. Do not put name or other identifying information on the entries themselves. They will be coded, by number, for judging by members of the Guild. No email submissions. No previously published works.

6. Manuscripts will not be returned; keep copies.

7. See below for descriptions of individual contests, deadlines, judges and any specific rules for a particular contest.

8. Except for the KWG Award for Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett , and the KWG Young Writers' Prize in Poetry, contests charge a $20 entry fee for nonmembers and $10 for Guild members. Guild membership is $25 per year; $10 for students. To join, make checks payable to KWG or pay by credit card at our website, http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/.

9. Prizes: First Prize - $150, Second Prize - $100, Third Prize - $50.10. Send to:(Name of Contest) Awards OfficeThe Knoxville Writers' Guild / P.O. Box 10326 / Knoxville, TN 3793911. By submitting to the contest, in consideration for any and all compensation or prizes, writer grants Knoxville Writers' Guild first publication rights to first place, second place, third place, and honorable mention works. Writer retains all other rights.Enter as many of the following contests as you wish: The KWG Award for FictionIn memory of the late Knoxville author, Leslie Garrett. Fee: There is no fee for entering this contest.

Specific Guidelines: 1. Entry consists of one short story or novel excerpt totaling no more than 5,000 words each. 2. Only one entry per contestant. 3. Please, include the word count on the cover sheet.See General Guidelines.The KWG Award for PoetryIn memory of Libba Moore Gray and Terry Semple. Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers. Specific Guidelines: 1. Entry consists of no more than three typed poems. 2. Multiple submissions O.K.See General Guidelines.The KWG Award for Creative Nonfiction This yearÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s topic is Streets, Avenues, and Roads. The piece can relate to any street, avenue, or road as long as it is real and identified in the piece. Other names may be changed. Since this is creative nonfiction, the piece should read more like a story than an essay, with a very strongly developed sense of place, and elements of conflict and character development (the author and/or any other persons in the story). The street, avenue, or road does not necessarily have to feature the author; it can involve someone the author knew or knew about. Preference will be given to narrow subject matter--an event, an experience, or memory binding the author or another real character to the street, avenur, or road, for good or bad, comedic or tragic, past or present.Fee: $10 for KWG members; $20 for nonmembers.Specific Guidelines: 1. Entry consists of one typed, double-spaced nonfiction essay of no more than 3,000 words. 2. Multiple submissions O.K.See General Guidelines.The Young Writers' Poetry PrizeFee: There is no fee for entering this contest.Specific Guidelines: 1. Entry consists of three typed poems of no more than totaling 100 lines or fewer. Please, only one entry per contestant. 2. No restrictions as to style or content. 3. Open to all high school students in the Greater Knoxville Area of East Tennessee. 4. No identifying information on poems themselves; a cover sheet must be attached with student's name, address, phone number, as well as school's name, address and phone number (except in the case of home-schooled students).See General Guidelines.

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fiction anthology/contest: 94 Creations
http://www.94creations.com/Contests.html
94: Anthology of Short Prose is the firstpublication brought to you by 94 Creations, Ink., an independent publisher based in Louisville,Kentucky. Featuring a diverse array of well-crafted, previously unpublished fiction and creative non-fiction narratives by emerging andestablished writers, this anthology is designed toincite, stir, and broaden the senses, sensibilities,imaginations, and perspectives of our editorsand readers.For details and submission instructions, visit http://www.94creations.com/Anthology.html

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Call for Submissions: Palabra A Magazine of Chicano & Latino Literary Art www.palabralitmag.com Biannual print magazine of Chicano & Latino writing invites submissions of short fiction, poetry, short plays and novel excerpts. Looking especially for fresh, inventive work that pays as much attention to language as to content, takes literary risks and explores new territory in Chicano & Latino literature. Fiction and novel excerpts up to 4000 words, poetry as many as 5 poems of any length, plays up to 15 pages. Sorry, no genre work. Original, unpublished work only. Include name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address on each submission. Simultaneous submissions OK with prompt notification of acceptance elsewhere. Response time 3 - 4 months. Submit via USPS only. Include SASE for response only. Submissions accepted year-round. Manuscripts not accepted for publication will not be returned. Palabra acquires first serial rights, electronic promotional rights and nonexclusive print anthology rights. Some pay. Copyright reverts to author upon publication.Detailed guidelines are available on the website. Inquiries at palabralit[at]earthlink.net (replace [at] with the @ symbol). Mail submissions to: PalabraP. O. Box 86146Los Angeles, CA 90086-0146

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grad student conference seeks papers/creative work
Writing Across University Divides (panel and readings)Poetry, Fiction, Drama, and Creative Non-Fiction Inspired by Campus Research (dis)junctions Graduate Conference 2008, UCRA pril 11-12, 2008 "In their social and institutional setting, writing programs as a genre serve both an ideological and hence also epistemological function; they help structure a relation of language and culture."Jeanne Gunner in "Ideology, Theory, and the Genre of Writing Programs", 2002 As part of this yearÂ´s (dis)junctions 2008, writers are invited to dialogue across campus divides, and incorporate theoretical, ideological, and/or research findings into their creative work. We encourage actual contact with student and faculty researchers in other departments for clarification of ideas and purposes, but work that is based on substantial considerations of current research is also welcome. We are also interested in papers that examine the current relationship of Creative Writing Programs to other university departments, and that describe and/or postulate innovative practices that could connect writing with the social, political, scientific, and humanities developments within campuses. This panel encourages creative submissions from outside creative writing or English departments, as long as there is a dialogue outside of the writerÂ´s main area of expertise. This panel is taking two types of submissions:

1) Creative submissions based upon research developments in other campus departments : a. Up to three (3) poems (limit three pages) b. Short fiction (500-3000 words) c.Short plays or scenes from longer works (10 - 15 pages) d.Creative Non-Fiction (500-3000 words) Also include a paragraph describing the intercampus relationship (researcher, topic, department) and the dialogue or articles that inspired the work.Selected creative writings will be posted and writers will be invited to read their work in a session at the conference.

2) Papers examining the relationship of Creative Writing to other departments: how are programs situated to encourage the translation of ideas and developments for readers outside university intellectual territories? What benefits are there for the academy in encouraging dialogue - either internally or externally. For papers, please submit 250-word proposals (for presentations approx. 15 minutes in length) to panel chair Brenda Varda atbvard001(at)student.ucr.edu (replace (at) with @)with the heading, CREATIVE WRITING: PAPER For creative submissions (see above guidelines), can be sent to the same email with the heading CREATIVE WRITING: ORIGINAL WORK. Submission deadline is February 15th, 2008. Attachments should be in Rich Text or Word format only, and pleaseinclude your name, professional affiliation, and contact information inthe body of your email.

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Monday, January 28, 2008
Contests and More Contests

Ultra-Short Competition2007-08 Competition http://www.umm.maine.edu/faculty/necastro/binnacle/short.asp
The Binnacle will sponsor its Fourth International Ultra-Short Competition in the 2007-2008 academic year. We are looking for poetry of sixteen lines or less and prose works of 150 words or less. All submissions should be made via email to ummbinnacle(at)maine.edu (replace(at) with @). Please include the work in the body of the email message, if possible. If you would like to send it via attachment, we prefer ,doc, .txt, or rtf files. A minimum of $300 in cash prizes will be awarded, with a minumum prize of $50. At least one of the prizes will go to a UMM student. Please submit no more than two works total, prose and/or poetry. When you submit your work, please be sure to include your postal address as well asa thirty-five to fifty word self-description.There is no submission fee. Deadline for submission is February 15, 2008 Notifications will be made around May 15, 2008. Publication date will be May, 2008, but printing may not be completed until October, 2008 (maybe even a bit later). Awards will be made at the time of publication. Because of the volume of submissions, we are not always able to send notificationsto all works that have not made the cut. To gain news about the winners and those who will be included in the edition, please keep checking our website. Look especially on the Updates page. The fact that you may not receive a rejection notification is no reflection on the quality of your work. The large majority of what we receive is well worth publishing, and we are thankful for you sharing it with us.

