Short Short Contest – $500 Prize – June 30th deadline Poetry Awards – $1000/$300/$200 Prizes – July 15th deadline Essay Awards – $1000/$300/$200 Prizes – Sept. 15th deadline See www.literal-latte.com/contests for details.

Starting July 1, 2009 and ending at midnight, July 31, 2009, I will be holding a writing contest on my blog, Diamondsandtoads.com. The contest will require writers to retell “Sleeping Beauty” in 1,000 words or less. Entries that are too early, too late or too long will be automatically disqualified. The prize will be a one-of-a-kind box that will feature the fairy tale as a theme. It’s value will be about $50.00 It will be...

Guidelines at www.folioalley.com/winners We will have our first-ever writing contest during 2009. The subject of the contest is “Alley Cats and Alley Rats”. The contest will be judged by the entire membership of folioalley. Winner to be announced on December 15, 2009. You will find the rules for this contest listed below.

collectivefallout.com/contests/ Winner receives $50 and publication in the January issue Collective Fallout Finalists will all be published in the January or following July issuesCollective Fallout Eligible stories must be queer-themes, between 3,000 and 10,000 words and fit into one or more of the following genres: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, or Science Fiction. Entry fee is $5 per story. Multiple submissions up to 3 stories are accepted. Make...

www.cincinnatireview.com The Cincinnati Review will award a single poem and a prose piece (fiction or creative nonfiction) with publication and a prize of $300 each. Writers may submit up to 8 pages of poetry or 6,000 words of prose, per entry. Previously published manuscripts, including works that have appeared online (in any form), will not be considered. There are no restrictions as to form, style, or content; all entries will be Entry fee...

www.bacopaonline.com Contest Submission Period: July 1 through October 31, 2009 Prizes (Each Genre) First Place–$350.00 Second Place–$75.00 Honorable Mention–Authors and Titles listed in Bacopa. First and Second Place winners and selected Honorable Mention winners will be published. All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receive one free copy. Notification First, Second and Honorable Mention winners will be notified via email. All...