Poetry Contests

2009 Inspirit Poetry Contest

www.gbgm-umc.org/baughmanumc/ THE FOURTH Annual National Inspirit Poetry Prize. $500 prize and publication in the journal Inspirit for the best unpublished poem (limit 100 lines, no translations) exploring issues of Christianity, culture, faith, and/or nature. Submit SASE, $10 reading fee drawn to Rabbit Press, and 3 copies of up to 3 poems (one set with author identification; one without). Deadline: August 15; winner announced September 15....

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The Memoir (and) Prizes: Prose, Poetry, and Graphic Memoir

The Memoir (and) Prize for Memoir in Prose and Poetry The Memoir (and) Prize for Graphic Memoir Four prizes awarded up to $500. Memoir (and) reading period for Spring+Summer 2010 (Issue 6): 5/1/09 – 8/15/09. Accepting traditional and experimental prose, poetry, graphic memoir, narrative photography, lies, and more. All submissions eligible for contest entry. Submit online or mail to: Memoir (and), P.O. Box 1398, Sausalito, CA 94966....

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Split Oak Press 2009 Chapbook Contest

Final Judge: Joe Weil www.splitoakpress.com/Contests.html Prize $250 and 20 copies Submissions for the yearly chapbook contest will be accepted through May 30, 2009. The winning manuscript will be published 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...

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Skysaje Enterprises 5th annual poetry contest

poeticconversations.blogspot.com $250.00 grand prize and three $25.00 Honorable mentions Submission guidelines: 1. submit up to 5 pages per submission. 2. all works must be typed in 14 points font or greater. 3. Author contact info must appear on every page 4. a $15.00 non refundable entry fee must be included with each submission. 5. submission deadline 4/30/09 Make checks payable to L. Berger and mail submissions to: Skysaje Enterprizes 50...

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2009 Ethnographic Poetry Competition

www.aaanet.org/sections/sha/2009Poetry.pdf The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns. These concerns may be any of those associated with the fields of anthropology: Archaeological, Biological, Linguistic, Sociocultural and Applied. Winning entries and honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual...

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Santa Barbara Writers Conference Contests

The Santa Barbara Writers Conference announces its first annual Writing Contest in Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry. Winners in each category will receive a scholarship for tuition to the 2010 Santa Barbara Writers Conference and a grand prize winner will get a scholarship and the opportunity to have lunch with a top agent during the conference. www.sbwriters.com/contest_2009.php Fiction entries can be in any genre. Nonfiction can be essay,...

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