Poetry and Short Story Winners Published and $500! The two winners will get $500 each and will be published (print and on-line) in the 2010 Homestead Review (Hartnell College – Salinas). (Note: All contest entries will be considered for publication.) Submission Period: Sept. 15, 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010 (by postmark) Contest Rules (see: www.centralcoastwriters.org) Eligibility: Open to all work not previously published. Simultaneous...

www.comstockreview.org/nilescompetition.html Winner receives $1,000 and 50 copies of chapbook Each entrant also receives a copy of the winning chapbook. Entry Fee is $25 per Chapbook Deadline: Postmark September 30, 2009 Contest 2009 Final Judge: Kathleen Bryce Niles All chapbooks are screened by the editors of The Comstock Review Submit Manuscripts only between August 1 & September 30 to: Chapbook Contest, 4956 St. John Drive, Syracuse, NY...

www.mertoninstitute.org/merton_prize.php What is poetry of the sacred? Poetry that expresses, directly or indirectly, a sense of the holy or that, by its mode of expression, evokes the sacred. The tone may be religious, prophetic, or contemplative. Contest Guidelines Deadline for submissions: Received by December 31, 2009. First Prize, $500; Three Honorable Mention Prizes, $100 each. Winning Poems will be published in The Merton Seasonal, a...

The Visiting Writers Program at Farmingdale State College is pleased to announce the nineteenth annual competition for The Paumanok Poetry Award www.farmingdale.edu/campuspages/ArtsSciences/AcademicDepartments/EnglishHumanities/paward.html One First Prize $1500 and expenses for a reading in our 2010 – 2011 series Two Second Prizes $750 and expenses for a reading in our series Interested writers should send the following items to Margery...

http://www.theledgemagazine.com/print%202009%20Poetry%20Chapbook%20guidelines.html PRIZE: Winning poet will receive a $1,000 cash award and 25 copies of the published chapbook. SUBMIT: 16-28 pages of original poetry with title page, biographical note and acknowledgements, if any. Please include your name, mailing address, email address, and phone number (optional). Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but we ask that you notify us if your...

Go to oregonwriterscolony.org for full details. Deadline for submissions for both contests is August 15, 2009. www.oregonwriterscolony.org/contest.htm Short Stories Both True and Imagined (fiction and non-fiction) Awards: 1st place-$200, 2nd place-$100, 3rd place-$50, 1st Honorable Mention-Certificate of Achievement, Additional Honorable Mention credited in “Colonygram” and on the website oregonwriterscolony.org First place winners...