Marcia Swearingen was recently notified that a story she wrote will be appearing in Chicken Soup for the Soul: A Tribute to Moms due out in March!
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Another Winner!!! --- Karen Phillips just received an email from the Carnegie Center in Lexington, KY informing her she is a finalist in the Legacies Contest. The winner and runner-up will be announced at the reading next Tuesday which she plans to attend. Needless to say she is a bit excited.
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Don't Forget the CWG Poetry Contest. All entries must be postmarked no later than March 31st. For more information check the link at the left on our web page.

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2008 Wabash Prize for Fiction -- Final Judge: Richard Bausch http://sycamorereview.com/contest/ First Prize: $1000 and winning entry published in Summer/Fall 2008 issue

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2008 Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest http://www.waukeganpl.org/programs/bradcontest.html The Waukegan Public Library is pleased to announce the 24th Annual Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest. The contest will begin on February 15th, 2008 and will end on March 15th, 2008. The category this year is poetry.

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2008 PENUMBRA POETRY & HAIKU CONTEST --- ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 30, 2008 Sponsor website www.tallahasseewriters.net http://twaonline.org/

Click for Rules: 2008 Contest Guidelines

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VERY SHORT FICTION AWARD
Deadline: February 29, 2008
Prizes:
1st place wins $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies.
2nd-place: $500 and possible publication.
3rd-place: $300 and possible publication.
Reading fee: $15 per story.
To submit, go to www.glimmertrain.org, and click on the yellow submissions tab.
Results will be posted on April 30, 2008.
Other considerations:
Open to all writers.
Stories not to exceed 3,000 words.

poetry contest: Saturday Writers
Deadline March 15, 2008 ---- Saturday Writers One-page Poem Contest In honor of April being poetry month,Saturday Writers announces its Sixth Annual Poetry Contest!http://www.saturdaywriters.org/contest.htm

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fiction/poetry contest: The Pinch
The Pinch Literary Awards in Fiction and PoetrySponsored by the Hohenberg Foundation ---- http://cas.memphis.edu/english/pinch/contest/contest.htm --- Fiction First Prize: $1,500.00 ---- Poetry First Prize: $1,000.00 ---- The 2008 Contest will open January 15 and end March 15.

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poetry contest: RATTLE
2008 RATTLE POETRY PRIZE 1st prize: $5,000 plus TEN $100 Honorable Mentions http://www.rattle.com/rpp/hardguide.htm

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fiction/poetry contest: NIMROD
The 30th Nimrod/Hardman AwardsThe Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction &The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod/awards.html First Place: $2,000, publication, and a trip to Tulsa for the Awards Celebration Second Place: $1,000, publication, and a trip to Tulsa for the Awards Celebration Deadline: APRIL 30, 2008

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poetry chapbook contest: Spire Press
Spire Spring Poetry Chapbook Contest http://www.spirepress.org/contest.html This contest opened January 1st, 2008.$500 + 20 copies (full-color cover) and standard publishing contract.

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poetry/fiction/drama/nonfiction contest: Arts & Letters
The Arts & Letters Prizes competition offers publication and a $1000 Prize for winners in: Fiction (Short Story), Poetry, and Drama (One-Act Play), and a NEW prize for Creative Nonfiction (Essay). A $15 submission fee, payable in U.S. dollars, includes a two-issue subscription to Arts & Letters. Submission Deadline: Submissions are accepted postmarked January 1 to March 17. http://al.gcsu.edu/prizes.htm

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poetry & fiction contests: Art Affair
Art Affair Announces The Annual Writing Contest Call for Entries http://shadetreecreations.com/ArtAffair_Announcements.htm 2008 Contest Deadline is October 1, 2008.

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literary political journal seeks e-mail submissions
The November Third Club, an online literary journal seeking to "up the ante" of literary political writing, wants poetry and prose that resonates with a political message and rises above mere rhetoric and rant. Our emphasis is political literature, unabashedly left-wing.The poetry submissions pile is presently anemic, so please check our latest issue http://www.november3rdclub.com/11-07/poetry/index.html The deadline for the next quarterly issue is March 15th.

