December
Poetry
December 1
THE 5th ANNUAL ANTHONY HECHT POETRY PRIZE
SEND TO: 29A Carr Hill Road, Upper Cumberworth, Huddersfield HD8 8NW
OR: The Waywiser Press, P.O. Box 6205,
Baltimore MD 21206, USA;
Poetry Collections
December 31
TAMPA REVIEW PRIZE FOR POETRY
University of Tampa Press
401 West Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
submissions@ut.edu www.ut.edu/tampareview
December 31
TUPELO PRESS 2009 DORSET PRIZE
SEND TO: Tupelo Press Dorset Prize, PO Box 1767, North Adams, MA 01247
NB: Send International submissions to:
Tupelo Press Dorset Prize, 243 Union Street, Eclipse Mill Loft 305,
North Adams MA 01247, USA
publisher@tupelopress.org www.tupelopress.org/dorset.php
waywiserpress@aol.com www.waywiser-press.com
December 22
The PSA Chapbook Fellowships
Open to any US resident who has not published a full-length poetry collection.
Manuscripts of 20-30 pages, one poem per page. Prize: 2 x US$1,000.
Poetry Society of America, 15 Gramercy Park, New York, NY 10003, USA www.poetrysociety.org
Poetry & Short Stories
December 31
FREEFALL MAGAZINE POETRY AND PROSE CONTEST
SEND TO: 922 9 Ave SE Calgary AB T2G OS4, Canada
www.freefallmagazine.ca
December 31
THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST
Prizes: $500, $250, $100; Poetry: $250, $125, $50.
Winners announced January 31.
Fee: $10 (stories); $5 (poetry).
Length: 5 pages (sic), fiction or non-fiction; 30 lines.
SEND IRCS: Dreamquestone.com, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654
alwest56@hotmail.com www.dreamquestone.com
Other
December 31
3RD ANNUAL MICRO AWARD
NB, for previously published fiction (2009);
above is postmarked date.
683 E. 4th, Chico CA 95928, USA
www.microaward.com
November
Poetry
November 30
ELIZABETH CURRY PRIZE IN POETRY
SLAB; Dept. of English, 314 SWC,
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA 16057
www.slablitmag.com
November 30
MARGIE / THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POETRY
2009 STRONG MEDICINE CONTEST
MARGIE, POB 250, Chesterfield,
MO 63006-0250, USA
margiereview@aol.com www.margiereview.com
November 15
THE 16th ANNUAL HOWARD NEMEROV SONNET AWARD
The Formalist, 320 Hunter Drive, Evansville IN 47711, USA http://english.evansville.edu/Nemerov.htm
November 14
THE SEGORA 3rd OPEN POETRY COMPETITION
Le Moulin de l’Arche, 79150 St. Clementin, Deux-Sevres, France
pontdarche@hotmail.com www.poetryproseandplays.co.uk
Short Stories
November 30
@ FISH INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY PRIZE
info@fishpublishing.com www.fishpublishing.com
November 30
@ ROME SHORT STORY COMPETITION
books@cordelia.net http://cordelia.net/html/competition.html
November 30
THE 4th AEON AWARD
8 Bachelor’s Walk, Dublin 1, Ireland
fraslaw@yahoo.co.uk www.albedo1.com
November 16
THE SECOND ANNUAL TENNESSEE WILLIAMS/
NEW ORLEANS LITERARY FESTIVAL FICTION WRITING CONTEST
Fiction Contest, Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514, New Orleans, LA 70113
info@tennesseewilliams.net www.tennesseewilliams.net
Non Fiction
November 30
THE 2009 PRISM INTERNATIONAL
LITERARY NONFICTION CONTEST
PRISM Non-Fiction Contest, c/o PRISM international,
Creative Writing Program, UBC Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall ,
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada
prism@interchange.ubc.ca http://prism.arts.ubc.ca
November 30
@ WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING
QUARTERLY NONFICTION CONTESTS
www.wow-womenonwriting.com
Books
November 30
REVIEW FUSE BOOK 1ST CHAPTER CONTEST
www.reviewfuse.com/blog
October
Poetry
October 31
IRISH HAIKU SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL HAIKU COMPETITION 2009
Administrator, IHS International Haiku Competition 2009,
75 Willow Park Grove, Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Ireland
http://irishhaiku.webs.com/haikucompetition.htm
October 31
HOLLIS SUMMERS POETRY PRIZE
Ohio University Press, 19 Circle Drive, The Ridges
Athens, OH 45701
sandersd@ohio.edu www.ohioswallow.com
October 17
THE DOROTHY SARGENT ROSENBERG POETRY PRIZES
NB, under 40s
Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prizes,
PO Box 2306, Orinda, California 94563
www.DorothyPrizes.org
Short Stories
October 30
RASPBERRY & VINE TWICE YEARLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Raspberry & Vine, PO Box 2217, Wattletree Road
PO Malvern East 3145 Australia
info@raspberryandvine.com www.raspberryandvine.com
October 16
SOUTHERN CROSS LITERARY COMPETITION
Southern Cross Literary Competition, PO Box 2738, Bakery Hill, Victoria 3354, Australia
