Posts made in April, 2009

2009 Red Hen Press Awards

The Short Story Award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes, and this year’s judge is Judith Freeman. Award is $1,000 and publication of the awarded story by Red Hen Press in The Los Angeles Review. Entree fee is $20 for two stories with 25 page limits. Please name on the cover sheet only, and include a SASE for notification. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2009. The...

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TNPR Contest

www.nationalpoetryreview.com All entries will be considered by the editor for publication. Submit up to three unpublished, uncommitted poems (10 pages maximum per group of three poems), cover letter with bio and contact information, including email address for results, with a $15.00 fee (personal check only, please; no money orders) to C. J. Sage, TNPR, Post Office Box 2080, Aptos, California 95001-2080 IMPORTANT: Please make checks payable to...

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Second Annual Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose

www.gulfcoastmag.org Named in honor of Gulf Coast’s founder, the Donald Barthelme Prize awards $500 and publication in the upcoming issue of Gulf Coast for one prose poem, micro-essay, or piece of flash fiction. The 2009 prize-winning entry will be selected by Mary Robison. Guidelines: Submit up to 3 previously unpublished prose poems, short stories, or micro-essays, each no more than 500 words in length. Your name and address should...

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Road Trip Writing Competition

minispace.com/en_us/article/Airsteam-writing-competition/216/ With a swank and beach-ready new bod, the new MINI and Airstream designed by Republic of Fritz Hansen features furnishings and trappings for every beach bum both inside and out. Want to bring a little piece of this “rad” design into your own home? Participate in our writing contest to win a set of four Fritz Hansen Series SevenTM chairs. Tell us: if you could go on a road...

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Spire 7th Annual Spring Chapbook Contest

$500 + 20 copies and standard publishing contract www.spirepress.org/contest.html Finalists may also be chosen for publication. Please send manuscripts of 18-28 pages, double-spaced, a $15 entry fee, and a SASE. Include your name only on a cover sheet and not on the manuscript. Include the title of the entire collection on the cover sheet and each page of the manuscript. Postmark Deadline is May 1, 2009. All manuscripts will be recycled at the...

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