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The 2008 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize
http://myweb.nmu.edu/~passages/contest-fiction.html
First Prize: $1000 Two Honorable Mentions 7500-word maximum
Entry Fee: $10 per story
Judge: Benjamin Percy Benjamin Percy is the author of two books of stories, Refresh, Refresh and The Language of Elk. His fiction has been performed at Symphony Space, read on NPR's"Selected Shorts," and published in Esquire, Paris Review, Best American ShortStories, Chicago Tribune, Glimmer Train, and Missouri Review, among others. His honors include the Plimpton Prize and the Pushcart Prize. He teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Deadline: FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Send Submissions to:Fiction Contests, Passages North Northern Michigan University Gries Hall / 1401 Presque Isle Ave. / Marquette, MI 49855 All entrants receive contest issue. Send SASE for announcement of winners. Make checks payable to Northern Michigan University.

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The Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition
is currently soliciting manuscripts for its annual publication. We accept plays, poetry, short fiction, excerpts of longer works, and non-academic essays. Pieces over 3,000 words are not accepted. Only 10 pieces per person will be accepted for consideration. Once pieces are submitted, no revisions will be accepted unless requested by the editors. All genres will be considered as it is our intention to publish as wide a variety of literary styles as possible. All works are reviewed anonymously. All manuscripts must be typed and submitted on a CD, e-mail attachment, or through snail mail. All manuscripts should be submitted in either .DOC or .RTF format. Art should be submitted on a CD at 300 dpi in either .TIF or .JPG format. Any submission failing to meet these guidelines will not be accepted. All artwork will be published in full color. No manuscripts or artwork will be returned. Submissions are due by March 1, 2008. Our reading period extends from September through April. We respond by mid-May. Please submit manuscripts to the Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition via e-mail at alac(at)yahoo.com (replace (at) with @) or via snail mail at: Northeastern Illinois UniversityATTN: Apocalypse Literary Arts Coalition5500 North Saint Louis Avenue / Chicago, IL 60625

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2008 Floating Bridge Press Poetry Chapbook Competition
will be accepted until February 15, 2008. Poets must have a Washington state address to submit. www.scn.org/floatingbridge/submit.html Winner receives 15 copies of an archival-quality chapbook, $500, and a reading in the Seattle area. Winner will be selected by the editorial board in May 2008. Book will be released by the end of 2008. All submitted poems will be considered for inclusion in the 2008 inaugural issue of Floating Bridge Review. $12.00 entry fee required along with 24 pages (maximum) of poetry. PLEASE READ GUIDELINES CAREFULLY. Complete guidelines are available online at www.scn.org/floatingbridge/submit.html. All entrants receive a copy of the winning chapbook. Previous winners include Nance Van Winckel, Molly Tenenbaum, Kelli Russell Agodon, Timothy Kelly, and Holly J. Hughes. Send manuscripts to:Floating Bridge PressP.O. Box 18814Seattle, WA 98118

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The Tiger's Eye Poetry Contest has returned to planet earth http://www.tigerseyejournal.com/Tiger%20Musings.htm with larger prizes: $500/$100/$50 a new deadline: 2/28/2008 and a bolt from the blue: One contest entrant will be awarded a chapbook contract. This prize is in addition to the top three prizes, and consists of 50 copies and publication in the Mid-Spring 2008 issue. The three poems submitted to the contest will be considered a representation of your best work. If your poems are selected, we will ask for additional poetry, and work with you to develop a gorgeous 20-30-page chapbook. The chapbook winner will be chosen by the editors of Tiger's Eye.Send three poems (name only on cover letter only)/short bio/SASE/$10 to:Tiger's Eye Poetry Contest / P.O Box 2935 / Eugene, Oregon 97402 Peter Schwartz will grace the cover of Issue #14 with one of his original works in color. He is also the editor of 'eye,' so you may want to check out his art and his journal. http://www.watchtheeye.com And welcome, Amber Lily, to a troubled but awesome earth. Colette Jonopulos & JoAn Osborne, Editors Send all of your submissions, journal and contest entries, to: Tiger' Eye, P.O. Box 2935, Eugene, OR 97402. Contest Guidelines: Send up to three poems, no limit on length, subject, or form, along with a short bio, SASE and $10. We accept simultaneous submissions, but insist on original, unpublished work. Contest deadline: February 28th, 2008. The winning poems will appear in the Mid-Spring 2008 Issue. Judge: Carol AronoffCarol Alena Aronoff, Ph.D. is a psychologist, teacher and writer whose poetry has appeared in Comstock Review, Potpourri, Poetic Realm, Poetica, Mindprints, Dream Fantasy International, Beginnings, Hawaii Island Journal, In Our Own Words, Theater of the Mind, Animals in Poetry, From the Web, HeartLodge, Out of Line, Sendero, Buckle&, Iodine, Asphodel, Tiger 's Eye, Nomad's Choir, and The New Verse News. Dr. Aronoff received a prize in the 1999/2000 Common Ground spiritual poetry contest, judged by Jane Hirshfield and is a Pushcart Prize nominee. She won the Tiger's Eye blog contest on the writing life and has participated three times in Braided Lives, a collaboration of artists and poets. Her illustrated poetry book, The Nature of Music, was published by Pelican Pond in 2005, Cornsilk, in 2006, and Her Soup Made the Moon Weep was published in 2007.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Contests and CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

PICCOLO FICTION OPEN
http://www.eatgoodbread.com/2008.html
2008: Endings
The theme can be interpreted anyway you like(except that this is not the end of the PFO).$200 will be awarded for the top story, followedby a $150 and a $50 prize, as well as runners-up.There are no residency restrictions, though writers who would like to read their work inCharleston are encouraged to submit. The word limit is 1200. Please submit 3 copies of your original, unpublished work by postmark April 9th, 2008. Include one separate cover page with your contact information and title of the story.At the top of your story, include your phonenumber only, and proceed as usual. A $5 submission fee is required.
Submit everything to-PFO2008/City of Charleston Office of CulturalAffairs, 180 Meeting Street, suite 200,Charleston, SC 29401.
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THE LAMAR YORK PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
http://www.chattahoochee-review.org/
A yearly award of $1,000.00 and publication inThe Chattahoochee Review will be given for the winning essay in the annual Lamar York Prize forNonfiction, which honors the founder and former editor of the Review. Submit essays of up to5,000 words, double-spaced, with a $12.00 reading fee per essay, after October 1 and postmarked by January 31. Please include a cover sheet with name, address, and phone number. No theoretical, scholarly, or critical essays will be considered, but all other approaches and topics are welcome. No electronic or simultaneous submissions are acceptable. Only unpublished essays will be considered, no manuscripts will be returned, and entrants will receive a yearÂ´s subscription beginning with the summer issue. You may include a stamped,self-addressed postcard for notification thatyour manuscript has been received. Essays shouldbe sent to: Lamar York Prize for Nonfiction / The Chattahoochee Review / Georgia Perimeter College / 2101 Womack Road / Dunwoody, GA 30338-4497
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VCU First Novelist Award
http://www.firstnovelist.vcu.edu/about.html
The VCU First Novelist Award was created LauraBrowder, playwright and author (Her Best Shot,Slippery Characters, Rousing the Nation), and TomDe Haven, novelist and facilitator of the VCU novel workshop (It's Superman!, Funny Papers,Derby Dugan's Depression Funnies). The award ispresented annually on behalf of VCU's MFA inCreative Writing Program.It is made possible in part by the generosity ofRichmond writer and VCU alumnus David Baldacci (Total Control, Absolute Power). Co-sponsorsinclude the eFollett VCU Bookstore. The award is supported by Virginia Commonwealth University andthe VCU Department of English.The award celebrates the nation's first-and still one of the very few-year-long novel workshops.Created to recognize a rising new talent in the literary world who has successfully published a first novel, nominations are solicited from MFA programs nationwide as well as from publishers,editors, agents, and writers. A panel of readers narrows the field to ten or twelve promising newworks of fiction. From that short list, readers select three finalists, and from these finalists three prominent judges choose the recipient of the award.Travel expenses to Richmond and lodging accommodations for the author, agent, and editor are provided, as well as a $1000 cash prize forthe author.
SUBMITTING TO THE AWARD The deadline for submissions to the 2008 award(honoring a debut novel published in the Americanliterary market in the calendar year 2007) isFebruary 8, 2008. Please send 3 copies for review to:THE VCU FIRST NOVELIST AWARDVCU DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 900 Park Avenue RICHMOND, VA 23284-2005 For more information, email us at firstnovel@vcu.edu
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BUFFALO CARP, Volume 6 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES http://www.quadcityarts.com/literary.asp
NOTICE: The deadline for submissions to BuffaloCarp Vol. 6 has been extended!!! All submissions should be postmarked by February 15, 2008 (seeguidelines below).Please follow the guidelines below carefully.Submissions that do not follow the guidelines will be discarded unread.ONLY unpublished work will be considered.Please send 3-5 poems OR up to 5 pages of prose(short story, fiction, non-fiction, essays,playlets, etc.); if you have an idea for aninterview, please send an e-mail query. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, as long as you send us notification should your work be accepted elsewhere. Submissions cannot be returned. Send submissions to:Buffalo Carp / Quad City Arts / 1715 2nd Ave / Rock Island, Illinois 61201 OR e-mail to rcollins@quadcityarts.com
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The Sacramento Poetry Center
presents our SecondAnnual High School Poetry Contest http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org/
Winners will receive prizes including a $100.00 Grand Prize, books, scholarships to the SPC Writers' Conference (April 5, 2008), and publication in The Tule Review, Sacramento PoetryCenter's literary journal, or in Poetry Now, the official monthly newsletter of The SacramentoPoetry Center. Winners and Honorable Mentions will also be invited to perform their work on April 14, 2008 at The Sacramento Poetry Center'svenue at the HQ for the Arts, 1719 25th Street inSacramento. No entry fees required.Deadline: March 15, 2008(3 poems maximum per student, please.)Send poems to:High School Poetry ContestThe Sacramento Poetry Center1719 25th StreetSacramento, CA 95816(Entries must include a self-addressed, stampedbusiness-size envelope for notification ofwinners. It would also be helpful to include anemail address, if possible.)
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The Central Coast Branch of theCalifornia Writers Club
AnnouncesSpring '08 Writing ContestPoetry and Short Story Winners Published and $250!The two winners will get $250 each and will be published (print and on-line) in the Spring 2008 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College (Salinas).(Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication.)Submission Period: Feb. 1, 2008 through Mar. 31, 2008 (by postmark)For Contest Details see below or visit: www.centralcoastwriters.org
Contest RulesEligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous submissions allowed, but you must notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere.Entry Fee: Short stories: $15 per entry. Poetry: $5 per entry.Multiple Entries: You may enter as many times as you wish.Maximum Length: Short story: 4000 words. Poetry: no restriction.Submission Period: February 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 (by postmark)Submit to: CCW Contest, c/o Michael Thomas, P.O. Box 51805, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Make your check payable to Central Coast Writers. Please note: entries will not be returned.Format: Typed, white 8 1/2 x11 inch paper, unstapled, single-sided, numbered pages, with title only (not your name) on upper left corner of all pages. Short stories must be double-spaced. Poetry should be formatted as you want it to appear. Include a single cover sheet for short stories and a single cover sheet for poetry. The cover sheet(s) must include the title(s) of your entry, your name, address, email address, phone number, and word count for short stories.Notification: Winners will be notified by June 1, 2008 and announced in Scribbles, the Central Coast Writers' newsletter