www.ballaratwriters.com
Poetry & Short Stories
October 15
THE 2010 WASHINGTON SQUARE REVIEW COMPETITION
Washington Square Contest, Creative Writing Program, New York University
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th St. New York, NY 10011
creative.writing@nyu.edu http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/wsr
Multi-Genre
October 15
@ THE EARTH VISION NATURE WRITING CONTEST 2009
NB: published or unpublished material
www.evbooks.net/contest.htm
Screenwriting
October 31
THE AMERICAN SCREENWRITERS ASSOCIATION (ASA)
12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Gotham Writers’ Workshop, 12th Annual International
Screenplay Competition, 555 Eighth Avenue, Suite 1402
New York, NY 10018-4358
screenplay@write.org www.goasa.com/
Songwriting
October 30
THE 11th ANNUAL GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST
info@greatamericansong.com www.GreatAmericanSong.com
September
Poetry
September 30
TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST
Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant
Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060-3961
www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
September 15
13TH ANNUAL ROBERT FROST FOUNDATION ANNUAL POETRY AWARD
Attention: Poetry Award, The Robert Frost Foundation, 51 Lawrence Street, Lawrence, MA 01841, Lawrence Public Library, 3rd Floor
frostfoundation@comcast.net frostfoundation.org
September 15
THE 13th INTERNATIONAL MATTIA POETRY COMPETITION
Questions and further information, please e-mail Gerry Mattia.
08info@mattia.ca www.mattia.ca/
Poetry Collections
September 30
JESSIE BRYCE NILES CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
Chapbook Contest, 4956 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY 13215
www.comstockreview.org
Short Stories
September 30
TAKAHE SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2009
Takahe Collective Trust, P O Box 13-335,
Christchurch 8141, Christchurch 8001, New Zealand
admin@takahe.org.nz www.takahe.org.nz
Poetry & Short Stories
September 21
THE SIXTH GLASS WOMAN PRIZE
NB, women only
Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, CO 80203
glasswomanprize@comcast.net www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm
Playwriting
September 1
hotINK
Melissa Parrish, Literary Manager, hotINK 2010, Department of Drama, Tisch School of the Arts, 721 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
hotink2010@gmail.com www.hotink.org
Books
September 4
32nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL 3 DAY NOVEL-WRITING CONTEST
The world’s most notorious literary marathon.
3-Day Novel Contest, 200-341 Water Street,
Vancouver BC V6B 1B8, Canada
info@3daynovel.com www.3daynovel.com
August
Poetry
August 31
@ UTMOST CHRISTIAN WRITERS FOUNDATION
NOVICE POETRY CONTEST
Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest,
121 Morin Maze, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. T6K 1V1.
nnharms@telusplanet.net www.utmostchristianwriters.com
August 15
ERSKINE J. POETRY PRIZE
Smartish Pace, P.O. Box 22161, Baltimore, MD 21203
sreichert@smartishpace.com www.smartishpace.com
Call for submissions
August 15
For the October 2009 issue of Pirene’s Fountain.
www.pirenesfountain.com
Poetry Collections
August 31
ALL ABOUT EVE
editor@wolfsingerpubs.com
www.wolfsingerpubs.com/AllAboutEve.html
August 15
FIFTH ANNUAL CAMBER PRESS
POETRY CHAPBOOK AWARD
Camber Press, Inc., 1160 Midland Avenue, Suite 3F, Bronxville, NY 10708
info@camberpress.com www.camberpress.com
Short Stories
August 31
The Gemini Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
GRAND PRIZE: $100 & Publication
in the October Issue of Gemini
(We know it ain’t much but who can’t use a hundred bucks!)
HONORABLE MENTION (3):
Publication in the October Issue of Gemini
RULES (We hate rules but you gotta have at least some for a contest):
1. 1,000 words or less (excluding title & byline)
2. Any style, any theme
3. Open to ANYONE
3. Deadline: August 31, 2009
4. Send previously unpublished story in body of email to:
contest@gemini-magazine.com (no attachments) or snail mail to:
Gemini Magazine, P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558
5. One entry per writer. Do not include bio.
6. Entry fee: NONE (When the economy gets better we promise to charge
an exorbitant reading fee)
7. If you don’t win or place, your story may be considered for publication in a future issue of Gemini.
www.gemini-magazine.com/contest
August 1
Lush Stories Competition
Welcome to our first ever story competition here at Lushstories.com.
