Posts made in April, 2007

STELLA KUPFERBERG MEMORIAL SHORT STORY PRIZE

ENTER TO WIN THE STELLA KUPFERBERG MEMORIAL SHORT STORY PRIZE An exciting new contest for writers. The winning entry will be read in the Selected Shorts series at Symphony Space and the winner will receive $1000. Story requirements: –Story length: 1-4 double-spaced typed pages –Required Opening line: I’m not sure I knew I was setting out on an important journey –Required Final line: I understood I had finally come home....

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Memoir (and) Prize for Nonfiction

memoirjournal.squarespace.com/contest/ Memoir (and) Prize for Nonfiction: $500 Prize and publication in our Fall Issue. Reading period: February 1st through April 30th, 2007 To enter: 1. Submit 10,000 words or fewer by email or snail mail: only one submission per person. 2. Submit a $10 entry fee by check or money order. 3. Submissions received without the $10 entry fee will be considered for publication but not entered in the contest. 4. We do...

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2007 CHARLES JOHNSON STUDENT FICTION AWARD

The Charles Johnson Student Fiction Award from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is an annual award competition intended to encourage increased artistic and intellectual growth among students, as well as reward excellence and diversity in creative writing. Each year, $1000 and a signed copy of a Charles Johnson book will be awarded to the winner. The winning entry will also be published in the Winter/Spring issue of CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW....

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2007 FOUR WAY BOOKS LEVIS POETRY PRIZE

www.fourwaybooks.com Judge: Tony Hoagland Submission Dates: January 1 ­ March 31, 2007 by email or regular mail Awarding publication of a book-length collection and $1000.00 Open to any poet writing in English who is a citizen of the United States. Finalists not chosen as the winner by the judge will be considered by the editors for publication outside of the contest. The press has a history of publishing finalists, but is under no obligation...

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The Ledge 2007 Poetry Awards Competition

www.theledgemagazine.com/Poetry%20Awards%20Contest.htm PRIZES: First prize: $1000 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Second prize: $250 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. Third prize: $100 and publication in The Ledge Magazine. ENTRY FEE: $10 for the first three (3) poems; $3 for each additional poem. $18 subscription (two issues) to The Ledge gains free entry for the first three (3) poems. NO RESTRICTIONS on form or content. The Ledge...

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