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Helga Kidder to be published -- Quiditty is publishing her poem Bend in the River and Relief: A Quarterly Christian Expression is publishing two poems; Zeitgeist and Hungry Mother State Park

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Cleveland Writers Guild makes big news -- Cleveland Writers Guild in Sunday's Cleveland Banner Sunday morning on page 38. It was taken during their recent tour of the Banner press.

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poems wanted from women poets over 60
ANTHOLOGY: Poems wanted from women poets over 60. Looking for workgiving full and honest voice to women's lives. Submit up to 5 poems (33line maximum), a three-line bio, and SASE to Robin Chapman & JeriMcCormick, editors, 205 N. Blackhawk Ave., Madison, WI 53705.

DEADLINE:Feb. 29, 2008. (previously published ok if you hold copyright and provide acknowledgment)

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Montana Prize in Fiction -- CutBank is pleased to announce the Montana Prize in Fiction, the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry. http://www.cutbankonline.org/contests_new/index.html We are honored to have three talented judges participating in the inaugural year of these contests. The Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry will be judged by Michele Glazer. Aimee Bender will select the winner of the Montana Prize in Fiction. The winner of the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction will be selected by Suzanne Paola.Submissions are accepted December 1 through February 29. Winners receive $500 and publication in CutBank 69. All submissions will be considered for publication in CutBank.The contests' $13 entry fee includes a one-year, two-issue subscription to CutBank, beginning with the prize issue, CutBank 69.Please send only your best work. With all three of these awards, we are seeking to highlight work that showcases an authentic voice, a boldness of form, and a rejection of functional fixedness.

FULL GUIDELINES:Submissions postmarked earlier than December 1, 2007 or later than February 29, 2008 will be returned unread (along with payment). Submissions are accepted via postal mail only. Please include SASE for reply and prepare your manuscript according to CutBank's conventional submission guidelines. The contest entry must be noted on the envelope and cover letter, i.e.: The Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry Cut Bank English Dept, LA 133 University of Montana / Missoula, MT 59812 A $13 contest entry fee includes a one-year subscription to CutBank. The entry fee covers the reading of a single submission in a single genre. Prose writers, please send only a single work of no greater than 40 printed pages. Poets may submit up to five poems. Submissions that exceed these guidelines will be returned unread, along with payment. Please submit only once within in a genre, although writers are permitted to submit in multiple genres.Please include a short cover letter that mentions your address, phone number, and email address, as well as the title of your work. Please include the author's name on the manuscript-names will be removed from the pool of submissions that goes before our contest judges.Current subscribers may submit for the same $13 fee-subscriptions will be extended by one year. Please submit entry fee by personal or cashier's check. Checks can be made out to CutBank Literary Magazine. Entrants will be notified of their submission status no later than May 15, 2008. One winner in each genre, as chosen by our guest judges, will receive a $500 award and publication in CutBank 69, our summer 2008 issue. Winners will be required to complete a W-9 form to receive payment. All manuscripts are considered for publication in CutBank. All rights to selected manuscripts revert to the author upon publication. The author grants their permission to have their work electronically archived as part of CutBank 69 in EBSCO International's subscription-based research database.Current University of Montana students and faculty and former CutBank staff are not eligible for the awards

Poetry and Creative Nonfiction Contest http://www.thirdcoastmagazine.com/contests/ UPDATE: Contest Deadline Extended to February 29, 2008. NOTE: A classified listing in the most recent issue of The Writers Chronicle lists Third Coast as currently accepting submissions for a Fiction and NonFiction contest. However, at this time we are only reading contest submissions for Poetry and NonFiction awards. Please see the guidelines below. The 2008 Third Coast Poetry & Creative NonFiction AwardsPoetry Prize: $1,000 & Publication Nonfiction Prize : $500 & PublicationFinal JudgesFor poetry: James TateFor creative nonfiction: Patricia Hampl