Seeing it’s our first writing contest, we decided on a “first time” theme. Anything relating to a first time of any kind is acceptable, so think along the lines of a first kiss, or someone losing their virginity, trying group sex or some particular type of sex for the first time and so forth.
All our standard story contest rules apply.
All characters must be over the age of 16.
Prizes
• First Place: $250 Cash Prize
• Second Place: $150 Cash Prize
• Third Place: $100 Cash Prize
Entering the Competition
There is a new section added to the Story Submission page underneath the category selection. Please make sure you check the relevant Competition button, otherwise your story will not be entered into the competition. If you make a mistake, you can always edit your story by clicking the “My Stories” link at the top of the front site page.
New Stories only should be entered, not stories you’ve previously submitted.
The earlier you get your entry in, the more likely you are to get a higher number of story views and votes. Winners will be announced on the 08 August 2009
www.lushstories.com/competitions/first-time.aspx
Poetry & Short Stories
August 7
DROMINEER LITERARY FESTIVAL POETRY & SHORT STORY COMPETITIONS
Deborah Powell, Secretary, Dromineer Literary Festival,
Ballycommon, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
deborahpowell@hotmail.com www.dromineerliteraryfestival.ie/
August 3
#OVER THE EDGE NEW WRITER OF THE YEAR 2009 COMPETITION
Sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop.
Over The Edge, 3 Carbry Road, Newcastle, Galway, Ireland
over-the-edge-openreadings@hotmail.com
http://overtheedgeliteraryevents.blogspot.com/
Poetry/Short Story Collections
August 31
St. Lawrence Book Award
Made by Black Lawrence Press for an unpublished collection of poems or short stories. The St. Lawrence Book Award is open to any writer who has not yet published a full-length collection of short stories or poems. The winner of this contest will receive book publication, a $1,000 cash award, and ten copies of the book. Prizes will be awarded on publication.
How to Submit
In order to reduce the costs of printing and postage and in the spirit of being a bit greener, Black Lawrence Press now accepts electronic submissions rather than hard copies for our contests.
Please include the following in your electronic submission:
-A cover letter with brief bio and contact information including your e-mail address(es)
-A .rtf, .doc, or .pdf attachment including a title page, an acknowledgments page, a table of contents, and your manuscript with numbered pages.
Email your submission to editors@blacklawrencepress.com.
Please submit your $25 entry fee via Paypal. You can submit your payment via our website by scrolling half way down the page where you will find a Paypal button.
http://blacklawrence.com/stlawrence_1.html
Screenwriting
August 3
6th ANNUAL AMERICAN ZOETROPE SCREENPLAY CONTEST
Online entries only.
contests@zoetrope.com www.zoetrope.com
July
Poetry
JULY 31
IPSWICH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Widely promoted to schools, libraries and the general community: local, interstate - and global entries.
SEND IRCs: Ipswich Poetry Feast Program Coordinator, Ipswich Library, 40 South Street, Ipswich, QLD 4305, Australia
ipswichpoetryfeast@ipswich.qld.gov.au
www.ipswichpoetryfeast.com.au/competition.htm
Short Stories
July 31
THE 7TH ANNUAL SEAN O’FAOLAIN SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2009
The Munster Literature Centre, Frank O’Connor House, 84 Douglas Street, Cork, Ireland
seanofaolainshortstory@gmail.com munsterlit@eircom.net www.munsterlit.ie/
July 21
@ INKSPOTTER’S 6th ANNUAL FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS
FLASH FICTION CONTEST
Email entries: ‘Annual Contest Submission’ in subject line.
NB: if enquiring by post, no need for return postage if email address included.
SEND TO: Betty Dobson, InkSpotter Publishing, 163 Main Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3M 1B3
betty@inkspotter.com http://inkspotter.com/contests.htm
July 15
DYNAMIC DIALOGUE CONTEST
Email entry only.
www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm
Poetry & Short Stories
July 31
THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST
Dreamquestone.com, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654
alwest56@hotmail.com www.dreamquestone.com
June
Poetry
June 30
ARC THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL POEM OF THE YEAR CONTEST
Entries welcome from around the world
but NB: fee payable in Canadian dollars.
Poem of the Year Contest, PO Box 81060, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada, K1P 1A0
arc@arcpoetry.ca www.arcpoetry.ca
June 15
BOYLE ARTS FESTIVAL POETRY COMPETITION
Poetry Competition, Boyle Arts Festival, King House,
Boyle, Co. Roscommon; 00 353 (0) 71 96 63085
info@boylearts.com www.boylearts.com
June 3
THE MACGUFFIN 14TH NATIONAL POET HUNT CONTEST
The MacGuffin/Poet Hunt Contest, Schoolcraft College,
18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152
www.macguffin.org
Poetry Collections
June 30
FINISHING LINE PRESS PRIZE IN POETRY
OPEN CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
Open Chapbook Competition, Finishing Line Press
P.O. Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324
FinishingBooks@aol.com www.finishinglinepress.com
Poetry & Short Stories
June 30
(was May 31)
13TH ANNUAL WOMEN WHO WRITE
POETRY AND SHORT PROSE CONTEST
Prizes: $100, $70, $40. Publication in Calliope, Women Who Write’s annual anthology. Winners read at the awards program in December.
