Posts made in December, 2007

2008 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship (Undergrads Only)

www.writermag.com Award $500 and a year’s subscription to The Writer Judges The Writer editors Deadline March 1, 2008 Description The Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors. Requirements You must be 18 or older and a full-time...

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2008 BRENDA UELAND PROSE PRIZE

INFORMATION & GUIDELINES www.waterstonereview.com/contests.html $1,000 PRIZE & PUBLICATION Water~Stone Review announces the 2008 Brenda Ueland Prose Prize. Ueland’s If You Want to Write (Graywolf Press) is a best-selling classic that has inspired thousands to find their own creative centers. All submissions should be original, unpublished work. Submissions accepted November 1 – January 5, 2008. Fiction and creative...

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2008 Julia Peterkin Award

The winner of the 2007 Julia Mood Peterkin award is Sharon May of Paradise, California. Eligibility The 2008 Julia Peterkin Award is open to all poets. Works previously published in periodicals are eligible for inclusion in the submission. Only original works in English may be submitted. Manuscript Format Guidelines Entries must be typed on quality paper, 8 1/2 by 11. Photocopies or copies from letter-quality printers are acceptable. Each entry...

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Andres Montoya Poetry Prize

www.nd.edu/~latino/poetry_prize/guidelines.htm To Apply Only submissions following these guidelines will be considered Eligibility Latino/a poets who have not had a book professionally published. Authors of chapbooks and self-published works are eligible, but the manuscript submitted should not have been published as a whole in any form. Manuscripts may be submitted elsewhere simultaneously, but authors must notify the Institute for Latino...

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Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, 2008 Contests in Poetry, Fiction, & Nonfiction

$500.00 will be awarded to the best entry in each category. Judges: Amy Hempel, fiction Jo Ann Beard, nonfiction Major Jackson, poetry Winning entries will be published in Columbia; runners-up will also be considered for publication. All entrants will receive a copy of Columbia. Deadline: January 15, 2008 Entry fee: $12.00 Fiction and nonfiction entrants may submit up to 20 double-spaced pages. Poetry entrants may submit up to five poems. HOW...

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