Posts made in October, 2006

3rd Annual Cider Press Review Book Award

3rd Annual Cider Press Review Book Award The Cider Press Review Book Award offers the winning author $1000 and publication for a full-length book of poetry. The final deadline for submissions is November 30. The judge for this year’s award is Dorianne Laux. Manuscripts can be submitted online or by regular mail. Entry fee payments can also be submitted online. Submit 48-80 pages of original poetry in English not previously published in...

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Salem College Center for Women Writers Contests

Salem College Center for Women Writers Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award for a single short story up to 5000 words Judge: Pinckney Benedict Rita Dove Poetry Award for a poem up to 100 lines (up to 2 poems per submission, any style) Judge: Beth Ann Fennelly Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award for a single piece of creative nonfiction, including personal essay and memoir, up to 5000 words Judge: Emily Herring Wilson The winner in each genre...

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James Hearst Poetry Prize: North American Review

First Prize $1000 Second $100 Third $50 All winners and finalists will be published in the March­April NAR. Judge: Ted Kooser Deadline: October 31, 2006 (postmark) Entry fee: $18.00 (includes a one-year subscription). Make your check or money order out to North American Review. If you are outside the US, please make sure the entry fee is in US currency and routed through a US bank. Rules: Two copies of up to five previously unpublished poems....

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Tartt First Fiction Award

Tartt First Fiction Award Tartts: Incisive Fiction by Emerging Writers Look for it this coming Fall! This will be a compilation of stories from all fourteen finalists in our first Tartt Fiction Award Contest. The winner of the contest will be announced in early May. Tartt First Fiction Award, rules 2006 1. Winning short story collection will be published by Livingston Press at the University of West Alabama, in simultaneous library binding and...

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Tricinium Poetry Contest on the Subject of Community

Tricinium Poetry Contest on the Subject of Community Complete guidelines at www.tricinium.com. Deadline: January 31, 2007 First Prize: $1,000 and performance as a musical composition as part of The MacDowell Colony’s Centennial Celebration Guidelines: First prize winner will receive $1,000; second prize $250; third prize $100. Top three poems will be set to music and premiered at a concert in October, 2007. The concert event, honoring...

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