Fee: $10. Length: maximum 10 double-spaced pages.
Include cover page with title of work, author, address, and home phone.
SEND IRCs: Women Who Write, P.O. Box 6167, Louisville, KY 40206
info@womenwhowrite.com www.womenwhowrite.com
June 5
TRIM SWIFT SATIRE COMPETITION
Boyne Writers Group, c/o P Smith, 25 Saintjohns,
Trim, County Meath, Ireland.
swift@boynewriters.com www.boynewriters.com/swift.html
Multi Genre
June 30
THE LITCHFIELD REVIEW WRITING CONTEST
7 Bonna Street, Beacon Falls, CT 06403
tvdannen@sbcglobal.net www.thelitchfieldreview.com
June 30
7th LITERAL LATTE SHORT SHORTS AWARDS
July 15: Poetry
200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003
LitLatte@aol.com www.literal-latte.com
June 30
@ THE ZHOU YI JIAN ANNUAL COMPETITION
Enter online or via email.
1st Prize: $A250.
Fee: $A5. Length: 1000-2,000 words.
Theme: ‘Some connection with China, or Chinese people,
whether in China or abroad; any topic and approach’.
‘Fiction or non-fiction; personal experience
or a researched article. It can be a play’.
Judges: Zhou Xiaosui and Graeme Mills
June 30
@ The Kaixin Competitions
1st Prize: $A100.
Fee: $A10. Length: 1000-1500 words.
Theme etc as above.
Held every 3 months
xiaosui@xiaosuiblue.com www.kaixin.com.au
Playwriting
June 30
@ NEW WORKS OF MERIT PLAYWRITING CONTEST
SEND IRCS: New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest, 511 Avenue of the Americas - #2000, New York City, NY 10011-8436
NewWorksOfMerit@aol.com ww.PlaywritingContest.cjb.net
May
Poetry
May 31
2009 LOIS CRANSTON MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZE
CALYX, Lois Cranston Poetry Prize,
PO Box B, Corvallis, OR 97339
calyx@proaxis.com www.calyxpress.org
May 31
THE NEW ZEALAND POETRY SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
The Competition Secretary, PO Box 5283, Lambton Quay, Wellington 6145, NZ
competition@poetrysociety.org.nz
www.poetrysociety.org.nz
May 31
WINNING WRITERS WAR POETRY CONTEST
SEND IRCs: 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060
www.winningwriters.com
May 15
KISSES AND POPSICLES SPRING POETRY CONTEST
Pandora’s Collective, Delamont Postal Outlet, P.O. Box 29118 1950, West Broadway, Vancouver BC V6J 5C2
blnish_pandoras@yahoo.ca www.pandorascollective.com
May 15
@ POETRY ON THE LAKE 9TH INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Gabriel Griffin, Isola, Orta San Giulio, 28016 NO, Italy;
(+39)347-8464227
poetryonthelake@yahoo.co.uk www.poetryonthelake.org
May 15
@ PRESENCE FIFTH ANNUAL CONTEST
poetrycontest@sdiworld.org
www.sdiworld.org/publications/poetry-contest.html
Short Stories
May 25
MOM TRI’S BOATHOUSE & VILLA ROYALE
3RD ANNUAL SHORT FICTION COMPETITION
Full (and lengthy) details on website.
pr@ boathousephuket.com www.boathousephuket.com
May 25
REVIEW FUSE FLASH FICTION WRITING CONTEST
www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/04/flash-fiction-writing-contest-may-2009/
Books/Multi Genre
May 30
PROVERSE PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, FICTION OR POETRY
For unpublished book-length work.
The Proverse Prize, Proverse Hong Kong, P.O. Box 259,
Tung Chung, Lantau, NT, Hong Kong, SAR, China;
UK: The Proverse Prize, c/o Miss Christine Penney, 28 West Street,
Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6DN.
Full details and entry form on website.
