“I’m currently soliciting creative nonfiction for an anthology; its working title is Growing Up Churched: Young Women Writers on Life, Faith, and Being Raised Evangelical. I’m looking for personal essays in the 3000-5000 word range, narratives centered around this theme. Please pass this call for submissions on to any writers you may know who might be interested in contributing to this project. I’m looking for essays...

Ahsahta Press announces the sixth annual Sawtooth Poetry Prize competition, which this year will be judged by poet Peter Gizzi. The award consists of $1,500, publication, and 25 copies of the finished book. Previous winners include Noah Eli Gordon, Karla Kelsey, and Paige Ackerson-Kiely. The submission period is January 1 through March 1, 2007 (postmark). Full details of the competition are at our website Questions? Write to...

Wick Poetry Center Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize Toi Derricotte, 2007 Judge First Book Competition $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 winning volume will be published by the Kent State University Press and the winner will give a reading with the judge of the competition on the Kent State campus. In 2005, the winner was Intaglio by...

New Meridian Contest for Prose Poems! Short-shorts, prose poems–whatever you want to call them, we’re opening a new contest just for them. The winning entry will be printed on a 4″ x 6″ postcard which will be given out at the AWP 2007 Conference to promote Meridian. The postcard will also be included with the May 2007 issue of Meridian. And the winner will receive a $100 prize and 100 stamped postcards so you can send...