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Three Contests -- BookDoctor

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Knoxville Writersâ€™ Guild holds annual writing contests

The Knoxville Writersâ€™ Guild is offering more than $1,200 in prizes for four contests in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction, including a poetry contest exclusively for high school students, Awards Chair PamStrickland announced.The deadline for the contests is Feb. 29. Winners of the contests will be announced in mid-to-late April and honored at a gala the afternoon of April 26.

First, second and third place prizes for each of the contests are $150, $100, and $50, respectively.

Some of the general contest guidelines include: contestants must be residents of Tennessee, entries may be made to more than one contest, and all contests are judged blind. Entries must be mailed to: (Name ofContest), Awards, Knoxville Writersâ€™ Guild, P.O. Box 10326, Knoxville TN37939. No e-mail entries will be accepted.

For a complete list of general and specific guidelines, see the KWGwebsite (http://www.knoxvillewritersguild.org/) or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Awards at the above address.There is no entry fee for the KWG Award for Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett, which is in honor of the Guildâ€™s founders, or the KWG YoungWriters\' Prize in Poetry, which is designed to encourage high school students to explore poetry.Entry to the two remaining contests is $20 for nonmembers and $10 forGuild members. Guild membership is $25 per year; $10 for students. To join, make checks payable to KWG or pay by credit card at the website,www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.

The four contests and some specific information about each:

The KWG Award for Fiction, in honor of Leslie Garrett: An entry consists of one typed, double-spaced short story or novel excerpt totaling no more than 5,000 words each. Only one entry per contestant. The lead judge is Pamela Schoenewaldt, a prize winning short story writer and former Writer in Residence at the University of Tennessee Hodges Library. She is a writing lecturer at UT.

The KWG Award for Poetry, in honor of Libba Moore Gray and Terry Semple:An entry consists of not more than three types poems. Multiple submissionsby a single contestant are allowed. The lead judge is MarianneWorthington, whose chapbook. Larger Bodies Than Mine was the AppalachianWriters Association 2007 Poetry Book of the Year. She is on the faculty atUniversity of the Cumberlands.

Creative Nonfiction This yearâ€™s topic is Streets, Avenues and Roads. The piece can relate to any street, avenue or road as long as it is real and identified in the piece. Other names may be changed. Since this is creative nonfiction, the piece should read more like a story than an essay, with a very strongly developed sense of place, and elements of conflict and character development (the author and/or any other persons inthe story). The street, avenue, or road, does not necessarily have to feature the author. It can involve someone the author knew or knew about.Preference will be given to narrow subject matter â€“ an event, experience,or memory binding the author or another real character to the street,avenue, or road, for good or bad, comedic or tragic, past or present. Entry consists of one typed, double-spaced creative nonfiction piece of nomore than 3,000 words. Multiple submissions by the same contestant areallowed. The lead judge is essayist Sue Weaver Dunlap, who teaches at Seymour High School and Walters State Community College.

The 2008 Young Writersâ€™ Prize in Poetry: Entry consists of three typed poems of no more than 100 lines total. Only one entry per contestant.There are no restrictions as to style or content. The contest is open toall high school students in the Greater Knoxville Area of East Tennessee.Poet and essayist Candance Reaves, a former high school and college teacher, is the lead judge.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Publicity Chair Kelly Norrell or 865-806-0132 or Contests Chair Pam Strickland. ______________________________________

6th Annual Oberon Poetry Prize
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Oberon, a literary journal published by the Oberon Foundation, is given annually for an unpublished poem in any style. Honorable mentions awarded at judge's discretion. All poems submitted will be considered for publication.

+ Submit up to three poems of no more than 40 lines each, with a $15 entry fee postmarked by March 15, 2008.
+Include contact info, poem titles, and a two or three line brief bio on a cover sheet.
+Do not include name on poems. Keep copies of your poem(s) as entries cannot be returned.
+Enclose a SASE for notification of the contest results.
+No simultaneous submissions.
+Contest results will not be released until May 2008. Poems cannot be removed from our publication after May 1, 2008.
+A reading and release of the publication is scheduled in October. Date and location TBD.

Mail Entries to:
Jan La Roche
c/o Oberon Poetry
P.O. Box 713
Stony Brook NY 11790
631-584-5736
oberonmag@optonline.net
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New Issue of Bookdoctor Available -- put together by Bobby Christmas, a professional editor and book doctor in Atlanta. It can be found at: http://zebraeditor.com/files/ask_the_book_doctor.pdf

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Southeast Review announces two contests

For more information go here: http://southeastreview.org/contests.php

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Saturday, January 19, 2008
New Group Events --

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Poetry Contest -- Don't forget to write a poem in the contest that ends March 31st. More information can be found in our archived Jan 08 postings. Included are the rules, topics and many suggestions on how you can make your poem stand out in the judge's eyes.
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Journaling Workshop -- One Day Only -- Rock Point Books -- Sat. Feb 2nd 10am til Noon --- Join Ray Zimmerman, Vice President of the Chattanooga Writers Guild, for a journal writing workshop. The program will include structured activities to help participants develop their creativity and writing skills. Although this workshop is free and open to the public, it is limited to 20 participants. Please call Ray at 991-9437, or email RAY to register.

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Non Fiction Group this Tuesday -- The first non-fiction meeting for the new year is this coming Tuesday, January 22, at 7:00. They meet at New Hope Presbyterian Church on Shallowford Road, just off exit 5. The church is located directly across from Krystal, and we will convene in the fellowship hall, which is the first building on your right as you turn into the lot. Email Sherry if you need more specific directions.

