In conjunction with the American Folk Art Museum Underwater New York is an online anthology of stories, art and music inspired by the underwater objects and phenomena that surround New York City. Artists and storytellers have long drawn inspiration from our cityscape, but underneath the water’s surface is another landscape entirely. On the floors of New York City’s waterways, no fewer than one hundred and seventy shipwrecks languish. Although...

H.O.W. Journal is hosting its first short story contest to be judged by acclaimed author Susan Minot. Guidelines: • The contest is open to all writers and all themes • The word limit is 12,000. • We do consider unpublished novel excerpts if they feel like complete stories. • It’s fine to submit more than one story. • Please note that all submissions should be clearly typed manuscripts, double-spaced on 8 1⁄2 x 11 inch white paper, one...

Open January 15–May 1. Entry fee: $30 for adult literary fiction, $20 children’s fiction. Adult fiction: literary novels, novellas, and short-story collections, minimum 22,000 words. Children’s fiction: middle-grade and YA novels, minimum length 20,000 words. No picture books. First prize: Publication contract offer with advance, plus finalist awards, for one book in each category. Finalists: $150 plus manuscript critique by finalist...

Prizes: Short story: £100, £50. 1st chapter of a novel: £75, £25. All Winners and Runners-up will be published in the Unbound Press Journal and will each receive a free copy of the journal. Entry fee: £5. Payment via Paypal. There are two categories: short stories, and first chapter of an unpublished novel, both up to 3000 words. Email entries only. Details: www.unboundpress.co.uk Closing date: 30 Apr 2010

Each year, independent publishers (academic, independent, small press, and self-published authors) release extraordinary books to little or no recognition. The Eric Hoffer Award for independent books recognizes excellence in publishing with a $1,500 grand prize and various category honors and press type distinctions, as well as the winners of the Montaigne Medal and the da Vinci Eye. The results are published annually in the anthology, Best New...

SMALL PRESSES * ACADEMIC PRESSES * MICRO PRESSES * SELF-PUBLISHERS — $1,500 GRAND PRIZE — LOW ENTRANCE FEE ($45) All books accepted. … The Eric Hoffer Book Award recognizes excellence in independent publishing. Prizes awarded by genre, press, the Montaigne Medal, the da Vince Eye, and the Hoffer grand prize. (See submission guidelines below, in Writer’s Market, or by visiting HofferAward.com.) A single registration qualifies you...