Send entries to:Third Coast 2008 Poetry or Creative Nonfiction Contest Department of EnglishWestern Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331 Open to all writers unassociated with the judges or Third Coast. Postmark deadline: February 29th, 2008. Prize-winning issue: Spring 2009. Entry fee: $15 per manuscript. Please make checks or money orders payable to Third Coast. Each fee entitles entrant to a 1-year subscription to Third Coast, an extension of an existing subscription, or a gift subscription. Please indicate your choice and enclose a complete address for subscription. Please send each entry separately, and mark clearly whether it is a poetry or creative nonfiction entry. Any previously unpublished poem is eligible for the poetry contest; any previously unpublished creative nonfiction essay or excerpt of up to 9,000 words is eligible for the creative nonfiction contest. Simultaneous submissions are permitted; if accepted elsewhere, we ask that they be withdrawn from the contest immediately. No money will be refunded. Submissions will not be returned; send SASE for results only. All manuscripts should be typed (nonfiction entries should be double-spaced) and accompanied by a cover letter. The authors name must not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself. If a poem or essay is chosen as a finalist, Third Coast requires that it be withdrawn from any other publication considerations until the winner is selected. If the poem or essay is scheduled to be published elsewhere before spring 2009, please do not submit it

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prize for fiction writers who have published one book
Washington and Lee University is pleased to announce The Glasgow Prize for Emerging Writers $2,500The Prize includes publication of new work in Shenandoah. http://shenandoah.wlu.edu/glasgow.html Eligibility for 2008 Prize: all writers of SHORT FICTIONÂ with only one published book in that genre.To apply, send first book,* one unpublished story, #10 s.a.s.e. and biographical information along with a check for $25 (from either author or publisher), which brings a year's subscription to Shenandoah, between March 15 and March 31, 2008 to:R. T. SmithThe Glasgow Prize SHENANDOAH Mattingly House / 2 Lee AvenueWashington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450-2116(540) 458-8908

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call for submissions: River Poets Journal
Call for submissions for Short Poems & Sketches/Art/Photography (Black & White Only) http://www.riverpoetsjournal.com/ A literary journal featuring original poetry, prose, art, photography and events. Submit Poetry: Up to 5 of your best short poems, haiku, senyru, tanka, cherita, etc., or short poems less than 10 lines. Submit Art: Up to 5 black and white art/sketches/photography on any subject -- attach in JPG format only For inclusion in a Chapbook published by Lilly Press - Summer of 2008. Book Title will be selected at a later date. Prefer original work but will accept exceptional work previously published with acknowledgements.Email poems in the body of an email - --enclose a paragraph-length bio with your workEmail to: judithlawrence(at)comcast.net (replace (at) with @)

Deadline - April 30, 2008 Winners will be notified and announced in June of 2008.

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"cup of comfort" anthologies seek personal essays
GREAT PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY FOR GREAT PERSONAL ESSAYS