Please let her know if you'd like to share something with the group, and she will put you on the list. If you find at the last minute that you have something so share or discuss, bring it along. We have been having ample time to discuss various members' work in past months.
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Open Mike Night Starts again at Barnes and Noble -- KB Ballentine, member of the CWG will start up Open Mike Night at B&N. Okay, all you writer-ly types, it's once again time for Open Mic. They meet this coming Friday, January 25, from 7.30 until 9.00 pm at Barnes and Noble near Hamilton Place Mall. They will be at the front of the store in the travel section.

Just a reminder of the list words: - nestle - blur - fortify - lace - erudite - polarize - wither - iridescent - a type of marine plant or animal - a type of rock

They also had a challenge to add to this poem or write a second one using the line "If doesn't take much, does it . . .."

If you haven't written but would like to be part of the crowd, please come anyway; we'd love to have you.
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Hixson Fiction Group -- Will meet at Ryans on Hixson Pike at 6:30pm on 4th Monday which for this month will be the 28th. Each meeting will be divided into three sections - a subject to study, critiques, and open session on any questions or writing problems. If you would like to attend and are a member of the CWG please contact Bill for more information
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Poetry - Lehrer on Writing -- Chattancon 33 -- Festival of Writers -- and more

Want to Write Poetry? -- With the tremendous interest in the Poetry Contest that the CWG presenting in partnership with the In the City magazine and the Department of Education, Arts & Culture we have listed several 'aids' below. You also should see the previous News in our archive for more information about the contest.
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A Great Course on Poetry -- You can teach yourself at your computer, by yourself and impress your friends. Maybe even win one of the contests that will be sent out after the first of the year. This is actually for high school teachers, but you can review the basics by yourself and no one will tell on you. http://www.thirteen.org/foolingwithwords/

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Poetry Tips
http://www.teenlit.com/workshop/poetips.htm

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PoetryMagic.co.uk
http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk/

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More Poetry Writing Tips
http://www.poewar.com/poetry-writing-tips/

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Jim Lehrer on Writing
Attached are two articles from the Washington Post in the book review section. One or both may be fodder for those ruminating on resolutions for the new year.
ARTICLE #1

ARTICLE #2

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Want an Answer? -- Someone sent us this website. It's www.answers.com. It's a handy dictionary (free to download) to use while reading (or writing) - once installed, you hold down the alt key and point to a word (written by you or by whatever you're reading) and up pops a definition. Sometimes it includes synonyms, etc. Close it, and you're back to whatever you were reading or writing. Great for improving vocabulary.
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Chattancon 33 Returns to the Chattanooga Choo-Choo

If you are into science fiction or horror writing this might just be the event for you to check out. It will be Jan 25-27th. It is pure fantasy 'genre' fiction at its best. You will either love it or find out quick that it is not for you. More can be found out HERE Some of the panels are interesting. Writers rub elbows with fans and get their egos massaged at every corner. Pulp lit at its best.

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Festival of Writers -- On a much higher craft of writing in March will be the Chattanooga Festival of Writers. Which should not be missed if at all possible by any serious writer in any genre. The CWG is an official sponsor of the Festival of Writers and CWG Members are eligible for special rates to the events. Learn more about the Festival HERE

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Friday, January 11, 2008
Local Chattanooga Poetry Contest

Enter the Inaugural Poetry Contest
In the City magazine and the Department of Education, Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Chattanooga Writers Guild, invites you to enter the Inaugural Poetry Contest.

The top this year is "The Rebirth of Chattanooga." Suggested topics include Chattanooga focal points such as: sculptures, public art, buildings/unique architecture, parks, the river, waterfront, etc.

All entries will be judged by an independent judge, selected by the Chattanooga Writers Guild. The top three poems will be printed in the May issue of In the City. 1st place will be $100, 2nd place will be awarded $50 and 3rd place wins $25.

All submissions must be original. 250 words or less and typed in either 10 point times or verdana font. There is no submission fee. Submission must also include photograph of the focal point referred to in the poem. Only one entry per person. The contest is open to ages 16 and above.

Deadline for submitting entries is March 31, 2008. Entries can be mailed to:
Poetry Contest: P. O. Box 3087; Chattanooga TN 37404

Entrants will maintain all rights to their works, but in the City and its affiliates will have the rights to publish any and all entrants. For more information contact Laurie Shipley EAC's Director of Development and Marketing 423-425-7826.

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We encourage you to enter this contest.

Anyone over 16 years old can enter [even you]
There is NO ENTRY FEE
You do have to include a photo of the topic. You do not physically have to take the photo, you could get it off the Internet, out of a magazine or elsewhere.
Don't put you name on the same page as the poem, but attach contact information on a separate page.

Since it is the goal of the Chattanooga Writers Guild to motivate others to hone their craft of writing we have listed below some web sites where you might be able to get some ideas of topics that will inspire your submission.
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City of Chattanooga's Website --- Great loction to find ideas -- don't forget the left side of their screen. http://www.chattanooga.gov/30_PRAC.htm#

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Outdoor Sculpture in Chattanooga --- This sites lists some but not all of the outdoor sculptures in Chattanooga
http://www.chattanoogastate.edu/art_museum/artoutga.asp
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Outdoor Chattanooga -- A short video that promotes Outdoor Chattanooga [you will need Broadband]
http://www.outdoorchattanooga.com/358.htm
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Saved Buildings in Chattanooga -- A list of buildings/areas saved in Chattanooga
http://www.cornerstonesinc.org/neighborhoods/index.html#Survivors
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Video Interview of Bill McKibben -- Short video put out by the Benwood Foundation that might inspire you. This is a short interview with Bill McKibben, former staff writer for The New Yorker and one of the earliest voices for change in civic quality life.
http://www.benwood.org/mckibbenVid.htm

Thursday, January 10, 2008
Contests and Call for Submissions

Gertrude Press
Each year Gertrude Press publishes two chapbooks; one fiction and one poetry. These attractive collections will include a unique cover in a limited press run. http://www.gertrudepress.org/guidelines/chapbook.html
Writer Compensation:$50 cash award50 complimentary copies of the chapbook Chapbooks will be distributed to subscribers, libraries, and bookstores carrying Gertrude, the Press's annual literary journal.Poetry Chapbook Guidelines: Submit 16-20 pages of poetry via surface mail only. Indicate which poems have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished poems are welcome. Poetry may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit. Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage. Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter. Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press. Submission fee includes copy of the winning chapbook. Submissions accepted beginning September 1, 2007 until February 15, 2008 (postmark deadline).Fiction Chapbook Guidelines: Submit 16-20 pages of short fiction or a self-contained novel excerpt via surface mail only. Indicate which selections have been previously published and by whom. Unpublished pieces are welcome. Fiction may be of any subject matter and writers from all backgrounds are encouraged to submit. Include a cover letter and SASE for notification. For manuscript returns, please include exact postage. Indicate how you learned of the contest in your cover letter. Include a $15 submission fee payable to Gertrude Press. Submission fee includes a copy of the winning chapbook. Submissions accepted beginning September 1, 2007 until February 15, 2008 (postmark deadline).Please send all submissions to:Gertrude PressPO Box 83948Portland OR 97283Winners will be announced by May 1, 2008.

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The Poetry Society of VirginiaAnnual Adult Contest
http://www.poetrysocietyofvirginia.org/sys-tmpl/2008poetrycontest/
Deadline: January 19, 2008 (postmark)Edgar Allan Poe's BirthdayMail entries to:
PSV Adult Contest P.O. Box 35685 Richmond, VA 23235
Contest entries can NOT be accepted by e-mail.
CONTEST CATEGORIES
1. 2008 MEMBERS PRIZE(2008 sponsors: Edith White, Beth Huddleston, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Joe Awad, Ron Smith, Judi Bragg in memory of Helen Bragg, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff in memory of Wilson Seay.)Any subject. Any form. 64 line limit.Awards: $300, $125, $75
2.EDGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL (Sponsored by the Poetry Society)Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit.Award: $100

ENDOWED SPONSORSHIPS:
3. BESS GRESHAM MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Subject: gardens. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
4. CARLETON DREWRY MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Lyric or sonnet. Subject: mountains. 48 line limit.Award: $505. BRODIE HERNDON MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Subject: the sea. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30
6. NANCY BYRD TURNER MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Sonnet.Awards: $50, $30, $20
7. JUDAH, SARAH, GRACE AND TOM MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Subject: encouraging reflection on inter-ethnic relations.48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
8. CENIE H. MOON PRIZE (Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Subject: woman or women.48 line limit.Award: $50
9. HANDY ANDY PRIZE (Sponsored by endowment)Limerick.Awards: $25, $15, $1010. ADA SANDERSON MEMORIAL (Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Subject: nature. 48 line limit.Award: $100