NB3, two copies of mss + two CDs:
SEND TO: The Hotel Coma,”Attention The Proverse Literary Prize”,
Ordino, Principat d’Andorra, AD 300, via France.
www.geocities.com/proversehk
www.proversepublishing.com
May 1
WRITER’S DIGEST SELF PUBLISHED AWARD
700E. State Street, Iola, W1 54990;
(715) 445-4612 ext 13430 (Nicole Florence)
writing-competitions@fwmedia.com writersdigest.com
April
Poetry
April 30
THE 2009 MARJORIE J. WILSON BEST POEM CONTEST
Post Office Box 250, Chesterfield,
Mo. USA, 63006-0250
margiereview@aol.com www.margiereview.com
Short Stories
April 30
@ MOMAYA 2009 SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Online submission only.
infouk@momayapress.com www.momayapress.com/contest.htm
April 30
@ WTF MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY
SEND TO: WTF Submissions, Mark Fitzgerald, Editor, c/o Kerlak Publishing
1779-1 Kirby Parkway, #373, Memphis, TN 38138
request@kerlak.com www.kerlak.com/storycall.html
April 15
POETRY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2009
Poetry International
Department of English and Comparative Literature
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive MC 6020
San Diego, California 92182-6020
http://poetryinternational.sdsu.edu/
April 1
WERGLE FLOMP POETRY CONTEST
www.winningwriters.com/wergle
Short Stories
April 24
RASPBERRY & VINE
TWICE YEARLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION
PO Box 2217, Wattletree Road
PO Malvern East 3145 Australia
info@raspberryandvine.com www.raspberryandvine.com
April 15
@ SILENT CHARACTER CONTEST
Online submission only.
contest@readingwriters.com www.readingwriters.com/contest.htm
April 15
BRATISLAVA TALES
New Europe Writers seeking submissions for next publication
john.abeckett@gmail.com www.new-ink.org
April 15
@ 14TH ANNUAL PARSEC SCIENCE FICTION
AND FANTASY SHORT STORY CONTEST
Ann Cecil, PARSEC Short Story Contest, 2966 Voelkel Avenue,
Pittsburgh PA 15216-2036
www.parsec-sff.org/contest08.html
April 1
THE THIRD JIM BAEN MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST
Email entry only.
baen.nss.contest@gmail.com
www.williamledbetter.com/contest
Fiction
April 15
BULWER-LYTTON FICTION CONTEST
Aka Snoopy’s ‘It was a dark and stormy night…’
‘The actual deadline may be as late as May 30’.
Grand Prize: ‘A pittance’. Overall winners as well as category winners:
general, detective, western, science fiction, romance, and so on.
FREE. Single sentence, and you may enter any number
(current record, 3000+ from 1 entrant)
Any length (‘go beyond 50 or 60 words at your peril’),
and entries must be ‘original’ (as it were) and previously unpublished.
Read, digest and enjoy guidelines online, and last year’s winners.
Email: no attachments. Surface mail: on index cards, sentence on one side,
name, address, and phone number on the other.
SEND TO: Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, Department of English
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192-0090
www.bulwer-lytton.com
Overseas
Multi Genre
April 30
Call for Submissions for Special Issue on Abruzzo – past, present & future.
Forma Fluens, a new International Magazine celebrating the plurality of languages and cultures around the globe, shall be considering poetry, flash fiction, short stories, travel narratives, creative non-fiction consistent with our theme.
Work may be submitted in English, Italian, French and/or any combination of languages with their translations into the three mentioned.
Please e-mail your submissions as text in the body of your message with a short bio/publishing history. You will be notified if your work is selected for publication.
Special Issue edited by: Luigi Monteferrante.
Director: Tiziana Colusso.
www.formafluens.net
Submit to: info(at)luigimonteferrante(dot)com. forma fluens
Multi Genre
April 1
^ANNUAL SHORT (with variations) GRAIN WRITING CONTEST
Short Grain Contest, Box 67, Saskatoon, SK Canada, S7K 3K1
grainmag@sasktel.net www.grainmagazine.ca
Poetry
March 31
FISH INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE
Online entry preferred.
1st Prize: €500
€100 x 5; also published in the Fish Anthology.
Winners receive 5 free copies (usually €15).
Fee: €12; €25.00 with critique (Optional);
postal entries: €15; €28.00. Length: 200 words (sic).
Any style or theme. Judge: Peter Fallon.
Fish Publishing, Durrus, Bantry, Co Cork, Ireland
info@fishpublishing.com www.fishpublishing.com
March 27
@ CONTEMPORARY VERSE 2 (CV2)
ANNUAL 2-DAY POEM CONTEST
207-100 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3
cv2@mts.net www.contemporaryverse2.ca/contest_2dayguide.html
March 14
Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation Poetry Prize of $1,000 is given annually for a single poem. Daniel Thiel will judge. Submit up to three poems of no more than three pages each with a $10 entry fee by March 14. Send an SASE, call, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, Poetry Prize, P.O. Box 223240, Carmel, CA 93922. (831) 624-1813. Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Coordinator. thf@torhouse.org or www.torhouse.org
March 23
ROBERT FROST POETRY FESTIVAL POETRY CONTEST 2009
And
Robert Frost Poetry Festival Haiku Contest
Heritage House Museum,
410 Caroline Street, Key West, FL 33040.
info@robertfrostpoetryfestival.com
www.robertfrostpoetryfestival.com/contest.html
Short Stories
March 19
2009 WABASH PRIZE FOR FICTION
Sycamore Review, Department of English, 500 Oval Drive
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907
sycamore@purdue.edu www.sycamorereview.com
Non Fiction
March 22
The Concern Worldwide Cecil Woodham Smith writing competition
Asks entrants to write a letter to US President Obama on one of the issues that Concern campaigns on: world hunger, child labour and climate change and the developing world.
