THE STONY BROOK $1,000 SHORT FICTION PRIZE 16th ANNUAL AWARD 2006 Eligibility: Only undergraduates enrolled full-time in American and Canadian universities and colleges for the academic year 2006-2007 are eligible for the prize. This Prize has always encouraged submissions from students with an Asian background, but we want to make it clear that we encourage students of all races and backgrounds to enter. Submissions of no more than 7500 words...

The PSA Chapbook Fellowships Four renowned poets will each choose a winning chapbook manuscript for publication and distribution by the Poetry Society of America. Winners will receive $1000. Winners will also have the option of teaching a single class at Purchase College for $1,000 under the sponsorship of the Royal and Shirley Durst Chair in Literature. The Two Categories –The PSA National Chapbook Fellowships Judged by Harryette Mullen...

Hollis Summers Poetry Prize Named after the distinguished poet who taught for many years at Ohio University and made Athens, Ohio, the subject of many of his poems, this competition invites writers to submit unpublished collections of original poems. The competition is open to both those who have not published a book-length collection and those who have. Submission Period Manuscripts must be postmarked by October 31. Those postmarked later will...

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kenan Visiting Writer. The Department of English & the Creative Writing Program seek to bring an emerging talent to campus for a one-year teaching appointment as the Kenan Visiting Writer, a position that alternates between poetry & prose. For the 2007-2008 academic year, beginning August 2007, the Program requests applicants in PROSE, fiction and/or literary non-fiction. Requirements:...

Lantern Books Essay Competition The aim of our essay competition is to allow new thinking to emerge on the key subjects of Lantern’s publishing program and to encourage new voices to step forward to shape the debate of the future. Subject This year, we’re giving participants 3 topics to choose from: We’ve just been through five years of focus on terrorism and September 11th. What are the most pressing issues for the U.S. or...