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS:
11. J. FRANKLIN DEW AWARD (Sponsored by Annette Dew)Series of 3-4 haiku on a single theme.Awards: $50, $30, $20
12. OLE FRED PRIZE HONORING FRED CHAPPEL (Sponsored by Grace Simpson)Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
13. ELIZABETH NEUWIRTH MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Claudia Gary)Iambic pentameter. Subject: a specific work of art other than poetry (identify the work in title or poem, or in an epigraph.) 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
14. LAURA DAY BOGS BOLING MEMORIAL (Sponsored by her children, Jim, Alma, Flora, & Glade)Any rhymed form. Poem written by an adultfor school-age children (AGES 10-12 YEARS).20 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
15. MIRIAM RACHIMI MEMORIAL (Sponsored by Ben and Michal Mahgerefteh)Any form. Subject: the spiritual impact of losing (or almost losing) a loved one. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
16. THE ROBERT S. SERGEANT MEMORIAL(In honor of Amber, Alyssa and Annika Jenkinsremembering their teacher and poetry mentor.)Any form. Subject: Birds. 48 line limit.Award: $50
17. JOE PENDLETON CAMPBEL NARRATIVE CONTEST(Sponsored by Paula Savoy)Narrative poem. Any form. Any subject. 64 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
18. JEAN H. DESMOND EKPHRASTIC POEM PRIZE(Sponsored by Paula Savoy and Peter Desmond)Any style. Note: an on-line link to the artwork, or a photo, or photocopy of the artwork is required. 64 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
19. VIBRANT VILANELE AWARD(Sponsored by Susan and Joe Metz)Traditional villanelle. Subject: lively celebration of being a poet.19 lines.Awards: $50, $30, $20
20. COME OUT SWINGING PRIZE(Sponsored by H. Fairfax Conquest)Lyrics for a song. Any subject. Any rhythm.No musical score. 50 line limit.Awards: $125, $75, $50
21. THE WILIAMSBURG POETRY GUILD AWARD(Sponsored by Philomene Hood)Subject: the prairie. Any form. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
22. MARCO POLO TRAVEL POEM AWARD(Sponsored by Paula Savoy and Peter Desmond)Poem on any aspect of travel. Any form. 64 line limit.Award: $50, $30, $20
23. RAYMOND LEVI HAISLIP MEMORIAL(Sponsored by Otis L. Haislip, Jr.)Any form. Subject: celebrating technology. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
24. MARIA DELIA MUOZ MEMORIAL(Sponsored by Denise DeVries and Alvaro Ibaez)Any form, in Spanish or English.Subject: in honor of parents. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20
25. VIRGINIA CRADDOCK SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN AWARD(Sponsored by Frank and Vincent Craddock)Subject: Life and/or culture of the Southwest Virginia Mountains.Any form. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
26. THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL AWARD(Sponsored by: The Poetry Society of Virginia.)Subject: Overcoming adversity. Any form. 64 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20.
27. THE SCOTT KIRKPATRICK MEMORIAL AWARD.(Sponsored by: Heart and Soul Alumni.)Subject: On the Importance of Writing. Free verse. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20.

POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA MEMBERS ONLY:
28. EMMA GRAY TRIG MEMORIAL(Sponsored by endowment)Lyric poem. Any subject. 64 line limit.Awards: $50, $30 (Members Only)
29. KARMA DEANE OGDEN MEMORIAL(Sponsored by endowment)Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30 (Members Only)

VIRGINIA RESIDENTS ONLY:
30. A POEM WITH A POINT OF VIEW(Sponsored by Angela Anselmo)Any form. Any subject that inspires the writer to express his or her strong or particular feelings. 48 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20 (Virginia Residents Only)
31. LORETTA DUN HALL MEMORIAL(Sponsored by Phyllis Hall Haislip)Any form. Subject: family. 24 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20 (Virginia Residents Only)
NEW CATEGORY
32. Charlotte Wise Mauney MemorialThis category is added to the 31 categories in the previously-published Adult Contest Brochure.Sponsored by endowment.*Any form. Subject: America's Heritage or Culture. 64 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20 (Virginia Residents Only)* This category, a memorial to PSV member, the late Charlotte Wise Mauney, is sponsored by her children.
RULES FOR 2008 CONTEST
1. All entries except Category 24 must be in English, original, unpublished, and not scheduled for publication before April, 2008. Author retains copyright. Poems that have previously won a monetary award in a PSV contest are ineligible.
2. Submit two copies of each poem. Both copies must have the category name and number on top left of page. Only one copy must have poets name, address, e-mail address if any, and phone number on top right of page, as well as membership status in the PSV.
3. Only one poem per category. Any poem may be entered in only one category.
4. Entries must be typed. Use white 8.5 x 11 inch paper.
5. Entries will not be returned.
6. Entries must be postmarked between Nov. 1, 2007, and Jan. 19, 2008, and must include entered poems and any fees required from non-members. Entries will NOT be accepted by e-mail, special delivery, certified, registered, FedEx or UPS. Entries which do not have a return address on the envelope will be discarded.
7. Non-members entry fee: $3.00 per poem. Checks should be made out to: The Poetry Society of Virginia.
8. Winning entries will be announced at the Society's Awards meeting April 19, 2008 in Richmond.
9. If you wish to join the Society, you may send your separate dues check and application along with your entries to the Contest Chair. Do NOT send entries to the Membership Chair, or by e-mail.
10. Send all entries in one envelope. Please write a single check to cover all entered contest categories. If you are joining the PSV, your separate dues check allows you to waive nonmember entry fees.
11. For additional information e-mail: contest@poetrysocietyofvirginia.org. Do NOT e-mail contest entries.
12. Winners names will be posted on the PSV website. If you do not want your name posted, write Do Not Post with your address.Deadline: January 19, 2008 (postmark)Edgar Allan Poe's BirthdayMail entries to:PSV Adult ContestP.O. Box 35685Richmond, VA 23235

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Main Street Rag'sAnnual Poetry Book Award http://www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html
NEXT DEADLINE:Januar y 31, 2008
Reading Fee: $20/entry, $25 for those who want to receive a copy of the winning book.****Notification in April for Winter 2008/2009 publication. ****Winner receives 50 books and $1000. Runners up also considered for publication. Send between 48 and 80 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page, 12 point type in an easily readable font like Arial or Times New Roman. Do not include Table of Contents in page count and print/submit on a letter size sheet of paper.Include a separate cover letter with manuscript title, author's name, and all pertinent contact information. Author's name should not appear anywhere in manuscript.Our goal is "blind" judging. Do Not Include Dedication and/or Credits/Acknowledgements Pages in entry. For the purpose of fairness, it is important that judges know as little about the author as possible and these pages are not relevant to the judging process. In the past, if these items accidentally slipped through registration, readers were instructed to disqualify manuscripts that arrive with credits, acknowledgements, or author's name on them anywhere. This year we have changed that rule. Since our primary goal for the MSR Poetry Book Award is to select manuscripts for publication, we will no longer disqualify those who blatantly disregard the rules. They can't win, but they will still be considered for publication.For notification of receipt, entries can include a post card, but if they include an email address, we will send a verification of receipt via email the day it arrives. Entries should include a #10 SASE ( This is a standard business size: 4 X 10) for winner notification if they do not choose to be notified by email. Please not waste postage on a 9 X 12 since no manuscripts will be returned regardless of what size envelope is provided.No restriction on content style or subject--we're looking for the best manuscript.*Although MSR frowns on simultaneous submissions for our magazine, it is acceptable for our book contests. Upon notification, however, winner must immediately withdraw his/her mss from consideration elsewhere.Mailing Instructions:All checks should be made payable to Main Street Rag, PO BOX 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001.We recommend using US Postal Service Media Mail (within the US), but that takes longer to arrive, so DO NOT send it Media Mail if you are mailing it on or near the deadline. Why? because we distribute the LAST manuscripts to first round readers on February 8. Anything that has not arrived by the day before (February 7) will be excluded and the check returned in the SASE (if one has been provided--otherwise, it will be shredded).DO NOT use clips or binding of any kind. We have THOUSANDS of clips here from years of submissions and we remove anything that comes in a binder and throw away the binder. If you want to pay for a binder and the shipping to get it here only to have it thrown away, that's your choice. It will not go to any readers in a binder of any kind.DO NOT send anything that must be signed for (Signature Receipt or Express Mail) since it means having to stand in line to receive it (and we won't).

