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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
#55 Contests and Submissions
poetry book contest: Bedbug Press
THE RHEA AND SEYMOUR GORSLINE POETRY COMPETITION www.bedbugpress.com
The deadline for submission is a postmark on or before August 16, 2008.
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poetry chapbook contest: Byline
Byline's Biennial Poetry Chapbook CompetitionOpen to All Writers http://www.bylinemag.com
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online journal seeks work: The Sylvan Echo
Call for submissions: The Sylvan Echo The Sylvan Echo online literary journal seeks submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, editorial works and book reviews for possible publication in the June issue. The deadline is May 23rd, 2008. Include a brief bio with your submission. This issue has no theme. Please see http://sylvanecho.net for submission guidelines. To view our current issue, visit http://currentissue.sylvanecho.net
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poetry book contest: Anhinga Prize Poetry
http://www.anhinga.org/books/contest.cfm
The award is open to poets trying to publish a first or second book of poetry. Previous publication of self-published books and chapbooks do not make a poet ineligible. Entries must be original poetry in English
Contest RulesEach submission must be accompanied by a $25 reading fee.
Submissions will be accepted from February 15 until May 1
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online journal seeks submissions: SWEET
Announcing a new online literary magazine: SWEET: A LITERARY CONFECTION (sweetlit.com)Please submit! The editors at Sweet understand that there are good works that get overlooked, and that often our decisions are based not just on quality but also on taste. That said: Sweet publishes emerging and established writers three times a year--July, November, and March.Sweet seeks only poetry and creative nonfiction and anything in between.(Sorry fiction writers!) We read submissions all-year. Poetry: Please attach no more than 3 poems to
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online journal issues writing challenge
New feature at shaking like a mountain. We throw down The R. Meltzer challenge: write a poem, or tell us a story (fictional or non-fictional) in response to any of three songs listed on the site. The best piece in each genre will be published in the next issue of shaking like a mountain.
go to www.shakinglikeamountain.com click on the box that says ...From the Stars Above, then proceed. This is very important; please follow our guidelines for submissions in each genre.
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nonfiction contest: Baltimore Review
Creative Nonfiction Competition DEADLINE EXTENDED TO April 20, 2008
Prizes:
First Place: $250 + publication in The Baltimore Review
Second Place: $100
Third Place: $50
Rules:Submit one essay per entry fee. Essays must be original and unpublishedelsewhere. All styles and forms are accepted. Maximum word count: 6,000words. All essays submitted to the contest will also be considered forpublication in The Baltimore Review. Simultaneous submissions are fine,but alert us if your essay has been accepted elsewhere; entry fees are not refundable. Send SASE for a list of winners. Submissions should bepostmarked by deadline.Format: Essays must be double-spaced, with name, address, phone number and email appearing on the first page. Please staple pages together.
Entry Fee:$10 entry fee for each essat OR -- pay $15 for contest entry fee as well as a one-year subscription to The Baltimore Review. Make checks payable to The Baltimore Review.Mail to:The Baltimore Review/Creative Nonfiction CompetitionPO Box 36418, Towson MD 21286
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poetry book contest: Logan House Press
2008 Holland Prize Guidelines http://www.loganhousepress.com/
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
#54 Contests
CWG Poetry Contest -- Deadline March 31st
See details at www.chattanoogawritersguild.org on left
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poetry & fiction contest: Whiskey Island
WHISKEY ISLAND MAGAZINE ANNUAL LITERARY CONTEST 2008
POETRY & FICTION
Prize for Winning Entry in Each Category: $500 plus publication
Poetry: 5 poems
Fiction: 5,000 words maximum
Submission deadline March 31, 2008
http://www.csuohio.edu/whiskey_island
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poetry/nonfiction/fiction contest: New Millennium Writings
We are open for submissions in our Summer 2008 Contest.
http://www.newmillenniumwritings.com/
Midnight June 17 is the next deadline in our New Millennium Writings Contest.
http://www.writingawards.com/
$4,000 in Prizes, plus publication in NMW
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poems sought from American Muslims & American Jews
Crossing Limits invites poets who locate themselves within the broad cultural, secular, and/or religious contexts of the Muslim and Jewish Communities to
SUBMIT 3 TO 5 POEMS by the extended deadline of MARCH 31, 2008.
Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Previously published work is acceptable, if the author owns the rights or notes the publisher with permission. Mail Submissions to: Crossing Limits, P. O. Box 81268, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 or E-mail: CrossingLimits2(at)aol.com (replace (at) with @)
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Poetry Contest : Presense
Deadline -- May 15, 2008
The grand prize winner will be awarded a $100.00 USD cash prize. Three runners-up will receive $ 75.00 USD each.
