7th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000. Submit poems in any style or genre. Both published and unpublished work accepted. Winning entries published online. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark deadline: September 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad. Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning...

By 12/15/2009, please submit 1-3 poems or one story for $10 to Prism Review (Josh Prizes) Miller Hall, 1950 Third Street University of La Verne La Verne CA 91750 Our fantastic Josh Judges: Poetry – Kryah (author of Glean). Fiction – Emmons (author of Prescription for a Superior Existence). Include contact info/SASE. More information available at www.laverne.edu/prism-review

PANK is having a 1,001 Awesome Words Contest. Deadline is September 30. We accept entries in any creative form you choose. Entry Fee: $15 for 1 entry; $25 for two entries. All entrants receive a copy of PANK 4. Details can be found at: www.pankmagazine.com/pankblog/?page_id=843

Eudaimonia Poetry Review (epoetryreview.com) needs poems and photographs on the pursuit of happiness. Email submissions directly to poetryeditor@epoetryreview.com by August 15th. We are not able to pay at this time. Please visit epoetryreview.com for more information. Chapbook contest: $500 prize. Spring 2010 Chapbook Prize. Submit no more than 26 pages of original poetry by December 31, 2009. Include biography and acknowledgements. Reading...

Go to www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/orlando.php for extensive entry guidelines Award: $1000 and online publication for the best unpublished work by a woman in each of four genres Short Fiction, Sudden Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. Online Application Deadline: 9/1/09 (Nonfiction and Short Fiction) and 10/1/09 (Poetry and Sudden Fiction). Fee: $15 per entry (payable via Paypal)

Award: $1000 and publication of collection by Red Hen Press Deadline: Sept. 30, 2009 postmark Page limit: 48 to 96 pages Fee: $20 per entry Announcement Date: November 15, 2009 Download cover sheet at www.aroomofherownfoundation.org/To_the_Lighthouse.php AROHO’s To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize will be awarded for the best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit 48 to 96 pages of poetry postmarked by September 30,...