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Call for Submissions: LUNA PARK
lunapark.blogspot.com http://www.lunaparkreview.com/
We at Luna Park are looking for great reviews of literary magazines for publication in our first issue, which will be launched January 31st at a Brooklyn bar (to coincide with the upcoming AWP conference in New York City). So far the issue contains excerpts from the newest issue of Opium, an interview with Benjamin Percy on why lit mags rock, a memoir/journalism piece on Antioch Review by Gary Percesepe, an interview with acclaimed (and retired) Hootenanny editors, Sam Ruddick on why he loves Fence, Thomas Washington on writers at AWP, and much more.Aside from reviews of literary magazines, Luna Park is also interested in the following: historical essays on lit mags, interviews with people in the lit mag world, editorials on lit mags, pieces written from people on staffs of lit mags, and such things. The reviews we publish are either of individual pieces (writing or graphics) found in literary magazines, or reviews of the entire magazine--or even reviews of the magazine as a broad production. Just: it's art, and it deserves (needs?) discussion. Want to see what we publish? Check out our current blog at lunaparkreview.blogspot.com.Our editors are looking forward to seeing any and all of your work. Luna Park is a quarterly. The first issue will be published January 31st at: lunaparkreview.com . Following issues will be found there as well, every three months.We have extended our submission deadline for the first issue to January 15th. Electronic format submissions, please, doc file or rtf, sent to lunaparkreview@gmail.com And: subscribe to a lit mag. Support the artsBest,Travis KurowskiEditor, Luna Park313 Elizabeth Ave.Hattiesburg, MS 39401lunaparkreview.blogspot.com lunaparkreview@gmail.com 601.307.3032

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Writing Contests from the North Carolina Writers' Network
http://www.ncwriters.org/
1. Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition Postmark deadline: January 31 (annual) The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one poem submissions. The contest awards the winner publication in The Crucible literary journal and $200. Questions may be directed to Tony Abbott via email at toabbott@davidson.edu . This year's judge is James Applewhite. For more information, please go to http://www.ncwriters.org/programs/competitions/jarrell.shtml
2. Doris Betts Fiction PrizeDeadline for Receipt of Materials: February 1 (annual)The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first- and second-place winners with prizes of $200 and $100 respectively. Winners and finalists will be considered for publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. Questions may be directed to Margaret Bauer, editor of the North Carolina Literary Review, via email at BauerM@ecu.edu . The final judge is Tim Gautreaux. A Louisiana native and now part-time resident of western North Carolina, Gautreaux is the author of two short story collections, Same Place, Same Things and Welding with Children, and two novels, The Clearing and The Next Step in the Dance. His stories have been selected for the O'Henry and Best American Short Story annuals, and he has published them in such magazines as The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, and GQ. For more information, please go to http://www.ncwriters.org/programs/competitions/betts.shtml

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Sunday, January 6, 2008
Freelance Writing Sites - Jobs - Two Excellent Talks on writing with Passion

Good Freelance Writing habits
http://www.worldwidefreelance.com/articles/healthyhabits.htm
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Freelance Writing
http://www.freelancewriting.com/
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Published! How to Reach Writing Success
http://www.yudkin.com/flfaq.htm
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Become a Suite101 Freelance Writer
Suite101.com is committed to being the Web's leading online magazine for independent commentary, opinion, and advice. To do so, we are in the business of attracting, identifying, nurturing, educating, retaining and building a network for professional freelance writers
http://www.suite101.com/freelance_writers/
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Freelance Jobs
http://www.sunoasis.com/freelance.html
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Novelist Isabel Allende tells us to Write with Passion
You will need high speed DSL or Broadband to view these two videos.
Isabel Allende: Tales of passionIn one of the most beloved talks of TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende tells the stories of powerful women, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly. Watch this talk >> 15min

Journalist Lakshmi Pratury about writing letters.
Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing Lakshmi Pratury talks about letter-writing, and shares a series of notes her father wrote her before he died. This short talk may inspire you to set pen to paper too. Watch this talk >> 4 minutes
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Friday, January 4, 2008
Contests - the LONG Promised List Part 2

State of Tennessee will give 2 -- $5,000 Grants for Literary Writing. Due Jan 28th 2008 -- Must be 18, professional writer, not state employed except for teachers.
For more information CLICK HERE
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THE IOWA REVIEW AWARD
A contest from The Iowa Review
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/mainpages/iowaaward.html
POETRY, FICTION, & NONFICTION

$1,000 to each winner / $500 to runners-upPlus publication in our December 2008 issue Submit during January 2008Heather McHugh, Ethan Canin, and Abigail Thomas, judges

Submit up to 20 pages of prose (double-spaced) or 10 pages of poetry (double or single; one poem or several). Work must be previously unpublished. Simultaneous submissions are fine assuming you inform us of acceptance elsewhere. All submissions will also be considered for the Tim McGinnis Award, given for the most surprising and unusual work of the year.Manuscripts must include a cover page listing your name, address, e-mail address and/or telephone number, and the title of each work, but your name should not appear on the manuscript itself.Enclose a $15 entry fee (checks payable to The Iowa Review). Add $10 (for a total of $25) to receive a yearlong subscription to the magazine. Label your envelope as a contest entry. For example: "Contest: Fiction."Postmark submissions between January 1 and January 31, 2008.Enclose a #10 SASE for final word on your work. Enclose a SAS postcard if you wish confirmation of our receipt of your entry.No electronic submissions.
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Dislocate Poetry Contest
http://dislocatemagazine.blogspot.com/2007/10/exclusive-dislocate-poetry-conte
Dislocate, a literary journal at the University of Minnesota, announces its first Dislocated Poetry Contest: Poems on the theme of Dislocation.The Winner will receive $500 and publication in the 4th print issue of Dislocate.All entrants will receive a copy of Dislocate and be considered for publication.

Entry fee: $10
Page Limit: 5 pages
Deadline: January 31, 2008

We welcome both experimental and traditional forms which stretch the boundaries of poetry.Each contest submission must include an entry fee. Submissions must also include a self-addressed stamped envelope and cover letter with your name, address, phone number, e-mail, and entry title. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities English department students and faculty are ineligible for this contest.Simultaneous submissions are accepted; previously published work or e-submissions are not.Manuscripts will not be returned without a SASE and correct postage. Make entry checks payable to Dislocate Magazine.

Send all entries to:Dislocate-Attn: Dislocated Poetry Contest / Department of English / 222 Lind Hall / 207 Church Street SE / Minneapolis, MN 55455-0134 *Please note that non-contest submissions for poetry, fiction, and non-fiction do not require an entry fee and are welcome from September 15 - December 15 every year.Contact us at Dislocate Magazine with questions. To view previous issues, visit our website at http://www.dislocate.org/.
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Our First Long List of Contests for 2008

Poetry & Short Story Contest: Central Coast Writers
Announcing the Central Coast Writers Spring '08 Contest for poetry and short stories.
Awards for winners in each category: $250 and publication (print and online) in the spring '08 Homestead Review (Hartnell College, Salinas). Entry Fees: $15 per short story and $5 per poem. Submission period: February 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008. For complete Info see: www.centralcoastwriters.org

