Posts made in June, 2009

The Morton Marr Poetry Prize

The Morton Marr Poetry Prize is an endowment by Marilyn Klepak of Dallas in honor of her father, whose love of poetry has encouraged her to pass this love on to others. Generous supplemental donations were also provided by Mr. and Mrs. David T. Searls, Jr. The first prize is $1,000 and the second place prize is $500. Both prizes earn publication in Southwest Review pages. Judging for 2008 was Charles Martin. To see the 2008 winners, click here....

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UNT Press 2010 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction

The University of North Texas Press announces the 2010 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. web3.unt.edu/untpress/potential_authors.cfm#subkap The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press. Entries will be judged by an eminent writer. Entries can be a combination of short-shorts, short stories, and novellas, from 100 to 200 book pages in length (word count between 27,500 and 50,000). Material should be...

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2009 Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest

Moment Magazine is now accepting submissions for the 2009 Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest. Moment will award three prizes to outstanding works of unpublished short fiction with Jewish content. momentmag.com/Contests/SSContestGuidelines.html $1,000 plus possible publication $500 plus possible publication $250 plus possible publication Winners may be invited to Washington DC or New York City for an awards ceremony. If so, the contest covers a...

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2009 Betty Gabehart Prize

Download entry fee at www.uky.edu/WWK/Gabehart_Prize_Entry_Form_2009.pdf Each year the Kentucky Women Writers Conference offers opportunities for both emerging and established voices to be singled out and cheered on by our community. The Betty Gabehart Prize honors our good friend, patron, and former director who led the conference during its seminal decade in the 1980s. One winner will be chosen in each of three genres: poetry, fiction, and...

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Publisher Seeks Submissions for 2010 MOTIF Anthology

www.motesbooks.com/MOTIF-Call-For-Submissions.html MOTIF is an anthology series published annually by MotesBooks of Louisville, Ky. Volume 1: Writing By Ear featured 116 writers, including Patty Griffin, SilasHouse, Buddy & Julie Miller, Maurice Manning, Evie Shockley, Neela Vaswani, Frank X Walker and Pamela Duncan. Each volume in the MOTIF series focuses on a theme – for Volume 2 the theme is CHANCE. Submissions may be poems, short...

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