For more information, see sdiworld.org/publications/poetry-contest.html
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poetry journal seeks submissions: Cave Wall
submissions: Cave Wall The poetry journal Cave Wall is accepting open submissions from February 15-March 31 (postmark dates). Please send 3-6 previously unpublished poems to the following address:Cave Wall Press, LLCP.O. Box 29546Greensboro, NC 27429-9546We read submissions blind, so your name should NOT appear on any poems. Include a cover letter listing the titles of poems you're submitting.Be sure to include an SASE for response.You can find more information on our website: http://www.cavewallpress.com/
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poetry book contest (no fee): New Sins Press
2008 Full-length PoetryBook Contest GUIDELINES http://www.newsinspress.com/new_sins_press_book_contest.htm
READING PERIOD/DEADLINE:Ă‚ March 1 through May 1, 2008.
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evolution writing contest: Ecotone
Our reading period is open and will remain open until October 15.
One Grand Prize winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium, a limited-edition chapbook of the winning manuscript, and publication in Ecotone
Check out our website: http://www.ecotonejournal.com/index.html
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poetry contest: Indiana Review
Indiana Review's 2008 Poetry Prize
Guidelines$1000 Honorarium and PublicationFinal Judge: Naomi Shihab Nye http://indianareview.org/general/prizes/poetprizeguidelines08.htm
POSTMARK DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2008
Go to web site for entry formReading Fee: $15
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call for work by women writing in or about the American West
Copper Nickel, a journal of art and literature published at the University of Colorado Denver, seeks submissions from women writing in or about the American west
please visit our website at http://www.copper-nickel.org
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online journal seeks submissions: UMBRELLA
online poetry journal seeks submissions: Umbrella: A Journal of Poetry and Kindred Prose http://www.umbrellajournal.com
Deadline: May 10, 2008.
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poetry book contest: Marsh Hawk Press
Marsh Hawk Press Fifth Annual POETRY PRIZE
Deadline: April 30, 2008
www.marshhawkpress.org
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nonfiction contest: BAYOU
Bayou Magazine's 2008 Nonfiction Bonanza
http://www.cola.uno.edu/cww/bayou/bonanza.cfm
This prize is for NONFICTION ONLY.
We will accept submissions for the contest from September 15th, 2007 through March 31st, 2008.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Post #53 All Contests
CWG Poetry Contest
Deadline March 31st.
No entry fee.
More information: http://www.chattanoogawritersguild.org/poetrycontest.shtml______________________________________ short story contest: Pocono Armchair Review
The Pocono Armchair Review ---The literary journal in a plain white wrapper. http://poconoarmchairreview.com/Short-StoryContest.htm --- Short-Story Contest The entry fee is $10 per submission. The deadline is April 30, 2008. _______________________________________ poetry fellowships: Poetry FoundationRuth Lilly Poetry Fellowships http://poetryfoundation.org/programs/2008_Lilly_Fellowship_app.pdfFive Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships in the amount of $15,000 will be awarded to young poets through a national competition sponsored by the Poetry Foundation. ________________________________________ literary awards contest: AR Writer's Conference2008 Arkansas Writer's Conference http://www.geocities.com/penwomen/ContestDeadline: April 30, 2008. More than $3,000 in prizes. Several new poetry contests. Playwriting contest. Special award: Four-day, three-night stay at Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. http://www.geocities.com/penwomen/_____________________________ poetry contest: Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest 35th Annual Mississippi Valley Poetry Contest --- This contest began in 1972 and is sponsored by the Midwest Writing Center a non-profit organization. The contest's mission is to encourage the writing and appreciation of poetry. For more information, contact the Midwest Writing Center @ 563.324.1410 or e-mail mwc@midwestwritingcenter.org______________________________________ poetry book contest: Ashland University PressThe Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize The Winner of the Snyder Prize Receives: $1,000.00 / publication of winning manuscript in a paperback edition of 1,000 copies 100 copies of the published book (in lieu of royalties) 2008 Submission Guidelines: http://www.ashland.edu/aupoetry/_________________________________________ poetry contest: dA Center for the ArtsdA Center for the Arts2008 Poetry Contest Dana Levin, JudgeFirst Prize: $250Winner and Finalists will be invited to participate in an awards ceremony, reading, and reception at the dA Center for the Arts. The prize does not include publication.Contest Rules http://www.dacenter.org/literaryarts.html_________________________________________ Glimmer Train Fiction always good fiction -- They want your story. http://www.glimmertrain.com/writguid1.html_________________________________________ CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW's Annual Literary ContestsThe Richard Peterson Poetry Prize,Jack Dyer Fiction Prize,& John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize http://www.siuc.edu/~crborchd/dyer.html$ 1500 prize for Poetry$ 1500 prize for Fiction$ 1500 prize for Literary NonfictionFebruary 1, 2008 through April 30, 2008. _____________________________________ novel contest: Gival Press4th Annual Gival Press Novel Award http://www.givalpress.com/Deadline:May 30, 2008 (postmarked) _______________________________________ poetry book contest: Richard Snyder PrizeThe Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize 2008 Submission Guidelines: http://www.ashland.edu/aupoetry/Deadline: May 15, 2008 ________________________________________
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Post #52 News - Contests
Dylan Thomas Prize
Organizers of the EDS Dylan Thomas Prize are actively seeking submissions from North American writers for the £60,000 ($119,000) pound prize. Entries are being accepted until April 30. "We haven’t gotten as many entries from America as we’d like,” said prize board member Kurt Heinzelman, head of creative writing at the University of Texas, “We’d like to see many more, especially from poets.”