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Short Story Contest: Prince George's Short Story Contest
PRINCE GEORGE'S Short Story Contest(sponsored by the BLACK WRITERS' GUILD OF MARYLANDin support of CONCEIT MAGAZINE)DEADLINE: February 16, 2008 Judging by JUDINE SLAUGHTERModerator of the Black Writers' Guild, Inc. Winners announced at the 2008 Afrocentric Book ExpoSaturday, February 23, 2008 10:00 am ET - 5:00 pm ETLocation:Mall at Prince Georges 3500 East West Highway, (Route 410)Hyattsville, MD 20782 READING FEE: $3.00 per short story entered Unpublished, simultaneous and previously published entries accepted.One time publication rights to CONCEIT MAGAZINE.
$50.00 - First Prize$30.00 - Second Prize$20.00 - Third Prize
E-mail entries to: Conceit Magazine PayPal users go to the CONCEIT MAGAZINE Website http://www.myspace.com/conceitmagazine o r Snail Mail entries and reading fees to: Perry Terrell, Editor PRINCE GEORGE'S Short Story Contestc/o Conceit MagazineP. O. Box 8544Emeryville, CA 94662(NOTE: Entries can be e-mailed or snail mailed)(Cash, check or money order - Make payable to Perry Terrell)
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Poetry Contest: NLAPW, Roanoke Branch
Roanoke Valley Branch (Virginia) Annual Poetry Contest
Deadline: Postmarked by February 1, 2008
Entry fee: $5 per entry. No entry limit.
Prizes: $100, $75, and $50. Honorable Mention $5.00.
Original, unpublished poetry, any form, 40-line limit (websites are considered publishing.) Submit 2 copies of each poem typed on 8.5"x11" paper. Name, address, and email address on one copy only. No email entries.Mail entries and checks payable to Roanoke Valley Branch, NLAPW, to Co-Chairman, Margaret DuBois, P.O. Box 388, Salem, VA 24153-0388. Contest entry grants permission to publish winning entries in any future Roanoke NLAPW publications.Winners notified by April 17, 2008. Names of award winners will be available by email only, no SASE. Names of winners will be posted online at http://roanokepenwomen.blogspot.com/ by June 1, 2008.
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poetry/fiction/nonfiction contest:
NLAPW (Choctaw Branch, MS)
NLAPW Choctaw Branch (Mississippi) 2008 New Beginnings Writing Contest
Deadline: Postmarked by February 29, 2008
Entry fees: $10.00 per entry for fiction and nonfiction Poetry: $5.00 per poem or $10.00 for 3. Limited to 3 entries (40-line max).Fiction: (2000-word max)Nonfiction: (1500-word max) limited to one entry each.Prizes: $100.00-1st, $40.00-2nd, $25.00-3rdAll winners receive certificates of recognition. Open to men and women age 18 or over. Original, unpublished work. No sexual content or profanity. Submit 2 copies typed in English on 8.5"x"11 paper. Include name, address, phone, and email in upper-left corner of one copy only. Keep copies. For complete rules and entry form, send SASE to Tracy Crump, PO Box 277, Nesbit, MS 38651, or email tracygeneral@gmail.com. Make check payable to NLAPW-Choctaw Branch. Winners announced by April 30.
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Chicken Soup for the Twenty-Something Soul:
Call for Submissions
http://www.christinehassler.com/books.php#chickensoup
Do you have Chicken Soup Story? Submit it today! Christine is co-authoring Chicken Soup for the Twenty Something Soul (HCI Books, 2008) with Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen. A Chicken Soup for the SoulÂ® story is an inspirational, true story about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You do NOT have to be a twenty-something to contribute! You can tell a story from your twenty-something life or share one about a twenty-something who has touched yours. Please visit Chicken Soup Website (http://www.chickensoup.com/). Review the menu on the left hand side. Read the "Story Guidelines," click on "Submit a Story" and be sure to pick "Twenty Something Soul" as the title. Deadline for submission: January 7, 2008
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short story contest: Warren Adler
Warren Adler Short Story Contest http://www.warrenadler.com/contest07.shtml (go to this site to enter online) 2007 Contest Theme: New York City Born-and-bred, out-of-towner, tourist for a day, or just longing and dreaming to visit, youÂ´ve got a story about New York, some moment or snapshot you feel evokes this mad, exciting city and the fascinating people at its core.Maybe youÂ´ve already written it and have it buried deep in your desk drawer or in the bowels of your hard drive. Or maybe itÂ´s still bouncing around your head, waiting for that chance bolt to strike you. Try telling it in no more than 2,500 words and you might share it with the world.

The Second Annual Warren Adler Short Story Contest, in an endeavor to publicize and promote the art of the fictional short story and restore its place as a prime literary format, is seeking submissions that capture the essence of New York.The first prize winner, to be announced in conjunction with the publication of Warren AdlerÂ´s latest short story collection New York Echoes, will be awarded $1,000; all five finalists will also be awarded personalized first editions of Mr. AdlerÂ´s collection.As a bonus, the story judged best by Mr. Adler, along with a PeopleÂ´s Choice award chosen from among the finalists via online reader vote, will be published and available for sale on Amazon shorts. All five finalist stories will be featured via "live" readings on AmazonÂ´s Theater on Second Life.It has often been said that there are infinite story possibilities about this fabled city of hopes and dreams. Share your imagination and talent with us at 2,500 words or less. Deadline is January 15, 2008.All work must be submitted on-line following the instructions below, along with a $15 fee per entry via credit card or PayPal account to cover expenses and reading costs. Finalists retain all except non-exclusive Internet-only rights and/or a six-month exclusive deal with Amazon. Good luck.Contest Rules: Contest is open for worldwide entries from July 13, 2007 until January 15, 2008 A $15 fee in advance is required for each story submission. When you are ready to submit your story, make your payment below to proceed to the story submission form. Each story can be no longer than 2,500 words and must be written in English and previously unpublished.Go to http://www.warrenadler.com/contest07.shtml for online entry instructions (contest may only be entered at website).
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KAKALAK 2008Anthology of Carolina Poets
http://www.kakalak.net/poetryrules
Poetry Contest & Art CompetitionPoetry Prize Awards: First Place $300 Second Place $100 Third Place $50 Open to natives and current residents of North & South Carolina

Entries must be postmarked by January 10, 2008 Poetry Contest Final Judge is Colette InezInitial screening by editors Beth Cagle Burt, Lisa Zerkle, and Richard Allen TaylorOfficial Rules:1. Submit 1 to 5 poems printed on white 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper (three copies of each poem), any style, any subject, no more than one poem per page. Poems may not exceed 40 lines including stanza breaks. We would appreciate all poems in 12-point Times New Roman. Please do not submit poems in all bold, all caps, or all italics. No email submissions, please.2. Poems must be original, unpublished in any medium (print or electronic), not under consideration elsewhere and must not have been selected for a monetary prize in any other contest.3. PoetÂ´s name, address, phone and email address must be provided on a cover sheet accompanying the manuscript and this information must NOT appear anywhere on the manuscript. Cover sheet should also include the following: titles of the poems entered and the poetÂ´s 30-word (max.) bio in third person.4. Entries must be postmarked by January 10, 2008. Include SASE for notification or indicate on cover sheet if email notification is preferred. No entries will be returned. All entrants will be notified by March 1, 2008.5. Entry fee: $10 nonrefundable check or money order payable to Kakalak Poetry. $10 fee covers up to five poems.6. All poets selected for publication will be required to sign a publishing agreement. All rights revert to authors upon publication.Please send entries to:Kakalak Poetry4057 North Course DriveCharlotte, NC 28277 E-mail: kakalakpoetry@ol.com Thank you in advance for sending three (3) copies of each poem.
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Main Street Rag's Annual Poetry Book Award http://www.mainstreetrag.com/PoBkCont.html

NEXT DEADLINE : January 31, 2008 Reading Fee: $20, $25 if you want to receive a copy of the winning book. Notification in April for Winter 2008/2009 publication.Winner receives 50 books and $1000. Runners up also considered for publication. Send between 48 and 80 pages of poetry, no more than one poem per page, 12 point type in an easily readable font like Arial or Times New Roman. Do not include Table of Contents in page count and print/submit on a letter size sheet of paper.Include a separate cover letter with manuscript title, author's name, and all pertinent contact information. AuthorÂ´s name should not appear anywhere in manuscript.Our goal is "blind" judging. Do Not Include Dedication and/or Credits/Acknowledgements Pages in entry. For the purpose of fairness, it is important that judges know as little about the author as possible and these pages are not relevant to the judging process. If they should accidentally slip through the registration area, readers are instructed to disqualify manuscripts that arrive with credits, acknowledgements, or author's name on them anywhere. FOUR MANUSCRIPTS were disqualified in 2005 for diregarding this guideline and all had gotten to the semi-finalist round before they were disqualified (so they were good manuscripts). We take anonymity in judging seriously, if you don't and would prefer your work be judged on the basis of your reputation or credentials, there are thousands of other contests, surely one of them will accommodate you. For notification of receipt, entries can include a post card, but if they include an email address, we will send a verification of receipt via email the day it arrives. Entries should include a #10 SASE ( This is a standard business size: 4 X 10) for winner notification if they do not choose to be notified by email. Please not not waste postage on a 9 X 12 since no manuscripts will be returned regardless of what size envelope is provided. No restriction on content style or subject--we're looking for the best manuscript.*Although MSR frowns on simultaneous submissions for our magazine, it is acceptable for our book contests. Upon notification, however, winner must immediately withdraw his/her mss from consideration elsewhere. Mailing Instructions:All checks should be made payable to Main Street Rag, PO BOX 690100, Charlotte, NC 28227-7001.We recommend using US Postal Service Media Mail (within the US), but that takes longer to arrive, so DO NOT send it Media Mail if you are mailing it on or near the deadline. Why? because we distribute the LAST manuscripts to first round readers on February 8. Anything that has not arrived by the day before (February 7) will be excluded and the check returned in the SASE (if one has been provided--otherwise, it will be shredded). DO NOT use clips or binding of any kind. We have THOUSANDS of clips here from years of submissions and we remove anything that comes in a binder and throw away the binder. If you want to pay for a binder and the shipping to get it here only to have it thrown away, that's your choice. It will not go to any readers in a binder of any kind.DO NOT send anything that must be signed for (Signature Receipt or Express Mail) since it means having to stand in line to receive it (and we won't).