The letter can be in a factual essay style or it can take the form of a short story.
Prizes include laptops, ipods and magazine subscriptions.
No entry fee is required; but entries are limited to one per person.
Maximum wordage for the adult category is 1,500 words: less for the lower age group categories.
Closing date for entries is 22 March 2009.
www.concern.net/documents/1658/Concern_Writing_Competition_09_rules.pdf
Multi Genre
March 21
THE FIFTH GLASS WOMAN PRIZE
Beate Sigriddaughter, 333 East 16th Avenue, #517, Denver, CO 80203
glasswomanprize@comcast.net
www.sigriddaughter.com/GlassWomanPrize.htm
Overseas
March 27
Diagrams Chapbook Contest
NMP/DIAGRAM, Dept. of English, P.O. Box 210067,
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0067
http://thediagram.com
Screenwriting
March 5
11TH ANNUAL SCRIPTAPALOOZA SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Over 18s.
7775 Sunset Boulevard, PMB #200,
Hollywood, CA 90046; 323.654.5809
Scriptapalooza@aol.com www.scriptapalooza.com
Other
March 2
RESIDENCY at BYRDCLIFFE ARTS Colony: 1 month residencies for artists, writers, and composers. Beautiful, historic setting, secluded yet close to Village of Woodstock, NY. Private room and studio space in rustic turn-of-century inn. Access to galleries, performances, and hiking. (Playwrights, U.S. citizens only, may apply for the Handel Fellowship. $300) Four 4-week sessions. June–September. Deadline: March 2. Fee: $35.
Mail to: The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Artist-in-Residence Program, 34 Tinker St., Woodstock, NY 12498. For details and application: www.woodstockguild.org, or (845) 679-2079.
Poetry
February 28
UTMOST CHRISTIAN 9th ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
Utmost Christian Writers Poetry Contest, 121 Morin Maze, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6K 1V1
nnharms@telusplanet.net www.utmostchristianwriters.com
February 15
THE 12th INTERNATIONAL MATTIA POETRY COMPETITION
poets@mattia.ca www.mattia.ca/
Poetry Collections/Anthologies
February 28
The 2010 Fence Modern Poets Series
For a poet writing in English at any stage in his or her career
To be judged by a poet of renown, with a cash prize of $1000 & Fall 2010 publication by Fence Books. Manuscripts remain anonymous until a winner is selected.
General Terms:
Entry form must accompany each submission (click here for printable pdf entry form)
Entry fee of $25 must accompany each submission; make check payable to Fence Magazine, Inc. Fee entitles entrant to a choice of one year subscription to Fence (to begin with the Spring 2009 issue) OR a copy of the winning book. Send self-addressed 8 x 10 envelope with $2.87 postage if you choose the book
Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each manuscript must be entered under separate cover, with entry form and entry fee
Please let us know immediately if your manuscript is accepted by another publisher while under our consideration
No revisions to submitted manuscripts will be considered; the winning manuscript may be revised before publication
Translations ineligible
Manuscript Requirements:
between 48 and 80 pages, typed, paginated
bound with a removable clip and nothing more
one cover page with title of manuscript only; entry form(pdf) will be used for identification. No other cover letter necessary
No acknowledgements page
Notification:
Enclose an SAS-Postcard for confirmation of receipt of manuscript
Enclose an SASE for notification of winner
Do not enclose an SASE for return of manuscript; all manuscripts will be recycled at end of contest term
International entrants will be notified by email; those who choose the winning book must include an IRC
TELL US IF YOU MOVE. Send new address to: fence@albany.edu.
Deadline: Envelope must be postmarked on or between February 1st of 2009 and February 28th of 2009.
Mail manuscript, entry form, and entry fee to:
Fence Modern Poets Series, Fence Books, Science Library 320, University at Albany, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
www.fenceportal.org
February 28
TUPELO PRESS SNOWBOUND SERIES CHAPBOOK AWARD
(above date, postmark)
Snowbound Award, PO Box 1767
North Adams, MA 01247
publisher@tupelopress.org www.tupelopress.org
February 15
2009 NEW WOMEN*S VOICES CHAPBOOK COMPETITION
Open to women who have not published a full-length poetry collection;
chapbook publication does not disqualify.