Please direct questions and suggestions to: cupofcomfort(at)adamsmedia.com (replace (at) with @) or to wordsinger(at)aol.com (replace (at) with @). The editor of the bestselling book series A Cup of Comfort is now accepting submissions for three new volumes with the following themes: Military Families, New Mothers, and Adoptive Families. A Cup of Comfort for Military Families It has been said that military life is not for the faint of heart.� But neither is it without its benefits and blessings. One thing is certain: it is an experience like no other -- both for the soldiers and for their families. For this book, we want positive and powerful stories about how military life affects the personal lives of service men and women (enlisted and officers), how family affects soldiers on the job, and how military life affects family members (primarily spouses, children, and parents but also siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, aunts/uncles, fiances, etc.). Any situation or subject that is significant and/or unique to military personnel and their loved ones is acceptable. Our goal is to compile a collection of uplifting stories that cover a wide range of topics and reveal a variety of perspectives, experiences, and emotions specific to military families. Stories may be written by the service man or woman or by a loved one; military service may be current, recent, or past. Submission deadline: March 15, 2008 (extended from March 1) $500 grand prize; $100 each, all other published stories; plus copy of book A Cup of Comfort for New Mothers Few experiences bring forth as many anxieties, blessings, challenges, wonders, and changes as having a baby whether its your first child or fifth, your birth child or adopted child. And nothing is as miraculous as giving birth to or witnessing the birth of your baby. This heartwarming anthology will be filled with birth stories and newborn homecoming stories as well as a wide range of stories about the various experiences, emotions, and concerns involved in adding a new baby to ones life and family. Potential topics include but are not limited to: nursing (or not), caring for a newborn, bonding/falling in love with infant, lack of sleep, relationship with spouse, how siblings respond, returning to work, balancing responsibilities, post-partum depression, self transformation, unexpected joys, life lessons, small miracles, etc. The majority of the stories will be about birth children, but the book will likely include a couple adoptive stories as well. Likewise, most of the stories will be written from the new mothers perspective, but we are open to including a few stories written from the spouses or a very close family members perspective. All stories will be uplifting and positive, no matter how difficult the situation portrayed in the story might be. We do not want stories that simply recount misfortunes and sorrows and that do not clearly reveal a positive outcome or redeeming result (silver lining). Submission deadline: April 15, 2008 (extended from April 1) $500 grand prize; $100 each, all other published stories; plus copy of book A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Families The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate adoptive families and to recognize the extraordinary and challenging experiences that are unique to chosen children and their families. We are most interested in stories written by adult adoptive children and their adoptive parents and siblings, but the book will also likely include some stories written by members of the extended adoptive family (grandparent, aunt/uncle, cousin), close friends of the adoptive family (i.e. godparent), and birth family members. Virtually any topic relevant to adopted children and their adoptive parents is acceptable as long as it is authentic, positive, insightful, and uplifting or inspiring. We do not want heartbreaking stories about adoptive parents or birth families that regret the adoption; there is a place for stories of that ilk, but this book is not that place. All of the stories in this collection must show a positive aspect of adoption and must bring comfort or joy or inspiration to those who have been adopted and/or to the families who adopted them no matter how difficult the experience and emotions portrayed in the story might be. Submission deadline: June 15, 2008 $500 grand prize; $100 each, all other published stories; plus copy of book All Cup of Comfort stories must be true, original, and positive; narrative essays (creation nonfiction); and 1,000-2,000 words. Entrants pay no fees. Writer's guidelines: http://www.cupofcomfort.com/share.htm

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repost: call for submissions, North Central Review
Reposting this one with corrected e-mail and URL.The North Central ReviewThe North Central Review is one of only a handful of literary journals publishing exclusively the writings and works of undergraduate students. The North Central Review considers all genres, including short fiction, poetry, drama, creative nonfiction, and mixed genre pieces.As a member of the staff of the North Central Review, students will receive the opportunity to participate in every step of the production of the literary journal. Students involved in the journal will • Gain experience in reading and judging manuscripts• Design and lay out a professional magazine • Satisfy a practicum requirement for the English writing emphasis track Submission The staff of the North Central Review welcomes literary submissions from undergraduate university and college students from around the globe for two issues annually. To submit, please send a typed copy of your submission, along with complete contact information and a SASE to us at: North Central Review, CM #235North Central College30 N. Brainard Street Naperville, IL 60540 Or, please send your submission as a Word attachment to us at:Nccreview(at)noctrl.edu (replace (at) with @)Please include proof of undergraduate status (.edu email address or photocopied student ID without number) and contact information (name, postal and email addresses, and phone number) on any submission. Upon acceptance, NCR requests that final work be sent via email to facilitate production. Art may be sent as .jpg and will be published in black and white.For more information, visit our website: http://blogs.noctrl.edu/review