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Samba Mountain Press
Call for submissions Sex & Spirituality anthology Publication date: Summer 2008 http://www.cleansheets.com/submit/sex%26spiritualitybook.shtml

Sex & Spirituality will be the third anthology in the From Porn to Poetry series, sponsored in part by Clean Sheets Magazine. This is the first 'themed' anthology in the series, and it will be edited by Susannah Indigo. We are looking for stories and poems that invoke spirituality along with eroticism -- the topic is wide open, and not limited by any conventional definition of "spirituality." Your submission doesn't have to be serious, though we love deep and serious -- it can be funny, inspiring, profound, fantastical, but please be sure to make it new, something we've never read before. Sex & Spirituality will be pansexual in nature, and all varieties of erotic encounters are encouraged. Stories should be less than 5000 words, and can be much shorter. Payment is $50/story, $25/poem, for one-time anthology rights, along with 2 copies of the book. Please send submissions either pasted in an email or as an .rtf or .doc attachment with this information in the subject line: POEM: name of poem or FICTION: name of story Deadline is March 1, 2008 Email submissions to spiritanthology@gmail.com
online journal seeks current events poetry
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Online Journal Seeks Current Events Poetry
http://www.newversenews.com/
THE NEW VERSE NEWS covers the news and public affairs with poems on issues, large and small, international and local. It relies on the submission of poems (especially those of a politically progressive bent) by writers from all over the world. The editors update the website every day with the best work received.See the website at http://www.newversenews.com/ for guidelines and for examples of the kinds of poems THE NEW VERSE NEWS publishes. Then paste your submission and a brief bio in the text of an email (no attachments, please) to editor@newversenews.com.

Write "Verse News Submission" in the subject line of your email. James Penha editor@newversenews.com The New Verse News http://www.newversenews.com/
prose contest for women writers (no fee): Glass Woman Prize
THE THIRD GLASS WOMAN PRIZE READING PERIOD IS NOW IN PROGRESS. As before it will be awarded for a piece of short fiction or creative non-fiction (prose) written by a woman. Length: between 50 and 5,000 words. The prize for the third award is US $550 and online publication. Thanks to word of (cyber-) mouth, I no longer need to pay for advertisement! http://www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm Subject is open, but must be of significance to women. My criterion is passion, excellence, and authenticity in the womanÂ´s writing voice. Previously published work and simultaneous submissions are OK. Copyright is retained by the author. There is no reading fee. Submission deadline: March 21, 2008 (receipt date; anything received after that date will be considered for a future prize). Notification date: June 21, 2008. The winner will be announced on this website. Submissions will not be returned, rejected, or otherwise acknowledged except for the winner announcement. I promise that every submission will be read with respect and with my commitment to the voices of women in this world. One submission per person, by email, with "Glass Woman Prize Submission" in the subject line and the text pasted in the body of the email, to: soleilmadera@aol.com or in hard copy and via regular mail, to: Beate Sigriddaughter / 333 East 16th Avenue, #517 / Denver, CO 80203 IMPORTANT: If submitting by email:- "Glass Woman Prize" in subject line- Text in body of emailI will regretfully ignore submissions of anything other than specified above, for example: attachments, more than one piece of writing, more than 5,000 words, poetry, or submissions without "Glass Woman Prize" in the subject line of an email.

SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Who judges the contest? At the moment I am sole judge. If the prize grows, I hope to be able to invite other women writers to judge. How is the prize funded? The prize is funded with ten percent of my personal income. It therefore has a chance of increasing in the future. Why? Because this is something I would have liked to have received for myself. Since I havenÂ´t, at least not recently, and in order to make things right with the world all the same, I feel I have to offer it to someone else. Why the name Glass Woman Prize? IÂ´ve been playing with the glass woman concept for a while. I want women to be able to acknowledge, transparently, who we are, and that who we are is not trivial and unimportant, despite the fact that it is not typically rewarded in a man-made and money-motivated world. HereÂ´s my original description of a glass woman as I would depict her if I were a visual artist: a woman of glass, with a blood system and gut system visible inside her, pipes and veins, and in those there would be bits of poetry, newspapers, roses, sentimental things, babyÂ´s teeth, locks of baby hair, all kinds of lace bits, birds, and foxes, ice-picks, wedding rings, veils, and wedding cake doves, graduations gowns, tarot cards, sacred stones, pressed flowers, and a whole lot of joy and a whole lot of sorrow. SheÂ´d have a flute and a piano key, an ankh, and a woman symbol (Ã…Ã¤), everything, anger and joy, hiking gear, rock climbing gear, motorcycle gear, dirt, fear, bras, lilacs, mirrors, underwear. What about the brittleness of glass? I would make it unbreakable glass, transparent, but shatter-proof. Why no reading fee? Because I absolutely hate the way every other journal or other entity nowadays uses reading fees for contests as fundraisers. I can see their point. I still hate it. What am I trying to accomplish with this? I want to help along the cause of women expressing themselves authentically and fearlessly and passionately. It has something to do with a contribution to justice and soul growing in the world. One of my ex-husbands once said that women don't support each other. I want to either change that or prove it wrong. This is my small gesture of changing the world.
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Colorado Prize for Poetry:
Submission Guidelines http://coloradoreview.colostate.edu/CPP/sub.html 1. Manuscripts will be accepted from October 1, 2007, through the postmark deadline of January 11, 2008. The winner will be announced in May 2008.

2. The winning book-length collection of poems will be published by the Center for Literary Publishing and distributed by the University Pressof Colorado in the fall of 2008.

3.There is a $25 reading fee, which includes a one-year subscription to Colorado Review (subscription normally costs $24). Make checks payable to Colorado Review. VISA/Mastercard also accepted. (Include card number, expiration date, and name as it appears on the card.)

4. This year's final judge is Martha Ronk. Former students and close friends of the final judge are not eligible to compete.

5.Colorado State University employees, students, and alumni are not eligible to compete.

6. Manuscripts may consist of poems that have been published, but the manuscript as a whole must not have been previously published.

7. If individual poems have been previously published, you may include an acknowledgments page, though screening and final judges will not see that page. 8. Include two title pages: top page with manuscript title and author name, address, and phone number; and second page with manuscript title only. The poet's name should NOT appear anywhere else in the manuscript.

9. Manuscripts may be double- or single-spaced.

10. Manuscripts must be securely bound (for example, with binder clips).

11.There is NO minimum or maximum number of pages; most manuscripts, however, are between 40 and 100 pages.

12. DO NOT SEND ORIGINALS: manuscripts will NOT be returned. Do not enclose stamped envelope for the return of your manuscript as manuscripts cannot be returned.

13.No submissions accepted via e-mail.

14.The theme and style are both open.

15.Writers must enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope for contest results and a self-addressed stamped postcard for notification of the manuscript's safe arrival.

16. Send your manuscript to:Colorado Prize for Poetry - Center for Literary Publishing / 9105 Campus Delivery / Dept. of English / Colorado State University / Fort Collins, CO 80523

17. Questions? Please call us at (970) 491-5449 or send an e-mail to creview@colostate.edu

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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
In The City Magazine

If you have not been able to find a copy of InTheCity, here is a link to the magazine. It will download below the index and editors letter that you first see. You can then read the complete magazine. The article on the CWG starts on page 10 and features the five award wining poets that we had this year.

You will notice that we are in good company; Dalton Roberts, who played at our Christmas party, is the subject of the cover story.

You also may be interested in reading about the Poetry Contest (see page 22) that we are running in partnership with InTheCity Magazine. Anyone over the age of 16 may enter. There is no entry fee, and the d