$1000 Marica and Jan Vilcek Prize for Poetry ~ Judged by Marie Ponsot $1000 Goldenberg Prize for Fiction ~ Judged by Andre Dubus III $1000 Carter V. Cooper Memorial Prize for Nonfiction ~ Judged by Jerome Groopman Judge Bios BLR Prize Guidelines: 1. BLR Prize awards outstanding writing related to themes of health, healing, illness, the mind, and the body. First prize is $1000 (in each genre) and publication in the Spring 2011 issue of the BLR....

TEEN INK ONGOING CONTESTS LINKS: http://www.teenink.com/Contests Fiction Contest If it has a beginning, middle and end … if it has a well-developed plot and interesting characters … it if takes place in the past, present or future … submit your fiction to Teen Ink’s Biannual Fiction Contest. Teen Ink’s Fiction Contest has it all! Contest Prizes Teen Ink publishes ten issues each year, September through June. In...

First place winners receive $1000 and publication. Second and Third place winners receive publication. Check back August 4, 2010 for announcement of the winners. Judges: Junot Díaz (fiction) and Ilya Kaminsky (poetry) To enter: 1.Submissions may be sent via email only to fugue-prosesubmitATuidahoDOTedu or fugue-poetrysubmitATuidahoDOTedu. For each submission, please paste your name, contact information, and a short bio along with your work into...

2010 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Judge: Maggie Anderson $2,000 for a First Book of Poems This prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full-length collection of poems. The winner receives $2000 and the winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press in Fall 2010. The winner will give a reading with the 2010 judge of the competition on the Kent State campus.  In 2009, the winner was Visible...

allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html First Prize: $1000 plus publication $15 dollar entry fee, payable ONLINE or by mail DEADLINE December 31st. 2009 40 pages of text max any format is fine email entry to editors@allnationspress.com or mail them to Chapbook Contest ANP PO BOX 689 White Marsh, VA 23183 Pay entry fee online at allnationspress.homestead.com/submissions.html When paying for your entry fee online, tell us in the...

Spirit First announces its first annual poetry contest (no cost to enter). Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or silence (of any faith or none). Poems must be previously unpublished. Submit your poem with a cover note listing the poem title and author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address. The winner will be announced no later than March 31,...