The Short Story Award is for an original short story with a maximum of 25 pages. Submission is open to all writers and themes, and this year’s judge is Judith Freeman. Award is $1,000 and publication of the awarded story by Red Hen Press in The Los Angeles Review. Entree fee is $20 for two stories with 25 page limits. Please name on the cover sheet only, and include a SASE for notification. Entries must be postmarked by June 30, 2009. The...

www.nationalpoetryreview.com All entries will be considered by the editor for publication. Submit up to three unpublished, uncommitted poems (10 pages maximum per group of three poems), cover letter with bio and contact information, including email address for results, with a $15.00 fee (personal check only, please; no money orders) to C. J. Sage, TNPR, Post Office Box 2080, Aptos, California 95001-2080 IMPORTANT: Please make checks payable to...

$500 + 20 copies and standard publishing contract www.spirepress.org/contest.html Finalists may also be chosen for publication. Please send manuscripts of 18-28 pages, double-spaced, a $15 entry fee, and a SASE. Include your name only on a cover sheet and not on the manuscript. Include the title of the entire collection on the cover sheet and each page of the manuscript. Postmark Deadline is May 1, 2009. All manuscripts will be recycled at the...

Entry Rules First annual poetry contest and fundraiser. Featured subject of poems: Homelessness or Humanitarianism. Submit up to 3 poems. Entry fee = $20 (US) for 1-3 poems. Multiple subs okay with entry fee for each entry. Mailed subs only. Checks or money orders only, no cash. Free verse preferred. Experimental poems welcome. No porno or rough language will be considered. Use a standard font such as: Times New Roman, limit 50 lines maximum...

www.thebroomereview.com/Contest.html Submissions for the yearly chapbook contest will be accepted from January 1, 2009 to April 30, 2009. Publication of the winning manuscript will take place in Summer/Fall 2009. There is the strong possibility of an Editor’s Choice Award being offered publication along with publication of the contest winner. Scroll down for submission details and judge bio. Requirements: – Chapbook manuscripts...

Winner receives full scholarship to workshop www.sbpoetryworkshop.com/SBSPW/Contest.html POETRY CONTEST GUIDELINES: Send 3 copies of each poem with your name removed. Include a separate cover sheet listing titles or first lines of each submitted poem, your name, address, phone number, email address, and any other relevant contact information. Line limit for each poem is 45 lines. Contest entries must be postmarked by June 27, 2009. Submit Poems...