We’re running our first ever Poetry Contest here at the Tennessee Williams Festival in New Orleans! Here are the details: Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Poetry Writing Contest. Judge: Louisiana Poet Laureate Darrell Bourque. 2-4 unpublished poems of any theme with combined length of up to 400 lines. Prize: $1000, public reading and VIP Festival pass($500 value) at 25th anniversary Festival (March 23-27, 2011),...

DEADLINE: June 1, 2010 GENRE: Poetry DETAILS: Poems by disabled authors or on the theme of disability, from a Philadelphia center for wheelchair-bound adults. Prefers unpublished but accepts published work also. Category 1): Open contest: Poems must relate to disabilities Category 2): Disabled authors contest: Any style or theme. Maximum 75 lines per poem; 1-2 poems per author for open contest, 1-3 poems for disabled contest PRIZES: $50, $30,...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2010 GENRE: Short Stories OPEN TO: Authors with No Published Books: The Contest is open only to those who have not had professionally published a novel or shortnovel, or more than one novelette, or more than three shortstories, in any medium. Professional publication is deemed to be payment, and at least 5,000 copies, or 5,000 hits for online publication. DETAILS: Fantasy, Sci-Fi or Horror: All types of science fiction,...

DEADLINE: June 30, 2010 GENRE: Short Stories, Nonfiction DETAILS: Unpublished short fiction or essays up to 10,000 words. Deadlines are quarterly but the prize is awarded annually. PRIZE: $500 and publication in Best New Writing anthology URL: http://www.hofferaward.com/

DEADLINE: June 18, 2010 GENRE: Short Stories OPEN TO: UK residents and British Citizens aged 18+ with some print publication history. DETAILS: One story, any genre, max 8000 words. PRIZE: 1st £15,000; 2nd £3,000; three at £500. URL:http://www.theshortstory.org.uk/nssp/