Posts made in April, 2007

Elixir Press Chapbook Competition

2007 Chapbook Competition Guidelines: www.elixirpress.com/guidelines.html#chapbook Elixir Press is sponsoring a chapbook contest open to all fiction writers and poets writing in English. There will be one competition for poetry, fiction, and multi-genre works. The prize is $1000 plus 25 copies of the chapbook to be published by Elixir Press. All finalists will be considered for publication. Chapbook publication DOES NOT make you ineligible for...

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Open Windows 2007 Creative Writing Contest

www.ghostroadpress.com/contest.htm Seeking entries of poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction Guidelines: There are two ways to enter this year’s contest. Send a labeled CD-ROM OR as an email attachment (preferred method) to contest@ghostroadpress.com with the following items: The work(s) in a Word document with the title of the piece on every page in the right-hand corner—no author info on the work itself—doudouble-spaced; a cover sheet...

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Tenth Annual Poetry Contest BR

Deadline: June 1, 2007 bostonreview.net/contests.html Judge: Susan Stewart First Prize: $1,500 Complete guidelines: The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2007 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, or close personal friend of the judge....

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Midwest Writing Anthology

Best of the Midwest: Fresh Writing From Twelve States, an anthology featuring the best previously unpublished prose and poetry from Midwestern writers, is accepting submissions until August 4 (postmarked). General Guidelines We are open to work from new as well as established writers who live or have lived in the Midwestern United States, specifically Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota,...

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River Styx International Poetry Contest 2007

River Styx International Poetry Contest 2007 Judge: Alan Shapiro $1500 First Prize Send up to three poems, not more than 14 pages. All entrants will be notified via S.A.S.E. $20 Reading Fee inlcudes a one-year subscription (3 issues). Include name and address on cover letter only. Winner published in Fall issue. All poems will be considered for publication. Send poems by May 31st to: River Styx Poetry Contest 3547 Olive Street, Suite 107 St....

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