Awarded every two years, the Dylan Thomas Prize is intended to honor “the best published writer in English under the age of 30 from anywhere in the world.” It is open to any literary work – poetry, fiction, screenplays, film scripts -- published in English by a writer 18-30 years old.
While the prize has been around for some 25 years, it was re-launched in 2006 with new sponsorship and much deeper pockets. The winner in 2006 was Welch poet Rachel Trezise for her book Fresh Apples. This year’s winner will be announced on November 3 at a ceremony in Swansea, Wales.
Entries will only be accepted from publishers. Full details about the award, as well as submission guidelines, are online at www.dylanthomasprize.com/
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Kennesaw Review Don Russ Poetry Prize
$500 for the single best poem
April 23, 2008, deadline $15 entry fee for 3-5 previously unpublished poems
Entry Format:Poets name should NOT be included on poems.Please include poet's name, titles of submitted poems, address, e-mail, and telephone number in cover letter.Send entries and $15 fee to:Kennesaw ReviewDon Russ Poetry PrizeDepartment of English, Building 27Kennesaw State University1000 Chastain RoadKennesaw, GA 30144-5591 Make checks payable to Kennesaw Review.
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Fugue Fiction and Poetry Contest
http://www.uidaho.edu/fugue/contest07.htm
First place winner receives $1000 and publication. Second and Third prize winners receive publication.Submissions must be postmarked by May 1, 2008
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Key West Robert Frost Poetry Contest
Robert Frost Poetry FestivalNational Poetry ContestPrizes awarded: $150 First Prize, $75 Second Prize, $50 Third Prize and two Honorable Mentions. $10 entry fee.Entry Fee: $10 per poem. Postmarked Deadline: March 24
http://www.robertfrostpoetryfestival.org/
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Apprentice House
Apprentice House is the country's only campus-based, student-staffed publishing company. Winner receives $250 prize and 20 copies. $25 submission payable to AH. Deadline March 14 postmark. www.apprenticehouse.com/resources
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Writing It Real
Sheila Bender's Writing It Real, an online magazine for those who write frompersonal experience, is still seeking previously unpublished essays up to ten pages double-spaced on anytheme from personal experience for its spring personal essay contest.
Reading period through April 1, 2008.
Complete guidelines at http://www.writingitreal.com/page.php?p=essay_contest
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poetry book contest: Slope Editions
SLOPE EDITIONS BOOK PRIZE
http://www.slopeeditions.org/prize.html
$1,000 plus book publication
Deadline: March 15, 2008
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essay/poetry/fiction contest: New Letters
New Letters Awards for Writers $4,500 total prizes for writers
Next postmark deadline: May 18, 2008.
http://www.newletters.org/awards.asp
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poetry contest: hotmetalpress.net
The Karen Fredericks and Frances Willitts Poetry Prize http://www.hotmetalpress.net/PoetryPrize.html
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Post #51 News - Contests
Book Launch Announced
KB Ballentine will hold a book launch for her new book, Gathering Stones, at the Chattanooga Barnes and Noble (near Hamilton Place mall) on Friday, March 7, at 7:00 PM. Ballentine is a member of the Chattanooga Writers Guild and active in the poetry group.
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Sherry Poff
Sherry had a nice article in the Times Free Press, Feb 25th on why she likes teaching. The article was part of the series "Why I Love My Job". Other members should see if they can write something for the series. Sherry also had a poem "You in the Other Room" published in the ezine: Muscadine Lines: A Southern Journal. www.asouthernjournal.com
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Meacham Writers Conference --- Several members have contacted the CWG saying that the feedback they got from the visiting professors was outstanding. Thanks and to those that organized it. For those that missed it, there are two a year so make plans to attend the one next fall. ____________________________________ Looking for a Literary Agent? -- You can sign up for notices from the Guide for Literary Agents. It is put out by Writers Digest and one of the best lists and aids to find an agent in the country. http://www.guidetoliteraryagents.com/ ____________________________________ Members Profiles -- Is your profile posted under CWG member profiles? If not why not? It is a great way to tell your editors that your are serious about improving your craft and helping others do the same. ____________________________________
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