www.womenwhowrite.com/id67.html Entry guidelines: Total submission — no more than 10 double-spaced pages. $10 entry fee for each poem or story submitted. Each poem or story needs a cover page with title of work, author, address and home phone. To identify each page of your work, use only the title. Postmark deadline: May 31, 2009 Members of Women Who Write are ineligible. Submissions will not be returned. Send entries and entry fee to:...

SEVEN KITCHENS PRESS announces the 2009 KEYSTONE CHAPBOOK PRIZE for an original, unpublished poetry manuscript in English by a Pennsylvania writer*. sevenkitchens.blogspot.com Prize: $100 plus 25 copies. Submission deadline: Postmarked between May 1 and July 15 of each year. Eligibility: Open to all Pennsylvania writers. [*We consider a “Pennsylvania writer” as one who was born in, or has lived in, Pennsylvania, as well as any...

8th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000. Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning Writers. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: May 31. Judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street,...

Alehouse Press presents the 2008 Happy Hour Poetry Awards. $1000 Best Poem. Four $100 Honorable Mentions. Any topic. Any form. Deadline: July 1st, 2009. For contest rules and writer guidelines, go to www.alehousepress.com.

Memoirs, Ink. Annual Personal Essay Contest Memoirs Ink’s Annual Personal Essay Contest. We’re looking for memoirs, personal essays, or creative non-fiction stories on any topic. 3000 words max. Prizes: $1000, $500, $250 + publication. Entry fee $17. Deadline: August 15, 2009 postmark. Late deadline: August 31, 2009 postmark (additional $5 fee). Full guidelines here: www.memoirsink.com. Memoirs, Ink. Elements Writing Contest Memoirs, Ink....

www.hotmetalpress.net/PoetryPrize.html Our prize is $350 and 20 free copies. We also want to send every entrant a copy of the winning collection. Page Limit: 32 pages Fee: $20.00 Deadline: end of May 2009 If you are looking for clues as to what we look for a winner, we wish you luck because our selections are unpredictable and eclectic. We like to take risks if the poems interest us. We do not know what poems will interest us either until we...