Posts made in April, 2007

Free Voice Award for Fiction

Urban Echoes Entertainment www.urbanechoes.net In conjunction with the FreeVoice Award For Poetry, Urban Echoes Entertainment, LLC, is pleased to announce the first annual FreeVoice Award For Short Fiction! The competition will honor literary excellence exemplified in the outstanding prose of aspiring and established authors alike. Award Amounts 1st Prize: $500 Plus Certificate & Publication 2nd Prize: $300 Plus Certificate &...

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Penn State Altoona: Resident Creative Nonfiction Writer

Penn State Altoona: Resident Creative Nonfiction Writer. The Penn State Altoona English Program is taking applications for a one-semester teaching residency in Creative Nonfiction writing. The residence, designed to offer an emerging writer substantial time to write, offers a $4,100 stipend & an additional $4,000 allowance to cover room & board in return for teaching one sophomore-level Creative Nonfiction writing workshop during the...

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2007 RATTLE POETRY PRIZE

www.rattle.com/rpp/hardguide.htm 1st prize: $5,000 plus TEN $100 Honorable Mentions Hardcopy Guidelines: 1) Entry fee of $16.00 includes a one year subscription to RATTLE (or a one-year extension for subscribers). For entries received prior to May 15th, subscriptions will start with the Summer 2007 issue. Those received after May 15th will start with Winter 2007. 2) Open to writers, worldwide*; poems must be written in English (no...

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Indiana University Writers’ Conference

Improve your Writing! Earn Summer Credits! Enjoy Beautiful Southern Indiana in the Early Summer! Come to the Indiana University Writers’ Conference! The Indiana University Writers’ Conference (IUWC), now in its 67th year, will welcome eight nationally known writers to the Bloomington campus of Indiana University from June 10-June 15, 2007 for a week-long festival of readings, classes and workshops. The IUWC is excited to welcome an...

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Merton Prize for Poetry of the Sacred

What is poetry of the sacred? Poetry that expresses, directly or indirectly, a sense of the holy or that, by its mode of expression, evokes the sacred. The tone may be religious, prophetic, or contemplative. Deadline for submissions: Postmarked by December 31, 2007. First Prize, $500; Three Honorable Mention Prizes, $100 each. Winning Poems will be published in The Merton Seasonal, a publication of scholarly articles about noted spiritual...

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