Prose and Poetry Prizes 2010 from The New Writer magazine Closing date: 30 November 2010 Established in 1997, one of the major annual international competitions for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July (back copies available on TNW website). Further information...

Welcome to the eighth annual Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest sponsored by Tom Howard Books. First prize is $3,000. A total of $5,550 in prizes will be awarded. Submit poems in any style, theme or genre. Click here to read the winning entries from past contests. Submission Period Entries accepted December 15, 2009-September 30, 2010 (postmark dates) What to Submit Poetry in any style or theme. Your entry should be your own original work....

We are accepting entries to publish your story or poem on our website for our “Life begins…” contest. Contest runs through May 31, 2010. *First place winner will receive $250.00. Second place winner will receive $100.00.* *Publisher reserves the right to cancel the contest for lack of entries.* Contest rules: Stories/poetry should be non-fiction and include testimonies of faith and inspiration. Please self-edit your work and...

ADJUDICATOR: Alison Chisholm First Prize: £200, Second Prize: £100, Third Prize: £50 (In addition: £25 Humour Prize; £25 Local Prize) RULES: Please read carefully 1. Poems should bear no identification of the poet. Local entrants (Liverpool and Preston postcodes) should mark poems with an ‘L’ in the top right corner. Please enclose a sealed envelope marked with the titles of your entries and containing a stamped, self-addressed envelope. 2. All...

“The oldest writers’ organization in continuous existence in the United States.” ALABAMA WRITERS’ CONCLAVE 2010 WRITING COMPETITION GUIDELINES Deadline: April 20, 2010 (postmark). P Prizes: 1st: $100; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50; 4th: $25 and up to 4 Honorable Mentions. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED at the AWC Conference Banquet at the Hilton Birmingham Perimeter Park Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama on JULY 17, 2010. Contest Rules:...

Mad Hatters’ Review will consider submissions in FICTION or POETRY commencing on MARCH 1ST, 2010 (12 a.m. USA EST) and ending on June 30th (11:59 p.m.). First prize winners in both genres will receive $250 (each) plus publication of their entries in Issue 12. The winning works of 5 runners-up in each genre will also be published in Issue 12. All winning entries will be published in a print anthology called “Knock Our Hats Off: A Little Book of...