SEND TO: Finishing Line Press, P O Box 1626, Georgetown, KY 40324 USA
www.finishinglinepress.com
Short Stories
February 28
THE LEDGE 2009 FICTION AWARDS COMPETITION
The Ledge 2009 Fiction Awards Competition,
40 Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713
www.theledgemagazine.com
February 28
THE PEOPLE’S COLLEGE THIRD ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION
Prizes: £500, £300, £200.
People’s College Writing Competition, 31 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
www.peoplescollege.ie/writingcomp.html
Poetry & Short Stories
February 28
9th Annual Chistell Writing Contest
Theme based on Long Walk Up and Spiral: Courage
Entry Fee: None. No purchase necess ary to enter contest
Age Limit: Must be 16 years or older to enter contest
Genres: Short story and poetry
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Grand Prize Short Story: $100.00
2nd Place Short Story: $50. 00
Grand Prize Poetry: $100.00
2nd Place Poetry: $50.00
Winners will be announced in May 2009. A special page will be created at the Chistell website (www.chistell.com) to include the winning short stories and poems. In addition, a press release will be sent to g lobal media informing them of the winning short stories and poems.
February 28th
SLS Fiction Poetry Contest
SLS is announcing its annual 2009 unified (SLS-Italy, Lithuania, Kenya) literary contest, held this year in affiliation with Fence Magazine:
www.fenceportal.org/
Contest winners in the categories of fiction and poetry will have their work published in Fence, as well as the participating literary journals in Canada, Russia, Kenya, Italy, and Lithuania. Additionally, they will have the choice of attending (airfare, tuition, and housing included) any one of the SLS-09 programs – in Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy (May 15-30); Vilnius-Nida, Lithuania (July 20-August 4); or Nairobi-Lamu, Kenya (December).
Contest Deadline: February 28, 2009.
Poetry Judge: Ann Lauterbach
Fiction Judge: Lynne Tillman.
Second-place winners will receive a full tuition waiver for the program of their choice, and third-place winners will receive a 50% tuition discount.
A number of select contest participants, based on the overall strength of their work, will be offered tuition scholarships, as well, applicable to the SLS-09 programs. Reading fee: $15 US.
The complete guidelines for the 2009 contests are as follows:
-One short story or novel excerpt, maximum 25 pages per entry.
-No more than three poems per entry.
-Only previously unpublished work can be submitted.
- *Entries can be submitted electronically, to: SLS Fiction Poetry Contest sls.contest@gmail.com .**
A $15 US reading fee must accompany each entry. Multiple entries are permissible, as long as they are accompanied by separate reading fees.
Fees can paid paid online, via Paypal. Go to our Payments page. Online submissions and payments are much preferred, but if you would rather submit the hard copy and pay by check, the addresses are:
Entries from the US and other countries:
Summer Literary Seminars
Literary Contest
PO Box 16
Brooklyn, NY 11222
From Canada:
Summer Literary Seminars
Literary Contest
English Department
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Canada
-Include your complete contact information (address, telephone, email address) on the manuscript. Entries are not judged blind.
-All entrants will be notified of the winners in the spring by email.
-Cover letters are not required.
-Previous First-Place winners may not re-enter.
These are the complete contest guidelines.
Do not hesitate to contact SLS with any questions, by e-mail: sls@sumlitsem.org, or mike@sumlitsem.org – or by telephone: (514) 848-2424×4632.
www.sumlitsem.org/kenya/contests.aspx
Multi Genre
February 28
LISTOWEL WRITERS WEEK COMPETITIONS
(Festival May 27-31;
workshops: May 28, 29 & 30.
Literary Competitions, Writers’ Week Ltd, 24 The Square,
Listowel, Co. Kerry, Republic of Ireland.
Tel: Int + 353 68 21 074. Fax: Int + 353 68 22893
info@writersweek.ie www.writersweek.ie
February 28
Namara Schools Own Book
Sally Odgers has offered to edit and print a book just for the kids at this school. Anyone wanting to contribute can send to yertleturtle@bigpond.com
poems, short stories, childrens fiction, artwork for kids 5 to 12. The book will have no ISBN and only be available to the school and people that have contributed can buy a copy at cost. So far we have stories and poems from some great published and un published writer, amazing illustrations and photos. The theme of the book open but has taken on a world theme we have even got a poem submitted in Italian, it is just to show the kids the world is thinking and caring for them.
(A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan)
My name is Morgan Hayton I am 16 years old.
I have spent my winter school holidays for two years in Fiji volunteering at local school as part of my schools mission team. We visited at very remote school that is struggling and has only handful books in the whole school, the teachers there can only dream of starting a library.
Have you ever wanted to change the world? But think it is impossible because we are just one person me too. But then I came up with this idea.
We are going to build a library together
One person, one book at a time.
One person can’t build a library but if everyone that gets into this group gets a book from their bookshelf (they don’t have to be new) and posts it to Fiji we can do it together.
