Poetry Contests

$250 Prism Review Fiction prize & poetry prizes

Deadline: By midnight, 11/30/2010, please submit 1-3 poems or one story for $9 at: http://prismreview.submishmash.com/Submit Prizes: $250 and publication Poetry judge: Craig Santos Perez, author of from Unincorporated Territory (hacha) and from Unincoporated Territory (Saina). (see http://www.craigsantosperez.wordpress.com) Fiction judge: Lucy Corin, author of The Entire Predicament and Everyday Pyschokillers All entries will be considered for...

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Gemini Magazine Poetry Open

Gemini Magazine is pleased to announce the Poetry Open, a competition with absolutely no restrictions on content, length or type of poetry. Grand prize is $1,000. Second and third place win $100 and $50, and there will also be three honorable mentions.   All six finalists will be published in the February 2011 issue of Gemini.   Entry fee: $5 for up to three poems. Deadline: December 31, 2010.  Full details at...

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Basement Writing Workshop Writing Contest

Choose one of the morning writing prompts posted daily on the Basement Writing Workshop Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/basementwritingworkshop, or on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/basementwriting, and complete the prompt in 2,500 words or less.  The prompts are attached to a multitude of genres: you can write us a poem, a short story, an essay, a novel (just write the first chapter for the contest), or, yes, instructions for...

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Call for submissions: Moon Milk Review (MMR) Monthly Prosetry Contest

Moon Milk Review (MMR) runs a monthly prosetry contest.  The new prosetry prompt for each month can be found in the newest issue. The cover page for the monthly issues is www.moonmilkreview.com. MMR is a literary fiction focused magazine with an appreciation for experimentalism, magic realism and surrealism, and both long and flash fiction, as well as mainstream with kick. We also run a monthly gallery of artwork each issue, and often try to...

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Bacopa Literary Review 2011

 CONTEST SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: September 1 — November 30, 2010 Prizes (Each Genre)     * First Place – $300.00, Second Place – $100.00     * First, Second, and Honorable Mention winners will be published.     * All submissions will be considered for publication.     * All authors whose work is published in Bacopa will receive one free copy of the 2011 Bacopa Literary Review.     * All submissions will be judged blind.     Notification  ...

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Call for submissions: August 2010 WordSprint

Submissions are now being accepted for the August 2010 WordSprint. Please submit online at www.lagosliteraryjournal.com or send by email to editor@lagosliteraryjournal.com August 1 to August 31 – Submissions accepted September1 t o September 30 – online voting October 1 – Announcement of winner. August 2010 prize – $100 For more information visit http://www.lagosliteraryjournal.com NO ENTRY FEES Last Winner Ella Mai...

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