Head Teacher- Laisiana Tabilai,
Namara District School, Box 415, Nausori FIJI
For older readers 12 + please send to
Lusi Madraiwiwi, c/- Forum Secretariat, Ratu Sukuna Rd, Suva FIJI
Please write your a small bit about yourself or family inside the cover the kids would love to know who you are and where to book came from.
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35040905935
February 15
MEMOIRS, INK. HALF-YEARLY PERSONAL ESSAY CONTEST 2009
Memoirs Ink Writing Contest, 10866 Washington Blvd, Suite 518,
Culver City, CA 90232
info@memoirsink.com www.memoirsink.com
February 15
THE SEACOAST WRITERS ASSOCIATION 2009 WRITING CONTEST
Prizes: $100, $75, and $50 in each category.
Winning entries published in the SWA anthology Currents
and posted on website.
Copies of volumes of Currents, II-V available for $5 per copy plus $2 S&H;
Currents VI just published $15.95 + $2.00 S&H:
editor Cornelia Prevost, P.O. Box 104, Chester, NH 03036
Winners notified by May
and announced at the Seacoast Writers Spring Writers Conference, May 16.
Fees: $10 ($5, members of Seacoast Writers).
Length: Fiction (3500 words maximum); Poetry (no limit; up to three poems);
Non-Fiction (Personal Essay; 1500 words maximum)
SEND SASE or IRCs: Contest Director, Pam Gjettum,
6 South Street, Exeter, NH 03833
http://seacoastwritersassociation.org
Multi Genre
February 2
The Salem College Center for Women Writers
2009 International Literary Awards
Short fiction (5,000 words maximum), creative nonfiction (5,000 words maximum) and poetry (100 lines maximum; up to 2 poems per submission, any style.) Final judges are John McNally in fiction, Jennifer Niven in creative nonfiction and Molly Peacock in poetry.
The winner in each genre receives $1,200. The two honorable mentions in each genre receive $150. Applicants must write in English.
Please include the following per entry:
- Three typed copies of unpublished manuscript (prose
double-spaced, author’s name must not appear on manuscript)
- One cover sheet with name, address, telephone, email,
genre, word count/line count and title of work(s)
- $15 reading fee in cash, check or money order in US
dollars, per submission, made payable to Salem College CWW International Literary Awards.
- SASE for notification of winners (optional)
Please mail your submission to Center for Women Writers, 601 South Church Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101.
For complete guidelines, visit: http://www.salem.edu/go/cww/
or email cww@salem.edu
Poetry
January 22
#STROKESTOWN INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
SCDA, Bawn Street, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, Ireland.
Tel: (00 355) (0) 71 9633759
director@strokestownpoetry.org www.strokestownpoetry.org
January 9
THE INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE
CASTELLO DI DUINO 2009
NB, for young people under 30;
email submissions preferred.
Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber, Via Matteotti 21,
34138 Trieste, Italy; tel. 040 638787
Valera@units.it www.castellodiduinopoesia.it/frameingl.htm
Non-fiction
January 31
TRANSITIONSABROAD.COM 2009
EXPATRIATE TRAVEL WRITING CONTEST
expatriatewritingcontest@transitionsabroad.com TransitionsAbroad.com
January 31
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS
FOURTH ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST
FOR STUDY ABROAD IN EUROPE
Writing Contest, University of New Orleans,
Box 582, New Orleans, LA 70148
wlavende@uno.edu http://lowres.uno.edu
Multi-Genre
January 31
UPSTAIRS AT DUROC, #11
Paris literary journal seeking submissions:
English language poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction & translations.
Length: 2000 words; maximum 5 poems.
Include cover sheet with full contact details, prose word count, & short bio.
Email submissions preferred; ‘Upstairs Submission’ as subject, or
SEND TO: WICE office (7 cité Falguière, 75015 Paris
wice@wice-paris.org www.wice-paris.org
January 31
New Zealand: Call For Submissions
Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue (out of New Zealand) is calling for poems, fiction, and creative non-fiction for its next issue on the theme of “island.” If you’ve got anything that fits that theme, do consider sending it their way. Deadline 31 Jan 2009
Here are the rules:
- No more than 3 poems per submission – choose your best!
- If the submission is prose, please specify the genre
- All submissions must be in MS Word format
- Submissions must be accompanied by a statement that the pieces are not previously published and are not under consideration elsewhere. The editors promise, in exchange, to make final decisions by end-February, and to alert all submitters, successful, or not. Send your work (and any questions) to junctures@tekotago.ac.nz
If you’d like to see the journal and its content, it’s freely available on-line at www.junctures.org
January 15
LITERAL LATTE FOOD VERSE AWARDS
200 East 10th Street, Suite 240, New York, NY 10003
LitLatte@aol.com www.literal-latte.com
January 15
VERSAL LITERARY JOURNAL
versal@wordsinhere.com www.wordsinhere.com
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